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The vivid and inspiring story of British film icon Michael Caine's personal journey through 1960s swinging London.

Harris Glenn Milstead, aka Divine (1945-1988) was the ultimate outsider turned underground hero. Spitting in the face of the status quos of body...

Includes 'portraits' of Marianne Faithfull, Thelonious Monk and 28 others, some known, some less so.

The film gives an insight into the minds of leading creative figures of our time and their thoughts on the relationship between technology and...

After a difficult break-up, Hockney is left unable to paint, much to the concern of his friends.

The 16-minute colour film observes Hockney smoking five cigarettes and thinking about painting in his Los Angeles studio, surrounded by a series of...

Donald Runnicles directs the San Francisco Opera in this lavish production of Giacomo Puccini’s final masterpiece, which was left unfinished...

How do we relate to and make use of our physical senses? This film examines the mechanics of perception and the still mysterious way in which the...

The film charts David Hockney's return to the theme of the double portrait, using interviews with his family and closest friends to explore the...

At the Lightroom in London, pianist Yuja Wang offers an extraordinary recital at the heart of the immersive exhibition devoted to David Hockney. In...

An intimate portrait of David Hockney, featuring interviews with the artist - one of Britain's most beloved painters - in London and Normandy, and...

Once dubbed the 'king of cool', a look at the man behind the silky voice as Tony Bennett - civil rights activist, jazz enthusiast, painter and New...

Twenty-five years ago the renowned art critic Robert Hughes made The Shock of the New, a landmark television series that examined the key cultural...

Using over 50 years of archive footage, this film looks back at the life and career of David Hockney.

To mark his fiftieth birthday in 1988, London's Tate Gallery staged a major retrospective of his work. Melvyn Bragg joined David Hockney for an...

David Hockney is unquestionably one of the most passionate and versatile experimental artists on the contemporary scene. In the late 1970s the...

David Hockney is one of the world's most successful and influential artists of our time. At 11, he wanted to be an artist. At 87, he's still creating...

Filmed in his London studio, David Hockney sits down with Melvyn Bragg to discuss his remarkable life and career, illustrated by a wide range of his...

Filmed over three years, the documentary is an unprecedented record of a major artist at work. It captures David Hockney's return to England after 25...

Artist David Hockney discusses his theory that artists were secretly using optical devices such as mirrors and lenses in creating their work as early...