Films 

Step inside the studio of Palestinian-American artist Samia Halaby, one of the earliest innovators of digital art.

Artist Mari Katayama creates hand-sewn sculptures and photographs that prompt conversations and challenge misconceptions about our bodies. Born with the developmental condition congenital tibial hemimelia, Katayama chose to have her legs amputated at the age of nine. Her wearable sculptures, which also feature in her images, often include limbs, hands and embellished hearts. In this short film, we visit Katayama’s at her studio in Japan and hear about how she uses everyday materials that she finds around her – including her own body, clothes and newspaper clippings – to make her sculptures and images. As she says, 'I use materials that anyone can get anywhere. I think that the needle and the thread are the strongest tools.' Subscribe for weekly films: http://goo.gl/X1ZnEl

Six Lives: The Stories of Henry VIII’s Queens is the first major exhibition to focus on the women who married the infamous Tudor king. Exploring agency, influence and the Queen’s lasting cultural impact, this exhibition will take you on a journey through time – from contemporary portraits by Hiroshi Sugimoto and costume from west-end sensation SIX the Musical to sixteenth-century portraits by Hans Holbein the Younger, shown alongside a magnificent tapestry, textiles, books and jewels. 20 June - 8 September 2024 Plan your visit via the link: https://www.npg.org.uk/whatson/exhibitions/2024/six-lives 🎥 Fully Fledged Films

Note: This film includes reference to racism and imagery of racist violence and the Ku Klux Klan. Philip Guston thought hard about the artist's responsibility to bear witness to ‘the brutality of the world‘. Consistently changing and reinventing, he sought to make work that embodies life’s complexities, its beauty, absurdity, humour and suffering. In this short film, curators Michael Wellen and Michael Raymond, conservator Anna Cooper and the artist's daughter, Musa Mayer, recount the story of Guston's life and career, as well as his restless urge to challenge himself creatively. This film was created as part of the Terra Foundation for American Art Series: New Perspectives. It includes extracts from the following documentaries: Philip Guston: A Life Lived, directed by Michael Blackwood (New York: Michael Blackwood Productions, 1981). Conversations with Philip Guston, directed by Michael Blackwood (New York: Michael Blackwood Productions, 2003). https://michaelblackwoodproductions.com Subscribe for weekly films: http://goo.gl/X1ZnEl

A remarkable journey into the world of fine wines through the cellar of Dr Allard Botenga, who reveals the secrets and stories of his collection (including the bottle he will open to celebrate his 90th birthday). Spanning decades and continents, the collection is a testament to the passion and expertise of a true wine connoisseur. Dr Botenga’s cellar features meticulously chosen 20th century classics like Lafite-Rothschild 1945, Latour verticals dating back to the 1930s, La Mission Haut-Brion 1949, Vieux-Château-Certan 1971, La Tâche 1978, Henri Jayer, Vosne-Romanée Cros Parantoux 1980 and many more. Additionally, the collection boasts a wonderful collection of half bottles of some of the greatest Bordeaux of the 20th century. Dr A. Botenga Cellar, Six Decades of Collecting Part I will go under the hammer in Hong Kong on 24 November, followed by Part II in London on 1 December. https://www.christies.com/events/luxury/the-dr-a-botenga-cellar-collection/what-is-on/

Meet Judi Werthein, an Argentinian artist based in Miami. Werthein’s art confronts issues of cultural identity, commerce and the social policies that govern them. ‘My interest is to relate to the masses, not to the small circle of the art world ’ says the artist,who aims to create new experiences and enable cultural crossovers within public spaces.