The Art of Museums (series)

Name: The Art of Museums (series)
Director: Julie Kirchhoff, Sylvie Kürsten, Ralf Pleger, Kurt Mayer
Released: 2018

Julie Kirchhoff, Sylvie Kürsten, Ralf Pleger, Kurt Mayer 2018

Blurring the boundaries between entertainment and high culture, this series takes the viewer into a fine selection of world’s most renowned museums. Artists from all genres, such as Vivienne Westwood or writer Karl Ove Knausgard, present their iconic masterpieces with a very personal touch, contextualized by art historian and popular professor of culture Matt Lodder from the UK.

Episodes: Museo del Prado, Madrid (Joyce DiDonato), Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna (Vivienne Westwood), Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York (Julie Mehretu), Musée d‘Orsay, Paris (Sasha Waltz), Uffizi Gallery, Florence (Wolfgang Joop), Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam (Erwin Olaf), Alte Nationalgalerie, Berlin (Katharina Grosse), Munch Museum, Oslo (Karl Ove Knausgård).

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Running Time:

8x52 min.

Spoken Languages:

English, French, German, Italian, Norwegian, Spanish

Subtitles:

English

Directors:

Julie Kirchhoff, Sylvie Kürsten, Ralf Pleger, Kurt Mayer

Producers:

Christian Beetz

Production Companies:

Gebrüder Beetz Filmproduktion, Navigator Film, ZDF, ORF

Arts and Culture

Festival Participation

Naples Independent - 2018
Best Documentary
Worldfest Houston - 2019
Platinum Remi Award, TV Series

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