Although Van Dyck became worldwide renowned for his portraits, he lived for a long time in the shadow of his master Rubens and his ambitious historical paintings. Was this proximity a curse or a blessing for the prodigy? The answers to this question can be found in his paintings.

Rediscover Raphael’s mystical painting, "Madone Sixtine“, what it teaches us about his life and secrets, taking us to Italy and Dresden, far from the romantic and sometimes kitsch clichés of his work.

This series questions the communist legacy through contemporary arts in Germany, Russia, Lithuania and Bulgaria (one episode per country). The relationship of contemporary artists with the communist era highlights a true ambivalence towards the soviet past.

Most significant developments in art history often result from the fierce competition between genius masters. In this series, we discover the fruitful rivalries between renowned artists: Leonardo Da Vinci versus Michelangelo, Vincent Van Gogh versus Paul Gauguin, Emil Nolde versus Max Liebermann, Turner versus Constable and Caravaggio versus Baglione.

Henri Guédon (1944-2006) was a Martiniquan percussionist -leader of a salsa band- painter and sculptor born on the same day as the abolition of slavery in his homeland. This tribute unveils the story of a humanist, whose legacy still inspires the international artistic scene. 

Xavier Veilhan,  one of the most internationally renowned French visual artist represented France at the Venice Biennale in 2017. In this documentary, he invests seven emblematic modernist houses in the USA, Russia, Spain & France with striking elegant installations & performances (sculptures, music, lighting effects etc.) where visitors can interact.
 

Locations : the VDL Research House by Richard Neutra, the Case Study House n°21 by Pierre Koenig and The Sheats-Goldstein Residence by John Lautner (Los Angeles), the Cité Radieuse by Le Corbusier (Marseille), The  Sainte-Bernadette du Banlay by Paul Virilio and Claude Parent (Nevers), the Melnikov House (Moscow) and the Pavillon Mies van der Rohe (Barcelone).

Thomas Hirschhorn is a Swiss artist renowned for his series of ephemeral "monuments" dedicated to major writers and thinkers. After The Netherlands, France and Germany, he created the Gramsci Monument at Forest Houses, a housing in the tenuous surburb of Bronx. The Gramsci Monument building empowered local people and let them connect. 

Jan Fabre, Belgian multidisciplinary artist, playwright, stage director, choreographer and designer, opens the doors of the enigmatic "Troubleyn", his « artistic lab », a true place of conviviality. The artist’s creation process is unveiled and explained by the artist himself and contributors, such as Georges Banu, art critic and Vincent Baudriller, former director of the Avignon Festival. Behind the versatile artist, we discover the man.

On 1 March 2018 will be celebrated 150 years anniversary of the birth of Adolfo Wildt, the great Italian sculptor of late XIXth-beginning of the XXth century, known for his marble sculptures. They blend grace & originality and led the way for numerous modernist sculptors. Recently exhibited in Paris in Orangeries’ Museum and in galleries in New York and Milano, his works can be contemplated all year long at Vatican, Milano and Venetia Modern Art Museum, in Italy.

Prominent French restaurateurs bring a new and sparkling perspective on their professions. Between exigency and passion, they renovate the furniture, paintings, tapestries, polychrome gilded leathers, taxidermy and stuffed animals of the renowned Maison Mantin, revealing their mysteries and the bourgeois lifestyle of the late nineteenth century.

Philippe Hosiasson, XXth century painter from Ukraine, risks to be forgotten by the art History. His talent for abstraction, his exhibition beside Soulages by the Kootz gallery in New York & his relationships with renowned painters such as Picasso, Rothko & Motherwell prove how much he deserves a full recognition. Telling chronologically the story of the painter, this film including interviews of key art players rehabilitates his work. You can enjoy some of his paintings in Beaubourg (Paris) and at MoMa (New York).

Impressionism, like no other fine arts movement, has elevated fashion to a real art form. More than simply depicting the clothing style of their contemporaries, impressionist painters tell us something about art. In this documentary, curators, historians and even fashion designers such as Karl Lagarfeld, tell us about the legacy of this movement which promoted a resolute modernism.