{"id":14078,"date":"2016-03-14T16:20:11","date_gmt":"2016-03-14T16:20:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/artzealous.com\/?p=14078"},"modified":"2017-03-14T15:37:06","modified_gmt":"2017-03-14T15:37:06","slug":"7-art-movies-on-netflix-to-keep-you-inspired-throughout-the-winter","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/artzealous.com\/7-art-movies-on-netflix-to-keep-you-inspired-throughout-the-winter\/","title":{"rendered":"7 Art Movies on Netflix to Keep You Inspired Throughout the Winter"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Summer is a notoriously slow season for the art world since everyone is enjoying their time outdoors, going on vacation or drowning themselves in ice cold ros\u00e9. The same cannot be said for the winter season, though, as all we want to do is cuddle up inside reading a good book or watching every movie on Netflix. But is it just us, or does Netflix seem short on options sometimes? Scrolling through and picking a movie ends up taking more time than watching the movie itself, so we&#8217;ll make it easier for you, art-lovers, to get straight to business with some of the most entertaining and inspiring art-related movies to watch over the winter.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>1. Beltracchi: The Art of Forgery<\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"responsive-video-wrap clr\"><iframe title=\"BELTRACCHI - THE ART OF FORGERY Subtitled Trailer | German Currents 2014\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/TS6a3XochQU?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>This documentary profiles master art forger Wolfgang Beltracchi with insights into his life, talent and the biggest art forgery scandal in post-war Germany that made him millions.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>2. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.banksyfilm.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Exit Through the Gift Shop<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"responsive-video-wrap clr\"><iframe title=\"&quot;Exit Through The Gift Shop&quot; - Official Trailer [HD]\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/oHJBdDSTbLw?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>This 2010 British documentary film directed by street artist Banksy exposes the inside story of street art!\u00a0One of the most provocative films about art ever made, <em>Exit Through the Gift Shop<\/em> is a fascinating study<br \/>\nof low-level criminality, comradeship, and incompetence.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>3. Raiders of the Lost Art<\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"responsive-video-wrap clr\"><iframe title=\"Raiders of the Lost Art: Vermeer. Trailer featuring Jonathan Kydd as VO\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/-uDXVAbkSN0?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><em>Raiders of the Lost Art <\/em>is a documentary series that explores the history of various thefts of art and efforts to recover them. Through rare archival footage, re-enactment, and expert commentary, see how these treasures vanished into thin air, and how many (but not all) have been recovered.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>4. The Best Offer<\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"responsive-video-wrap clr\"><iframe title=\"The Best Offer Official Trailer #1 (2013) - Geoffrey Rush, Jim Sturgess Movie HD\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/zJGleGyahC8?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>This romantic Italian drama featuring Oscar winner Geoffrey Rush, as well as Donald Sutherland and Jim Sturgess, tells the story of the director of an esteemed auction house who falls in love with a reclusive your heiress.\u00a0After he shows her his priceless collection of portraits, she soon disappears with all of his paintings.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>5. Frida<\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"responsive-video-wrap clr\"><iframe title=\"Frida | Official Trailer (HD) - Salma Hayek, Antonio Banderas, Alfred Molina | MIRAMAX\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/-CTM7FcY1LE?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Renown artist, Frida Kahlo is depicted in this biopic drama film celebrating her as a bold and uncompromising political, artistic, <span class=\"_dgc\">and sexual revolutionary. Salma Hayek received Oscar, Golden Globe and BAFTA nominations for her portrayal of Frida and the film won two Academy Awards for Best Makeup and Best Original Score.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>6. Sky Ladder: The Art of Cai Guo-Qiang<\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"responsive-video-wrap clr\"><iframe title=\"Sky Ladder | Official Trailer [HD] | Netflix\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/lLTT8ogRf50?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Directed by Oscar winner Kevin Macdonald, the film tracks Cai Guo-Qiang&#8217;s spectacular pyrotechnic displays told through the artists&#8217; own words and those of family, friends and observers. More specifically,\u00a0the documentary examines why he engineers artworks like his incredible Sky Ladder,\u00a0a 1,650-foot ladder of fire climbing into the skies above artist Cai Guo-Qiang&#8217;s hometown.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>7. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.the100yearsshow.com\/#carmenherrera\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The 100 Years Show<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"responsive-video-wrap clr\"><iframe title=\"FFF 2016 - Trailer - The 100 Years Show\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/kZCL9RjAyec?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>A documentary film done in celebration of Carmen Herrera&#8217;s 100th birthday, her story is just one example of the many great artists whose accomplishments were overlooked because of their gender, ethnicity or nationality. &#8220;The 100 Years Show&#8221; demonstrates the power of artistic vision to sustain itself. Once you&#8217;re done watching, head over to <a href=\"http:\/\/whitney.org\/Exhibitions\/CarmenHerrera\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Whitney Museum<\/a> to check out\u00a0<i>Carmen Herrera: Lines of Sight <\/i>which was just extended until January 9th.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #999999;\"><em><a style=\"color: #999999;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.abdullalshammari.eu\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">top image <\/a>\/\/\u00a0http:\/\/www.abdullalshammari.eu<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #999999;\"><em>Originally posted on Dec 21, 2017<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Summer is a notoriously slow season for the art world<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":15,"featured_media":14089,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[23,11,21],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/artzealous.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14078"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/artzealous.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/artzealous.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/artzealous.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/15"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/artzealous.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=14078"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/artzealous.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14078\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/artzealous.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/14089"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/artzealous.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14078"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/artzealous.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=14078"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/artzealous.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=14078"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}