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ArtChina’s most handsome grandpa (2017) - He is Wang Deshun. At the age of 81, Wang still maintain a routine of exercising, skiing, swimming, acting...To him, his life has just begun.

0 points 0 comments submitted 9 days ago by trendingvideostories to /r/Documentaries

https://www.youtube.com/edit?video_id=YgQjD9XQhok

ArtRubens: An Extra Large Story (2015) - Waldemar Januszczak sets out to correct the extra-large (and mildly NSFW) misconceptions that have arisen about Rubens' art

NSFW 17 points 5 comments submitted 19 days ago by brtt3000 to /r/Documentaries

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AD-rM8oMC20

ArtSomething from Nothing: The Art of Rap (2012) - Ice-T interviews some of the most influential rappers of all time

18 points 5 comments submitted 24 days ago by Dre_J to /r/Documentaries

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Oz8yg06xiJs

ArtChie Hitotsuyama - Paper Trails (2016) "Chie Hitotsuyama breathes artistic life and value into the newspapers and repurposes them into new shapes by applying her original sensitivity and delicate manual skills."

0 points 0 comments submitted 1 month ago by miraoister to /r/Documentaries

https://vimeo.com/187103775

ArtExit Through The Gift Shop (2010) - A French amateur filmmaker gets involved in the world of street art

28 points 17 comments submitted 1 month ago by Matbell87 to /r/Documentaries

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BW4LlAtNENc

ArtChie Hitotsuyama “Paper Trails” (2016)- Japanese artist breathes life into old newspapers to create amazing 3D animals [Length - 3:31]

2 points 0 comments submitted 1 month ago by pricklypete to /r/Documentaries

https://vimeo.com/187103775

ArtVan Gogh’s Ear (2016) new Secrets of the Dead PBS Documentary (55.09)

10 points 2 comments submitted 1 month ago by bennybenners to /r/Documentaries

http://www.pbs.org/video/2365915100/

ArtVincent van Gogh: The Full Story (2004) - Probably the best documentary on Van Gogh to date

3,068 points 146 comments submitted 1 month ago by kitehkiteh to /r/Documentaries

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BX4veH7GvyY

ArtAlive Inside (2014) [Dan Cohen, founder of the nonprofit organization Music & Memory, fights against a broken healthcare system to demonstrate music's ability to combat memory loss and restore a deep sense of…]

1 point 0 comments submitted 1 month ago by arrogantmind to /r/Documentaries

http://pmovies.to/movie/alive-inside/

ArtFinding Vivian Maier (2014) [A documentary on the late Vivian Maier, a nanny whose previously unknown cache of 100,000 photographs earned her a posthumous reputation as one of the most accomplished street photographers.]

8 points 1 comment submitted 1 month ago by arrogantmind to /r/Documentaries

http://pmovies.to/movie/finding-vivian-maier/

ArtThe Glorious Grinling Gibbons - Carved with Love (2013)

0 points 0 comments submitted 1 month ago by saucedog to /r/Documentaries

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TaUCOXBI4m8

ArtTurning The Art World Inside Out (2014) "Interest in Outsider Art has never been higher. But what exactly is it? How do we define it? And who are its gurus and leading lights? Alan Yentob explores this captivating, compelling and magical alternative art universe."

12 points 3 comments submitted 1 month ago by miraoister to /r/Documentaries

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=98RUUhVgLR0

ArtArt of the Marbler (1970) A short documentary about an unassumingly trippy paintingprinting technique.

182 points 15 comments submitted 1 month ago by ahmse to /r/Documentaries

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LEFZT-hpY50

ArtBunraku - The Ancient Art of Japanese Puppetry (2012)

11 points 1 comment submitted 1 month ago by alllie to /r/Documentaries

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=44dH7j-rITw

ArtIngrid Bergman in Her Own Words (2015) [A captivating look behind the scenes of the remarkable life of a young Swedish girl who became one of the most celebrated actresses of American and World cinema.]

4 points 0 comments submitted 1 month ago by arrogantmind to /r/Documentaries

http://pmovies.to/movie/ingrid-bergman-in-her-own-words/

ArtKCBR: Live Life Like (2012) - "Some Swiss graffiti artists decided to Color the rail network of their city in a most original way, they show their work in an artistic documentarie, all without one spoken word"

202 points 41 comments submitted 1 month ago by Vliolix to /r/Documentaries

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q-Ch8MeH5BI

ArtThe Mystery of Van Gogh's Ear (2016) [Jeremy Paxman joins forces with 'art sleuth' Bernadette Murphy to try and solve one of the greatest and bloodiest mysteries of the art world - why Vincent Van Gogh cut…]

2 points 0 comments submitted 1 month ago by arrogantmind to /r/Documentaries

http://pmovies.to/movie/the-mystery-of-van-goghs-ear/

ArtMarina Abramovic: The Artist Is Present (2012) [A documentary that follows the Serbian performance artist as she prepares for a retrospective of her work at The Museum of Modern Art in New York.]

4 points 22 comments submitted 2 months ago by arrogantmind to /r/Documentaries

http://pmovies.to/movie/marina-abramovic-the-artist-is-present/

ArtThe story behind the most viewed image in the world the Windows XP wallpaper(2014)

76 points 8 comments submitted 2 months ago by edderskil to /r/Documentaries

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0IG9tLb7vEw

ArtMichael Palin in Wyeth´s World (2013) "BBC documentary. Michael Palin explores the extraordinary life and work of the popular and controversial American artist Andrew Wyeth, meeting the people who inspired his paintings."

12 points 2 comments submitted 2 months ago by miraoister to /r/Documentaries

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jNuGbKIoUds

ArtGoya Exposed with Jake Chapman (2016) "BBC documentary. For 20 years, Jake and his brother Dinos have rung variations on the Spanish artist’s images of war. In this film, Jake explores why Goya's famous etchings are so central to his art."

2 points 0 comments submitted 2 months ago by miraoister to /r/Documentaries

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3fyWg1Og9yk

ArtSimon Schama's Power of Art - Bernini (2006) "BBC documentary. How Bernini's Ecstasy of St Thereza mixed sex and the sacred in 17th Century Rome."

30 points 5 comments submitted 2 months ago by miraoister to /r/Documentaries

https://vimeo.com/67744014

ArtLeonardo (2003) "An exploration of the life of Leonardo da Vinci."

8 points 0 comments submitted 2 months ago by miraoister to /r/Documentaries

https://youtu.be/4TckJwAV81k

ArtArtist in Studio (2016) - Artist creates a huge painting. 4 weeks compressed to 4 minutes.

0 points 13 comments submitted 3 months ago by fonzieshair to /r/Documentaries

https://youtu.be/Vj4NFZWRGbQ

Art"Civil War- Lazy Storytelling" (2016)- a critical look at marvel's path towards event dependence

36 points 10 comments submitted 3 months ago by -SoItGoes_ to /r/Documentaries

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t3rlDYRjbS0

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