Free Arts & Culture Documentaries — Page 2

Painters, photographers, musicians and the masterpieces that changed culture. 769 free arts documentaries.

A War Photographers Unseen Journey2023•52m•HD•★8Don Letts: Where Punk Met Reggae2022•5m•HD•★8Bollywood: Secrets of the World Biggest Film Industry2022•1h 54m•HD•★8The Rise of South Korean Cinema2022•8m•HD•★8Pollock and Rothko: Icons of Abstract Expressionism2022•3m•HD•★8The Operas of Richard Wagner2022•46m•HD•★8Lost Heroes: A Comic Book Documentary2022•1h 20m•HD•★8The History of Marvel2022•7m•HD•★8Chartres Cathedral: The Gothic Megastructure2023•53m•HD•★8Country: Portraits of an American Sound2022•1h 10m•HD•★8Hori Smoku: The Life of Sailor Jerry2022•1h 14m•HD•★8The Louvre: From Fortress to the World Greatest Museum2025•49m•HD•★8The Birth of Rock and Roll2021•10m•HD•★8Turner Fighting Temeraire: World Greatest Paintings2020•44m•HD•★8How the British Museum Got Its Treasures2025•9m•HD•★8Art and Empire: Assyrian Treasures of the British Museum2023•17m•HD•★8The Genius of Beethoven: The Rebel2005•59m•HD•★8American Movie1999•1h 44m•HD•★8Ballets Russes2005•1h 59m•HD•★8American Music: Jazz, Blues and the Origins of Rock n Roll2023•1h 7m•HD•★8The Golden Age of Hollywood2022•42m•HD•★8The Pervert's Guide to Cinema2006•2h 33m•HD•★8The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame: 25th Anniversary Concert2009•1h 59m•HD•★8The Painter and the Thief2020•1h 47m•HD•★8The Healing Power of Music2022•41m•HD•★7.9Dogtown and Z-Boys2019•1h 30m•HD•★7.9Milius - The Life of Filmmaker John Milius - featuring George Lucas, Harrison Ford, Steven Spielberg2021•2h 44m•HD•★7.9Making Waves: The Art of Cinematic Sound2021•2h 35m•HD•★7.9American: The Bill Hicks Story2021•2h 46m•HD•★7.9Blank City2021•2h 35m•HD•★7.9Making Apes2021•1h 15m•HD•★7.9In the Mirror of Maya Deren2021•1h 15m•HD•★7.9Art Basel: The Centre of the Modern Art World2023•26m•HD•★7.9Get Thrashed Around the World2024•1h 20m•HD•★7.9The Most Musically Complex Band in Rock History2025•1h 1m•HD•★7.9The Cure: Inside the Music2024•53m•HD•★7.9A Brief History of Film2023•22m•HD•★7.9A History of Dance on Screen2023•59m•HD•★7.9The History of Hollywood2022•10m•HD•★7.9Journey Through the History of Photography2021•10m•HD•★7.9Paris Opera Ballet2019•19m•HD•★7.9World's Greatest Man-Made Wonders: Iconic Buildings2018•50m•HD•★7.916 Jaw-Dropping Architectural Marvels2021•32m•HD•★7.9Fashion's Greatest: Lagerfeld, Ralph Lauren, Tom Ford2022•2h 36m•HD•★7.9The Art of Impressionism2016•1h 41m•HD•★7.9Banksy and the Rise of Outlaw Art2021•1h 10m•HD•★7.9That Is Bluegrass2022•52m•HD•★7.9The Story of Rock and Roll2021•14m•HD•★7.9The Rise and Fall of the Golden Age of Hollywood2022•6m•HD•★7.9Duality: A Graffiti Story2023•1h 23m•HD•★7.9Hollywood: The Fabulous Era2021•52m•HD•★7.9Festival Express2003•1h 29m•HD•★7.9Arts & Architecture: The Case Study House Program | Artbound | Season 15, Episode 32024•57m•HD•★7.9The War of 18122011•1h 53m•HD•★7.9Hidden History: The Movie2022•1h 28m•HD•★7.9Bob Ross: The Happy Painter2018•1h 4m•HD•★7.9Safari of my Life - Wildlife Photography Documentary with Klaus Tiedge2020•1h 4m•HD•★7.9The COMPLETE History of Horror Movies2023•2h 27m•HD•★7.9The Ultimate Film Studies Watchlist2025•2h 17m•HD•★7.9A Sense of Beauty - A Documentary Film by Oscar de la Renta2024•1h 2m•HD•★7.9Bauhaus 100: A BBC Arts Documentary2024•59m•HD•★7.9Hitler: From Homeless to Monster2025•1h 44m•HD•★7.9The Red and The Grey Matter: New Architecture in Africa2026•56m•HD•★7.9Wagner - The Brilliant Bigot Documentary2025•1h 21m•HD•★7.9Peter Lindbergh – The Supermodel Photographer2019•42m•HD•★7.8Banksy: The Most Famous Anonymous Street Artist2025•1h 52m•HD•★7.8Gothic Architecture: When Cathedrals Reached Up to the Heavens2026•44m•HD•★7.8India: Anti-Muslim Hate Music2023•12m•HD•★7.8Art Thieves and Ransoms - The Murky World of Stolen Art2022•42m•HD•★7.8Napoleon: In the Name of Art2023•1h 40m•HD•★7.8How Movies Changed the World: The Complete History of Cinema2024•23m•HD•★7.8Inside the Pointe: The Hidden Cost of Ballet Dreams2024•40m•HD•★7.8The Art of Documentary Filmmaking2008•1h 32m•HD•★7.8The Culture of Hip Hop: The Staten Island Story2023•1h 3m•HD•★7.8A Photographic History2022•59m•HD•★7.8The History of Photography2021•25m•HD•★7.8Givenchy: Discovering Fashion2021•24m•HD•★7.8Fashion Giants: Inside Vogue2021•1h 14m•HD•★7.8The Art of Hustle: A Street Art Documentary2018•58m•HD•★7.8Being Ben Eine: A Street Art Documentary2021•41m•HD•★7.8The Life and Work of Michelangelo1983•1h 33m•HD•★7.8Leonardo da Vinci: The Renaissance Man2023•1h 1m•HD•★7.8The Tragic Life and Brilliant Art of Van Gogh2025•52m•HD•★7.8Modern Masters: Pablo Picasso2010•59m•HD•★7.8Rewind This!2013•1h 9m•HD•★7.8Uncovering a Dinosaur Mystery Hidden for 200 Million Years (4K Documentary)2023•1h 20m•4K•★7.8The Museum Discoveries You Never See (4K Documentary)2023•1h 20m•4K•★7.8The Life of a Photograph | National Geographic2011•43m•4K•★7.8The Museum That Holds 80 Million Natural Wonders (4K Documentary)2023•42m•4K•★7.8Hidden Wonders of the Natural History Museum (4K Documentary)2023•40m•4K•★7.8Exploring the Museum’s Most Priceless & Mysterious Treasures (4K Documentary)2021•41m•4K•★7.8Mozart - History's Greatest Child Prodigy Documentary2024•1h 10m•HD•★7.8David Attenborough's | Natural History Museum - ALIVE2025•1h 6m•HD•★7.8The Art of Listening - Music Documentary (2021)2021•1h 2m•HD•★7.8Stevie Nicks: Wild at Heart (2020) | FULL DOCUMENTARY | Biography, Rock2020•1h 2m•HD•★7.8Flexible Buildings: The Future of Architecture | Free Documentary2021•52m•HD•★7.8‎The Painting of Ophelia - World's Greatest Paintings - S01 EP09 - Art Documentary2024•43m•HD•★7.8Art Forgers Who Fooled the World | Fake! The Great Masterpiece Challenge UK2025•44m•HD•★7.8Mona Lisa (Full Length): Great Art Explained2021•33m•HD•★7.8Vincent van Gogh's Potato Eaters: Great Art Explained2026•21m•HD•★7.8TINTORETTO's Masterpieces Changed My View of Renaissance Art Forever with Stanley Tucci2019•19m•HD•★7.8The Milkmaid by Johannes Vermeer: Great Art Explained2022•18m•HD•★7.8Thomas Gainsborough: Great Art Explained2023•17m•HD•★7.8Gustav Klimt and the Nazis: Great Art Cities: Vienna2023•18m•HD•★7.8The Great Wave by Hokusai: Great Art Explained2021•17m•HD•★7.8Tamara de Lempicka: Tamara in the Green Bugatti: Great Art Explained2026•16m•HD•★7.8Hunters in the Snow: Pieter Bruegel: Great art Explained2025•17m•HD•★7.8Salvador Dali: Great Art Explained2021•17m•HD•★7.8Great Art Explained: Dorothea Tanning2023•15m•HD•★7.8Monet's Water Lilies: Great Art Explained2020•16m•HD•★7.8Great Art Explained: The Wanderer Above the Sea of Fog by Caspar David Friedrich2024•15m•HD•★7.8Mark Rothko's Seagram Murals: Great Art Explained2020•15m•HD•★7.8Georges Seurat: Great Art Explained2023•15m•HD•★7.8Frida Kahlo's 'The Two Fridas’: Great Art Explained2020•15m•HD•★7.8Shakespeare - The Greatest Playwright in History Documentary2023•1h 12m•HD•★7.8Masters of Modern Design | Artbound | Season 10, Episode 12019•56m•HD•★7.8Auschwitz: The Forgotten Evidence - History Documentary2020•51m•HD•★7.8Abstract: The Art of Design | Es Devlin: Stage Design | FULL EPISODE | Netflix2020•42m•HD•★7.8Abstract: The Art of Design | Ilse Crawford: Interior Design | FULL EPISODE | Netflix2020•42m•HD•★7.8Abstract: The Art of Design | Paula Scher: Graphic Design | FULL EPISODE | Netflix2020•41m•HD•★7.8How Jane Eyre Scandalised Victorian High Society | Literary Classics | Absolute History2024•31m•HD•★7.8Film Historian Answers Old Hollywood Questions | Tech Support | WIRED2025•25m•HD•★7.8How The World's Most Expensive Colors Are Made2025•1h 38m•HD•★7.8Secrets of Hollywood’s Largest Movie Set2025•1h 28m•HD•★7.8Jane Austen - Writer of Wonders Documentary2025•1h 7m•HD•★7.8The Unsettling Secrets Hidden In Holbein's Tudor Portraits (Waldemar Januszczak)2020•1h 0m•HD•★7.8Fake Or Fortune: Red Herrings Keep Art Detectives Guessing In Hunt For Riches2023•3h 50m•HD•★7.8Norman Foster: Striving for Simplicity | Louisiana Channel2015•41m•HD•★7.8Contest of the cathedrals - the Gothic period | DW Documentary2021•42m•HD•★7.8"I never decided to become an architect." | Architect Peter Zumthor | Louisiana Channel2015•1h 2m•HD•★7.8Is This GBP 1 Thrift Shop Painting By 20th Century Italian Master? | Fake Or Fortune2023•58m•HD•★7.8Ocean Vuong: "When I write, I feel larger than the limits of my body." | Louisiana Channel2022•38m•HD•★7.8Italian Mystery: Venice View Creates Double Artist Conundrum | Fake Or Fortune2023•59m•HD•★7.8Two Artists Lay Claim To Puzzling Portrait Shrouded In Mystery | Fake Or Fortune2023•58m•HD•★7.8Help, I've Spent GBP 165,000 On A Fake Painting! | Fake Or Fortune2023•58m•HD•★7.8This John Constable Sketch Could Be Worth GBP 2,000,000 If It's Real! | Fake Or Fortune?2023•58m•HD•★7.8The Secret Sketch Uncovered From A Nazi Treasure Trove | Fake Or Fortune?2023•58m•HD•★7.8Is This An Early Sketch Of Gauguin's $300 Million Painting? | Fake Or Fortune2023•58m•HD•★7.8Daniel Richter Interview: A German Painter2016•29m•HD•★7.8Architect Renzo Piano Interview: On the Shoulders of Giants | Louisiana Channel2018•45m•HD•★7.8The Painting Is the Language | Artist Ida Ekblad | Louisiana Channel2023•20m•HD•★7.8Jeff Wall Interview: Pictures Like Poems2015•38m•HD•★7.8Frank Gehry Interview: Jump Into the Unknown2019•36m•HD•★7.8Curator's Introduction | The Credit Suisse Exhibition: Raphael | National Gallery2022•1h 12m•HD•★7.8Alejandro Aravena Interview: To Design is to Prefer2018•48m•HD•★7.8"I am interested in the cycle of damage and repair" | Artist Phyllida Barlow | Louisiana Channel2022•34m•HD•★7.8Writer Orhan Pamuk: The Texture of Istanbul | Louisiana Channel2024•26m•HD•★7.8"The power of stories saved me." | Writer Sayaka Murata | Louisiana Channel2022•27m•HD•★7.8Daniel Libeskind Interview: The Voices of a Site2018•33m•HD•★7.8David Hockney Interview: I Am Not an iPad Artist2016•22m•HD•★7.8"Photography is often about control. I want to lose control." | Stephen Gill | Louisiana Channel2022•41m•HD•★7.8Architect Liz Diller: "You have to be a mind reader" | Louisiana Channel2024•42m•HD•★7.8Photographer Jacob Aue Sobol: "My work is about what we have in common." | Louisiana Channel2023•32m•HD•★7.8Artist Jeannette Ehlers: Manifesting Black Resistance2024•26m•HD•★7.8Writer Kae Tempest: Novels Are Empathy Machines2026•54m•HD•★7.8What distinguishes humans from animals? | DW Documentary2026•52m•HD•★7.8Artist Tracey Emin: I'm Doing What I Think Is Right2026•53m•HD•★7.8Is your privacy up for sale? | Al Jazeera Untangles2025•26m•HD•★7.8The Impressionist Mystery: Is This Lost Sisley Masterpiece A Clever Fake?2025•58m•HD•★7.8The Dosa King's Deadly Obsession | True Crime Reports2026•33m•HD•★7.8