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Vermeer – The Greatest Exhibition (PG) | Mowlem Theatre

Exhibition on Screen: Vermeer – The Greatest Exhibition (PG)

Director: David Bickerstaff
Starring: Robert Lindsay
Documentary | UK | 2023
1 hr 30 mins

This documentary, part of the Exhibition on Screen series, explores the curation of the largest ever Vermeer exhibition, mounted in 2023 by the Rijksmuseum. It is a rich opportunity to enjoy the exquisite works of one of the best loved of painters. It raises questions such as what makes a Vermeer a Vermeer, debating authorship and authenticity, through scrutinising in detail the minutiae of brushstrokes. The film explores the little we know of Vermeer’s life, described as a task similar to researching the life of Shakespeare. In this gentle, thoughtful documentary we learn from the leading experts whose knowledge of subject is matched by their passion for the art works.

Special guest: David Bickerstaff

David Bickerstaff started his artistic career as a painter and since the late 80s has been at the cutting edge of digital art and documentary filmmaking. His art installations have been featured in the British Museum, the Victoria and Albert Museum and the Royal Observatory. Specialising in films on artists, his Exhibitions On Screen series brought the art of Michelangelo, Van Gogh, Lucian Freud and many others into the cinemas of over 60 countries. The latest in the series is Vermeer: The Greatest Exhibition which was described by the Guardian as “a miracle”.

Thursday 2 Nov. 7.30 pm
Q & A with Director David Bickerstaff, chaired by Purbeck Film Festival Patrons Olivia Hetreed and Andy Paterson (Screenwriter and Producer of the 2003 film Girl with a Pearl Earring).

The Mowlem Theatre BH19 1DD
£12.00: £6.50 (students and under 25s)
Refreshments available from the theatre bar

Hopper – An American Love Story (12A) | Mowlem Theatre

Director: Phil Grabsky
Documentary | UK | 2022
1 hr 34 mins

This film from the acclaimed series, Exhibition on Screen, examines the life and work of that most American of artists, Edward Hopper. Entitled An American Love Story, it refers to his love of USA, of everyday life, of architecture and of film, particularly Hitchcock and film noir. An Impressive biography, it portrays a complex love for his wife with whom he had a conflicted, difficult relationship, but on whom he depended. As with other films in this series, the camera lingers on the artworks, allowing viewers to contemplate and respond without being told what they are seeing. Interestingly, his is the artistic work most often used to illustrate articles during the COVID period depicting isolation and loneliness or what Hopper preferred to call it, “solitude”.

with special guest Phil Grabsky
Producer, director, author and historian Phil Grabsky has been making documentaries for over 30 years, culminating in a BAFTA Award for Best Single Documentary in 2021 with My Childhood, My Country, an epic look at coming-of-age in Afghanistan that took 20 years to film. He has been at the cutting edge of new media technology, producing the first surround-sound documentary The Lost Temple of Java for the BBC and the world’s first 3D visual arts film, Tim Marlow on British Sculpture at the Royal Academy of Arts for Sky Arts. Phil has pioneered the visual arts documentary and we are delighted to have him join us to present his latest work on the legendary US painter Edward Hopper

Friday 27 Oct. 7.30 pm
Q & A with Director Phil Grabsky
The Mowlem Theatre BH19 1DD
£12.00: £6.00 (students and under 25s)
Refreshments available from the theatre bar

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Vermeer – The Greatest Exhibition (PG) | Mowlem Theatre

Hopper – An American Love Story (12A) | Mowlem Theatre

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