Movie Night with MFAH Films “Beyond the Visible: Hilma af Klint” and “The Times of Bill Cunningham” May 1, 2020
Beyond the Visible: Hilma af Klint features reenactments of the artist’s paintings.
Courtesy of Zeitgeist Films
The Times of Bill Cunningham
Photo: Paris, 1971, by Harold Chapman, courtesy of Greenwich Entertainment
The Times of Bill Cunningham movie poster
Courtesy of Greenwich Entertainment
Hilma af Klint
Courtesy of Zeitgeist Films
Streaming this week for Movie Night: documentaries that chronicle the careers of two visionary artists.
Beyond the Visible: Hilma af Klint (May 6–19)
The prolific abstractions of Hilma af Klint continue to emerge from obscurity. See the work of this trailblazing painter who has become an art-world sensation nearly 80 years after her death.
“Bristles with the excitement of discovery and also the impatience that recognition has taken so long” —New York Times
The Times of Bill Cunningham (May 6–19)
Sarah Jessica Parker narrates this snapshot of self-proclaimed “fashion historian” Bill Cunningham. The film unearths a selection of unpublished photographs from the New York Times street photographer’s archive.
“Marvelously intimate” —Time magazine
Watch the Films
• Beyond the Visible: Hilma af Klint | WATCH HERE (May 6–19) Your purchase ($12) supports the MFAH and provides access to the film for five days. See the Trailer
• The Times of Bill Cunningham | WATCH HERE (MAY 6–19) Your purchase ($4.99) supports the MFAH and provides access to the film for three days. See the Trailer
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