"Święty Sebastian" – Guido Reni

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'San Sebastiano' - Guido Reni

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"San Sebastián", de Guido Reni

Saint Sebastian, or to Suffer and to Orgasm

The gay icons of Pierre and Gilles, the political manifesto of Mohammed Ali or the feminist art of Louise Bourgeois all have one common thread: they are reinterpretations of an original work, that of "Saint Sebastian" by Guido Réni.

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Ever since Manet painted Luncheon on the Grass in 1863, dozens of artists have adopted and reworked this symbolism. Picasso charged the scene with tingling eroticism, Mickalene Thomas turned it into a political statement, and Daniel Spoerri reworked it into a warning about ecological issues.

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Ever since Manet painted Luncheon on the Grass in 1863, dozens of artists have adopted and reworked it

Luncheon on the Grass or Picnic Theory

A shipwreck in 1816 shocked young artist Théodore Géricault... and his imagery was the starting point for generations of other artists to portray their own shock and dissent. The Cooperative des Malassis denounced the evexcesses of capitalism while Kader Attia criticises the shipwrecks of migrants in the Mediterranean Sea.

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A shipwreck in 1816 shocked young artist Théodore Géricault

The Raft of the Medusa, or Staying Alive

In 1960, Yves Klein was photographed jumping from the second floor of a building. But did he really jump? To find out, Tehching Hsieh tried to do the same and broke both his ankles in the attempt, while Philippe Ramette learned to fly. Klein's leap launched a thousand others...

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In 1960, Yves Klein was photographed jumping from the second floor of a building

Leap into the Void or the Art of Fake

In 1917, Marcel Duchamp was told he could exhibit a piece of work and it could be anything he wanted. Taking the curators at their word, he signed a urinal and named it Fountain. A small, subversive act that profoundly shook the art world.

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A small, subversive act that profoundly shook the art world...

Fountain, or Art, the Index Finger and Pee

Leonardo da Vinci's Last Supper is ripe for reinterpretation given its notable absences: women, people of colour, and people with disabilities are invisible in this painting about the salavation of humanity. Enter modern artists challenging that narrative: Beth Edelson, Elisabeth Ohlson Wallin, and Raoef Mamedov.

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Leonardo da Vinci's Last Supper is ripe for reinterpretation given its notable absences

The Last Supper, or the Art of Table Arrangement

Piet Mondrian is one of the pioneers of abstraction. For him, his scholarly compositions create order in the chaos of the world. His art sparked off countless iterations, from pop artist Tom Wesselmann to Yves Saint Laurent, who created an iconic dress.

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Piet Mondrian is one of the pioneers of abstraction

Mondrian or the Art of Tidying Up

25 naked and languid women loll about as the viewer becomes the voyeur. The Turkish Bath by Ingres makes men reflect on the staging of their desire, and women on their eroticisation. Man Ray, Jananne Al-Ani, Patrick Raynaud and Lalla Essaydi all have something to say back to the original work.

ARTJACKING (7/10)

25 naked and languid women loll about as the viewer becomes the voyeur: this is The Turkish Bath by Ingres

The Turkish Bath, So Hot!

What is hidden in the image of the ladies-in-waiting? Who is the true focus of the work? The viewer, the court ladies or the royal couple? There has been speculation about the painting by Velázquez for centuries. And ultimately everyone sees what they want in it.

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What is hidden in the image of the ladies-in-waiting?

The Ladies-in-Waiting, or the Art of Playing Dolly

A pipe which is not a pipe but the representation of a pipe: that's how Magritte humorously paved the way for the many subsequent interpretations of his famous piece. Présence Panchounette, Marina Fabre and Valentine Dervaux, and Nancy Fouts have all made their own versions of the iconic work.

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A pipe which is not a pipe but the representation of a pipe...

This is Not a Pipe, or Non-Smoker Art

ARTJACKING! - How Artists Talk Back to Each Other

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This documentary tells the story of German Expressionism in the context of colonial exploitation for the first time. When German artists Emil Nolde and Max Pechstein travelled to what was then the colony of German New Guinea and the Palau Islands in 1910, they wanted to revolutionise painting through inspiration from indigenous art and peoples. But their "South Sea paradise" had already been destroyed by the European colonial masters and their art would reveal the ideals and prejudice of early twentieth century Europe.

Expressionism and Colonialism

This documentary tells the story of German Expressionist art for the first time in the context of colonial exploitation. 

The White Gaze

The body has been a central motif in art for centuries. What place does it have in the digital world? We pop to Vienna for a choreographic performance, in Munich for the exhibition of the sculptor Alexandra Bircken, and finally in Denmark for a shoot where Spencer Tunick photographs a naked crowd.

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The body has been a central motif in art for centuries. What place does it have in the digital world?

The Body and Art

Gaming isn't all fun and games; there's an ideology and a world view behind each game. Trinity notes, as she plays her favourite games with political scientist Oliver Mauco, how often the protagonists are white men defending America from a foreign enemy. They then move on to Gal*Gun, and discuss the model of submissive femininity that it portrays. What if gaming was politics?

Art of Gaming

Gaming isn't all fun and games; there's an ideology and a world view behind each game

Ideology

A look at the tormented life of Clara Haskil (1895-1960), and the dazzling purity and fluidity of her unique sound. Her 10 year professional career was short but disproportionately influential.

The Magic of Interpretation

A look at the tormented life of Clara Haskil (1895-1960)

Clara Haskil

How are artists and cultural institutions responding to the climate emergency? What are they doing to become "greener"? Twist goes to Dresden, a city which has launched its pilot project "Culture for Future" to explore ways in which culture can address sustainable issues.

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How are artists and cultural institutions responding to the climate emergency?

Go Green: Culture and Climate

The solitary genius in art has long been venerated. But no longer. Make way for the artist collectives that are reimagining the art world and the role of the artist.  

Artist Collectives - The Ego Trip is Finished!

With Estonia celebrating 30 years of independence this year, TWIST goes to Tallinn to discover the city’s cultural scene. Featuring writer Sofi Oksanen, artists Flo Kasearu and Timo Toots, the Estonian Voices ensemble and rapper Tommy Cash

With Estonia celebrating 30 years of independence this year, TWIST goes to Tallinn to discover the city’s cultural scene.

Estonia: Young, Digital, Provocative

Artists explore the possibilities of artificial intelligence. How do complex algorithms affect our interactions? And are machines capable of creativity?

AI: Can Machines Be Creative?

In 1970, the festival was interrupted after the screening of the film by Michael Verhoeven, OK, a parable about the Vietnam War. 16 years later, controversy reignites over the film Stammheim. When the film received the Golden Bear, the president, Gina Lollobrigida, immediately declared: "I was against this film." In 1976, people got flustered over Realm of the Senses, by the great Japanese director Nagisa Oshima, over accusations that it was pornography. 

70 Years of the Berlinale

The Berinale has had its fair share of drama throughout the years

Scandal!

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Meet two of Poland's oldest hippies: Juliusz (92) and Krystof (77) have been living on the shores of Lake Solina, in almost total isolation and surrounded by nature and animals, for decades. But life in the middle of nowhere is increasingly hard on their aging bodies. 

Meet two of Poland's oldest hippies: Juliusz (92) and Krystof (77)

Re: An Unconventional Retirement

Behind his polite exterior lies a formidable leader with a ruthless character, ready to do anything to make China the world's leading power by the People’s Republic’s centenary in 2049. This well-documented portrait of the Chinese president gives an unprecedented insight into his politics and shows how Xi Jinping's personal journey has shaped his choices as he steers China towards world domination.

A portrait of the Chinese president giving an unprecedented insight into his politics and showing how Xi Jinping's personal journey has shaped his choices as he steers China towards world domination.

The New World of Xi Jinping

To celebrate 50 years of French radio station FIP, Sting gives a special performance in the monumental surroundings of the Pantheon in Paris.

50 Years of FIP Radio

Sting at the Pantheon in Paris

Saudi Arabia is reputed to be one of the richest and most conservative nations on the planet. But how do its citizens live today?

Unknown Arabia

Saudi Arabia: The West

Lowriding is a passion for cars where owners customise their vintage vehicles to look cool gliding along the Los Angeles boulevards. For long a male-only pursuit, more and more women are getting into it lowriding.

Geo Reportage

Lowriders of Los Angeles

A region of Europe with a shared experience of communism and USSR dominance, Eastern Europe today is characterised by nations with diverse cultural and political identities.

Mapping the World

How many Eastern Europes?

In recent years Oman has been opening up to western tourists. What awaits them is a land of mountains, deserts, fjords, and pristine beaches.

Fairytale Oman

Faced with more frequent and violent natural disasters caused by climate change, animals and plants are adapting. Some species, such as sharks, which are able to sense the change in atmospheric pressure of a coming hurricane, move away from danger. Others learn to live with it, such as curlews, which use the hot ash from erupting volcanoes in Papua New Guinea to incubate their eggs. A surprising and inspiring documentary about nature's survivors.

How Animals and Plants Survive

Faced with more frequent and violent natural disasters caused by climate change, animals and plants are adapting. A surprising and inspiring documentary about nature's survivors.

Natural Disasters

Stuttgart Ballet performs ‘Onegin’, John Cranko’s acclaimed 1965 choreography of Alexander Pushkin’s novel. Classical ballet at its best in a version created for the cinema.

A Ballet by John Cranko

Stuttgart Ballet performs ‘Onegin’, John Cranko’s acclaimed 1965 choreography of Alexander Pushkin’s novel.

Onegin

Pippi Longstocking, the superhumanly strong redhead with pigtails and freckles, conquers the world of classical ballet. The Swedish dancer and choreographer Pär Isberg stages Astrid Lindgren’s favourite character from the Villa Villekulla for the Helsinki opera house. The ballet music is the work of Georg Riedel and Stefan Nilsson.

From the Helsinki Opera

The Swedish dancer and choreographer Pär Isberg stages Astrid Lindgren’s favourite character for the Helsinki opera house.

Pippi Longstocking

Vadum Minsyuk and Yuri Andreyev fled the war in eastern Ukraine in 2014. In search of a new beginning, they decided to start a new life in the Chernobyl region, close to the exclusion zone from the 1986 nuclear disaster. The dangers of radiation are better than the rockets of war.

Vadum Minsyuk and Yuri Andreyev fled the war in eastern Ukraine to start a new life in the Chernobyl region,  The dangers of radiation are better than the rockets of war for them.

Re: New Beginning in Chernobyl

The Indian state of Sikkim has banned pesticides completely, allowing only organic farming. The results: healthy food and healthy soils.

ARTE Reportage

India: Sikkim - A Green New World

Iraq in 2022: Will the emerging nation succeed in resisting foreign influence and from Iran in particular? What does the future hold for the Kurdish autonomous region? And will the USA ever really leave?

Iraq in 2022: Will the emerging nation succeed in resisting influence from foreign powers, and from Iran in particular? 

Iraq - A Sovereign Country?

The United Arab Emirates includes the sci-fi like cities of Abu Dhabi and Dubai with their breath taking towers and impressive beach resorts. It is also a land of expats with residents from over two hundred different nations.

The United Arab Emirates includes the sci-fi like cities of Abu Dhabi and Dubai. It is also a land of expats with residents from over two hundred different nations.

United Arab Emirates

It's big business: in summer, hundreds of kilos of mushrooms are illegally picked every day in Romanian forests. They are then transported to Italy by intermediaries where they are sold at astronomical prices. Romanian authorities do nothing as the forests are looted unsustainably for their grey gold.

It's big business: in summer, hundreds of kilos of mushrooms are illegally picked every day in Romanian forests

Re: Truffle Traffick in Romania

A journey through Middle-earth, or rather New Zealand. Peter Jackson used the natural beauty of his native land to great effect in his film adaptation of J.R.R Tolkien’s classic trilogy. A tour through locations for the Shire, the Misty Mountains and Mordor… 

Cult Film Locations

A journey through New Zealand used to great effect in the film adaptation of Tolkien’s classic.

Looking for the Lord of the Rings

Carolyn Carlson and her company bid farewell to each other in a final creation. On the Chaillot theatre stage in Paris, the legendary choreographer and performer presents The Tree (Fragments of poetics on fire), an ode to nature and the elements.

Théâtre de Chaillot

The legendary American choreographer presents The Tree (Fragments of poetics on fire), an ode to nature and the elements.

Carolyn Carlson's The Tree

A special gala concert to celebrate five years of Hamburg’s fantastic new concert hall, the Elbphilharmonie, opened on January 11 2017. The NDR Elbphilharmonie orchestra performs works by Adams, Adès and Salonen with conductor Alan Gilbert and pianist Kiril Gerstein.

With Kirill Gerstein, Alan Gilbert and the NDR Elbphilharmonie Orchestra

A special gala concert to celebrate five years of Hamburg’s fantastic new concert hall, the Elbphilharmonie.

5 Years of the Elbphilharmonie

Millions of people worldwide suffer from Chronic Fatigue Syndrome, or Myalgic Encephalomyelitis (ME/CFS), an extreme and persistent exhaustion for which there is no cure. An investigation into a little known illness focusing on the experiences of three individuals suffering from CFS: Ralf, Sonja and Aileen.

ME/CFS – A Misunderstood Illness

 An investigation into little understood illness focusing on the experiences of three individuals suffering from CFS: Ralf, Sonja and Aileen.

Living with Chronic Fatigue Syndrome

Sting was an ecologically-conscious yogi hipster before it was even a thing. He's always been fighting for our right to enjoy a better future than the one we are making for ourselves. Perhaps a strange mission for someone with punk musical roots?