Rialto Cinemas is proud to be the East Bay’s home for two incredible series of documentaries highlighting the work of specific artists and exhibits from the world’s finest museums.  These films provide a cinematic immersion into some of the world’s best loved art shown in extraordinary detail that only HD can capture.

Great Art On Screen

Titian: The Empire of Color

Tuesday, October 3 • 1 & 7pm

Not Rated

88 mins

Documentary

Winning over popes and emperors with his iconic, revolutionary works Titian succeeded in becoming one of the artists that symbolized the entire Renaissance. Titian was an extraordinary master of color and a brilliant entrepreneur, innovative both in a painting’s composition but also in how to sell it…MORE INFO

Great Art On Screen

Borromini and Bernini: The Challenge for Perfection

Tuesday, October 24 • 1 & 7pm

Not Rated

102 mins

Documentary

A journey into the great beauty of Baroque Rome, when the city was the centre of western art and where every ambitious painter, sculptor and architect had to be. This is the story of the most famous artistic rivalry of all time, the one between Borromini and Bernini, but also the story of Borromini’s rivalry with himself…MORE INFO

Great Art On Screen

Jeff Koons: An Intimate Portrait

Tuesday, December 5 • 1 & 7pm

Not Rated

80 mins

Documentary

This is not just a documentary but an amazing journey inside the mind of the most controversial artist of our time. Jeff Koons is widely regarded as one of the most influential, popular and disputed artists of the last 30 years. This film will show the hidden mechanisms lying behind the person, the artist and the Koons brand…MORE INFO

For more great art documentaries check out our current art offerings from Exhibition On Screen