Painting the Modern Garden: Monet to Matisse

Saturday, April 5, 2025, 2:00PM
Tickets are $20
$15 for Four Arts Members, students with valid ID, or ages 15 & under
Q&A with Phil Grabsky to follow

Directed by David Bickerstaff
1 hour, 33 minutes with no intermission (previously recorded)

View the gardens of some of the world’s best-loved artists to explore the unique eccentricities and loving care which went into creating private spaces that we would know through the masterpieces they inspired. For lovers of art or lovers of gardens, this is an ideal film.

A thirty-minute Q&A with Phil Grabsky follows.

Biography: Phil Grabsky is a BAFTA-winning British documentary filmmaker who has received multiple awards for his directing, writing, producing and cinematography.

He and his company Seventh Art Productions are behind cinema films such as Muhammad Ali – Through the Eyes of the World, In Search of Beethoven, In Search of Mozart and the landmark My Childhood, My Country – 20 Years in Afghanistan, which won more than a dozen awards including Best Single Documentary at the 2022 Television BAFTAs and was also BAFTA nominated for its cinematography. He has made over 250 films which have played in cinemas and on TV and digital platforms worldwide.