Monopol's October Art Film Picks: Documenta 16 Traces, Otto Muehl Commune Documentary, and Triegel's Cranach Altar
For October, Monopol magazine highlights eleven art films, such as "Alice in Paris" by Mikhail Barynin, which tells the story of Russian artist Alisa Safina and can be streamed on 3sat's Mediathek until 15 February 2027. Another notable film is Christopher Roth's "Servus Papa, See You in Hell," available in ARD Mediathek until 21 October 2026, depicting life in Otto Muehl's commune and coinciding with a solo exhibition at the Wiener Aktionismus Museum. Documenta 16 is set to commence in June 2027 in Kassel, featuring sessions by co-curator Romi Crawford. Additional films include Lukas Ratius and Philipp Majer's documentary on Rocco und seine Brüder in ZDF Mediathek, Lauren Greenfield's "Social Studies" on Disney+, and various selections on Mubi, YouTube, Amazon Prime, and Arte.
Key facts
- Monopol published a list of eleven art film recommendations for October
- "Alice in Paris" by Mikhail Barynin streams in the 3sat Mediathek until 15 February 2027
- Alisa Safina left Russia after Vladimir Putin's invasion of Ukraine began on 24 February 2022
- "Servus Papa, See You in Hell" by Christopher Roth is in the ARD Mediathek until 21 October 2026
- A solo exhibition of Otto Muehl opened at the Wiener Aktionismus Museum in Vienna in mid-September
- Documenta 16 opens in June 2027 in Kassel; its New Art School Modality is led by co-curator Romi Crawford
- Michael Triegel's completed Cranach altar was inaugurated in Naumburg Cathedral's west choir on 3 July 2022
- ICOMOS raised concerns that the Cranach-Triegel altar affects the Naumburg Cathedral UNESCO World Heritage site
- The altar was to be housed in the Vatican's Campo Santo Teutonico for two years from summer 2025
- Lauren Greenfield's "Social Studies" is on view at Fotografiska Berlin and streams on Disney+
- "Jay-Z in ∞" with Rick Rubin was filmed at the Palais Brongniart in Paris and streams on Mubi
- José González's "Sounds Like Art" episode at the Moderna Museet in Stockholm is in the Arte Mediathek until 22 May 2027
- The Städel Museum in Frankfurt am Main is showing the exhibition "Maria Magdalena"
- Peter Meister's "Das Schwarze Quadrat" is available on Arte until 20 October
Entities
Artists
- Mikhail Barynin
- Alisa Safina
- Vladimir Putin
- Otto Muehl
- Christopher Roth
- Jeanne Tremsal
- Jana McKinnon
- Clemens Schick
- Julia Hummer
- Aenne Schwarz
- Dirk von Lowtzow
- Hanns Zischler
- Helene Hegemann
- Jarvis Cocker
- Garth Jennings
- Romi Crawford
- Hunter Whitaker-Morrow
- Rocco
- Lukas Ratius
- Philipp Majer
- Lauren Greenfield
- Jay-Z
- Shawn Corey Carter
- Rick Rubin
- Michael Triegel
- Lucas Cranach the Elder
- Raffael
- Michelangelo
- Pontormo
- Albrecht Dürer
- Paul Smaczny
- Christine Salzmann
- Elisabeth Triegel
- José González
- Maya Deren
- Karol Radziszewski
- Jockum Nordström
- Wolfgang Paalen
- Carsten Höller
- Bastian Eclercy
- Kiki Smith
- Marlene Dumas
- David LaChapelle
- Kim Kardashian
- Lady Gaga
- Nieves González
- Peter Meister
- Kasimir Malewitsch
- Sandra Hüller
- Vincent Kowalski
- Ruben Östlund
Institutions
- Monopol
- 3sat
- ZDF
- ARD
- Wiener Aktionismus Museum
- Documenta
- New Art School Modality
- Misprints in Riso
- Fotografiska Berlin
- Disney+
- Mubi
- Naumburg Cathedral
- UNESCO
- ICOMOS
- Hochschule für Grafik und Buchkunst Leipzig
- Baumwollspinnerei
- Campo Santo Teutonico
- Vatican
- Moderna Museet
- Arte
- Städel Museum
- Amazon Prime
- YouTube
- Netflix
- TikTok
- Springer-Presse
- Port au Prince Pictures
- Fahey Klein Gallery
- Klangmalerei.tv
- Mobiusvisio
- Emilian Tsubaki
- Lydia Richter
- Zeit
- Palais Brongniart
Locations
- Paris
- France
- Russia
- Ukraine
- Vienna
- Austria
- Kassel
- Germany
- Berlin
- Naumburg
- Leipzig
- Saxony-Anhalt
- Thuringia
- Stockholm
- Sweden
- Frankfurt am Main
- Brooklyn
- New York
- Italy
- Santa Monica
- United States