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New book looks at how the movies shaped the way we think about artists

We speak to the author of a publication that dissects the way artists from Van Gogh to Frida Kahlo have been immortalised on the silver screen

Andrew Pulver
7 October 2025
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Kirk Douglas (left) playing the part of Vincent van Gogh in Vincente Minnelli’s 1956 biopic Lust for Life Image: Reel Art Press/Alamy