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Paul Cézanne: The Card Players

Paul Cézanne: The Card Players

Cézanne was in his fifties when he undertook a painting campaign devoted to giving memorable form to a subject that inspired the likes of Caravaggio and Chardin. He was determined from the start—as we see in this sturdy Provençal scene—to make it his own. Cézanne carefully crafted this composition from figure studies he had made of local farmhands. Once he had puzzled-out his conception, he continued to fine-tune the poses and positions of the card players, until they—like the four pipes hanging on the wall behind them—each fell perfectly into place. Cézanne channeled the quiet authority he achieved here into a much larger variant (Barnes Foundation, Philadelphia) and punctuated the series with three works in which he pared away extraneous details to focus his gaze on a pair of players. This work is located in the Metropolitan Museum of Art in NYC.

Duration : 2m
Maturity Level : all

The Large Bathers

The Large Bathers

The Large Bathers, is Paul Cézanne’s largest painting; it’s a powerful meditation on form, order, and tension. The composition follows a triangular structure, with the nudes echoing the shape of the trees and river. Yet this is not the balanced harmony of the Renaissance pyramid. The center remains unoccupied, the apex cut off, creating a quiet disruption within the symmetry. The triangle becomes a force of containment rather than elevation, revealing Cézanne’s complex view of the human form and his emotional distance from it. Still and monumental, this work invites slow, searching contemplation. This work can be seen at [The Philadelphia Museum of Art,https://philamuseum.org/collection/object/104464].

Duration : 3m
Maturity Level : all

Mont Sainte-Victoire

Mont Sainte-Victoire

Mont Sainte-Victoire, immortalized by Paul Cézanne, rises in countless visions, solid, shifting and sacred. This slow art video gathers interpretations by various artists, centered on Cézanne’s evolving gaze. From early earthy tones to late geometric abstraction, the mountain becomes a study in perception, rhythm, and resolve. Watch how brushstrokes echo its contours, and how silence surrounds its shape. Each rendition is both a meditation and a mountain reborn. The work of Paul Cézanne, Mount Sainte-Victorie can be seen at [The Metropolitan Museum of Art,https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/435878].

Duration : 4m
Maturity Level : all

Dust and Light

Dust and Light

Enter the luminous hush of Georges Seurat’s pastels, where figures and landscapes dissolve into whispers of color. This slow art video dwells on the delicate textures and atmospheric stillness of Seurat’s drawings, soft edges, muted tones, and precise touches conjuring a world just beyond clarity. Unlike his pointillist paintings, these pastels speak in half-light and silence, offering an intimate glimpse into Seurat’s refined sensitivity. Watch as dust becomes light, and gesture becomes mood. This collection can be seen at [The Metropolitan Museum of Art, https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/459360].

Duration : 5m
Maturity Level : all

The Ride of Discord

The Ride of Discord

In Henri Rousseau’s War, also known as The Ride of Discord, a spectral figure charges through a desolate landscape, scattering terror and wreckage. This slow art video lingers on the surreal, almost dreamlike horror of Rousseau’s vision, part naive, part prophetic. With childlike simplicity and eerie clarity, he conjures the chaos of violence in an imagined world that feels all too real. Watch as stillness meets storm, and innocence meets devastation. This work can be seen at [Des musées d’Orsay,https://www.musee-orsay.fr/en/artworks/la-guerre-8002].

Duration : 2m
Maturity Level : all

Starry Veil

Starry Veil

In Landscape with Stars (ca. 1905–1908), Henri-Edmond Cross invites us into a nocturnal reverie where the sky shimmers with starlight above a hushed, ink-washed landscape. Executed in watercolor over graphite, this work departs from Cross’s vibrant Mediterranean scenes, embracing a more introspective mood. The delicate interplay of broken brushstrokes and subdued tones evokes the influence of Japanese painting, rendering a scene that is both intimate and infinite. As you linger with this piece, allow the quiet radiance to guide you into a contemplative stillness. This work can be seen at [The Metropolitan Museum of Art,https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/459189].

Duration : 3m
Maturity Level : all

Golden Isles

Golden Isles

Drift into the radiant calm of Les Iles d’Or by Henri-Edmond Cross. This slow art video lingers on the shimmering Mediterranean, where dappled brushstrokes and luminous hues capture the essence of sunlight, sea, and silence. Painted in the vibrant language of Neo-Impressionism, Cross transforms the southern coast into a vision of pure serenity. Let your eyes follow the rhythm of color and light with each dot comes a pulse of peace. This work can be seen at [The Musée d’Orsay in Paris, France,https://www.musee-orsay.fr/en/artworks/les-iles-dor-152].

Duration : 3m
Maturity Level : all

Van Gogh in Washington D.C.

Van Gogh in Washington D.C.

Discover the emotional depth and vibrant palette of Vincent van Gogh through six masterpieces housed at the National Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C. This slow art video invites you to linger with each canvas, from the swirling introspection of his 1889 Self-Portrait to the tender melancholy of Girl in White. Experience the quiet optimism of Roses, the structured serenity of Bulb Fields, and the luminous harmony of La Mousmé. Each work offers a window into Van Gogh’s evolving vision, capturing moments of stillness, color, and humanity. This work can be seen at [The National Gallery of Art in Washington D.C,https://www.nga.gov/collection/artist-info.1349.html].

Duration : 2m
Maturity Level : all

Whirls of the Night

Whirls of the Night

A dreamscape in motion, The Starry Night unfolds slowly across the screen, its swirling skies and glowing orbs pulsing with emotion. Van Gogh’s bold brushstrokes and luminous blues create a rhythmic visual experience, restless yet serene. The quiet village below anchors the celestial drama above, inviting contemplation of the infinite. In the Slow Art format, each detail lingers: the cypress tree dances, the stars shimmer, and the night breathes. A meditative journey into the mind of a master, where turbulence meets transcendence. This work can be seen at [The Museum of Modern Art, New York,https://www.moma.org/collection/works/79802].

Duration : 7m
Maturity Level : all

Women Ironing by Edgar Degas

Women Ironing by Edgar Degas

Observe the unguarded elegance of everyday life through the eyes of Edgar Degas. This slow art video captures women bathing, ironing, and resting—quiet gestures rendered with sensitivity and nuance. Degas’s pastels and paintings reveal beauty not in spectacle, but in routine. Light grazes skin, fabric folds, and tired limbs, offering a portrait of modern life as it is lived. Linger in these private spaces where nothing happens and everything matters. This work can be seen at [Des Musées d’Orsay,https://www.musee-orsay.fr/en/artworks/repasseuses-1142].

Duration : 6m
Maturity Level : all

The Quiet Room

The Quiet Room

Enter the uneasy hush of Edgar Degas’s Interior, a haunting study of light, silence, and psychological tension. This slow art video dwells on the dim corners, parted fabric, and averted gazes that suggest far more than they reveal. Unlike the graceful movement of his dancers, this intimate scene is frozen, enigmatically charged with emotion and ambiguity. Linger with the composition as it slowly breathes discomfort, vulnerability, and mystery. This work can be seen at [The Metropolitan Museum of Art,https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/844735].

Duration : 2m
Maturity Level : all

Ballet in Stillness

Ballet in Stillness

Step behind the curtain with Edgar Degas, where the fleeting grace of ballet becomes a study in poise, practice, and pause. This slow art video lingers on his pastel dancers that are stretching, rehearsing, and waiting while capturing quiet moments that hover between motion and stillness. Through soft light and textured strokes, Degas reveals not only beauty but discipline, not only spectacle but solitude. Watch as elegance takes shape in silence. This work can be seen at [The Metropolitan Museum of Art,https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/438817].

Duration : 4m
Maturity Level : all

Face of Form

Face of Form

Linger with the layered stillness of Paul Cézanne’s portraits, where presence is built from planes of color and quiet tension. This slow art video guides your eye through Cézanne’s distinctive approach to the human face, not as likeness, but as structure, weight, and volume. From humble sitters to self-portraits, each gaze is inward, each contour deliberate. In this visual meditation, the portrait becomes a landscape of emotion and form. This work can be seen at [The Kunsthalle Mannheim, Germany,https://www.kuma.art/en/node/12510].

Duration : 3m
Maturity Level : all

A Dialogue between Still Lifes: Manet/Chardin

A Dialogue between Still Lifes: Manet/Chardin

Édouard Manet attached great importance to still life, which he considered to be the touchstone of the painter. Tired of history painting, he confessed - A painter can say all he wants to with fruits or flowers, or even clouds -. As Manet, Jean Baptiste Siméon Chardin was one of greatest masters of Still Life in the history of art. The painting style of the establishment in his day was Rococo: a pretentious style, crammed with allegorical images from classical mythology and swirling with ornate decoration. To Chardin this theatrical approach reduced art to some kind of intellectual conversation piece. It was totally alien to the world that he constructed - a simple world of truth, humility and calm played out in a few square inches on the canvas.

Duration : 5m
Maturity Level : all

RestART Beirut

RestART Beirut

CONTRIBUTE TO SAVE BEIRUT’S HERITAGE

Duration : 35s
Maturity Level : all

Shingo Yoshida - Heathrow Airport

Shingo Yoshida - Heathrow Airport

Shingo Yoshida documents dystopian reality in Heathrow Airport: Corona Diary, shot at the end of April 2020, while the artist was en-route to his native Japan, when many countries worldwide were still in lockdown.

Duration : 8m
Maturity Level : all

Mariana Vassileva - Morning Mood

Mariana Vassileva - Morning Mood

Regarding how the Corona pandemic began, perhaps Mariana Vassileva’s Morning Mood says it all – if we are to believe that the virus originated from bats. Shot in Sydney, Australia, during the very days that MOMENTUM drew its first breaths with its inaugural event in Sydney, this portrait of the city’s remarkable bats already makes the jump between species.

Duration : 16m
Maturity Level : all

Thomas Eller - THE virus – SELBST (C0vid-20-Recovered)

Thomas Eller - THE virus – SELBST (C0vid-20-Recovered)

Thomas Eller’s THE virus was made during the Corona pandemic, while on lockdown in China. The artist re-duplicates himself, with each of his copies reciting the genetic code of one of the first strains of the SARS-CoV2 virus identified in Wuhan, where the COVID-19 outbreak began.

Duration : 5m
Maturity Level : all

Nina E. Schönefeld - N.O.R.O.C.2.3

Nina E. Schönefeld - N.O.R.O.C.2.3

Nina E. Schönefeld’s N.O.R.O.C.2.3, made during the Corona lockdown in Berlin, is a dark depiction of our pandemic times, cast in the guise of dystopian science fiction. N.O.R.O.C.2.3 is a narrative video collage that takes the pulse of a pandemic in the digital age.

Duration : 8m
Maturity Level : all

Doug Fishbone - Artificial Intelligence

Doug Fishbone - Artificial Intelligence

Making light of even the greatest darkness is a better survival mechanism than despair, and in that sense, Doug Fishbone’s Artifical Intelligence paints an oddly prescient portrait of our times, assembled from images found online.

Duration : 2m
Maturity Level : all

Map Office - VIRAL Operation

Map Office - VIRAL Operation

In Viral Operation the Hong Kong artist duo Map Office fly to Berlin from a Hong Kong ravaged by the SARS epidemic, this century’s first major viral outbreak, for a road trip crossing all possible European land borders on their way to the Venice Biennale. Wearing masks, they are treated as suspect Others, potential contaminants.

Duration : 7m
Maturity Level : all

Shaarbek Amankul - Duba

Shaarbek Amankul - Duba

While western medicine is only now unveiling a vaccine and has so far failed to find a viable cure to the ravages of COVID-19, it is perhaps time to turn to the ancient shamanistic traditions of other cultures.

Duration : 6m
Maturity Level : all

Shingo Yoshida - The Summit

Shingo Yoshida - The Summit

Yoshida’s ghostly journey through Heathrow Airport, an abandoned monument to globalization, is here set in contrast to an intergenerational journey to the peak of Japan’s monument to nationhood, Mount Fuji. In The Summit, Yoshida brings to life his father’s and grandfather’s dream to place an engraved haiku atop Mount Fuji.

Duration : 23m
Maturity Level : all

MAP Office - Runscape

MAP Office - Runscape

Runscape chronicles the freedom of movement which, under our current pandemic conditions, has been denied to many around the world restricted to lockdown. The narration describing the body as ‘a bullet which needs no gun’, assumes a dark duality in view of the deadly spread of the virus from person to person.

Duration : 24m
Maturity Level : all