What to Watch at MoMA’s Doc Fortnight Festival

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What to Watch at MoMA’s Doc Fortnight Festival

Toward the end of his life, Goya created the now-famous works that would come to be known as his Black Paintings (c. 1820–23) — 14 murals depicting supremely disquieting imagery painted on the walls of his villa outside Madrid. That dark house with its creepy masterpieces, where the great artist convalesced in isolation, is recreated in the short documentary La Quinta del Sordo (2022). The film, directed by Philippe Parreno, consists of close-up…