In the early 1980s the German artist Sigmar Polke became a dedicated scholar of pigment manufacture. He favoured highly toxic, banned or otherwise exotic substances, but as a modern day alchemist he shrouded his knowledge in mystery.

Introduction to the film screening by special guests from Polke’s family who will discuss his relationship to film and Christof Kohlhöfer will also discuss his collaboration with Polke.

TateShots takes a look back at some of the amazing art and people we made films with in 2014

Legendary Queen guitarist Brian May explains his obsession with Victorian stereoscopic photographs in this week's TateShots video interview.

A tour of Merge Festival, an annual celebration of art and performance features in this TateShots video.

Musician John Grant performs a one-off gig at Tate's British Folk Art exhibition, captured in this TateShots video

This TateShots film takes you on a trip round the Mondrian and his Studios exhibition at Tate Liverpool.

Curator Achim Borchardt-Hume takes us around the Malevich exhibition at Tate Modern for this TateShots video.

From dazzle ships to Whistler, the Liverpool Biennial has taken over the city. In this video TateShots takes a tour of the UK's largest international contemporary art festival

Curator Martin Myrone gives a tour of the British Folk Art exhibition at Tate Britain in this TateShots video.