Anselm on Apr 26, 2025 | UCSB Arts & Lectures

In Anselm, celebrated filmmaker Wim Wenders creates a portrait of Anselm Kiefer, one of the most innovative and important painters and sculptors of our time. For more than two years, Wenders traced Kiefer’s path from his native Germany to his current home in France, connecting the stages of his life to the essential places of his career that spans five-plus decades. The film is a cinematic experience of the artist’s work, which explores human existence and the cyclical nature of history, inspired by literature, poetry, philosophy, science, mythology and religion. (Wim Wenders, 2023, 94 min.)