A fine media collaboration involving galleries in recent months has been MoMA’s series, The Way I See It, with BBC Radio 3. On MoMA’s YouTube channel are the engrossing short films that complement the BBC podcasts, involving leading figures across the arts exploring works in MoMA’s collection with insight and no little affection. MoMA’s short artist documentaries are similarly compelling: a rare interview with Pope.L about his crawling performances manages within a few minutes to capture the revolutionary spirit of the works and the personal background to the artist’s profound engagement with New York’s urban spaces. A conservation film from this year focuses on Girault de Prangey’s daguerreotypes, capturing the fragility and beauty of that medium.

The Tate’s documentary series is defined by its originality. Yes, there are conventional artist profiles: for instance, a beautiful film with the artist Billie Zangewa in Johannesburg. But it is also consistently surprising: in connection with Tate Britain’s Aubrey Beardsley exhibition earlier this year, the Tate brought together the curator Stephen Calloway with drag performer Holly James Johnston to explore dandyism through both fin-de-siècle and 21st-century lenses. A wonderful film with dance group Corali, who perform choreography created by artists with a learning disability in Tate Britain’s galleries, dramatically animates the Tate collection. Then there are explorations of artists who escape the attention of mainstream channels, such as the late Rose Finn-Kelcey.

Art Nova 100 was first launched in September of 2011, and for its series of annual art exhibitions and promotion events, Art Nova 100 each year nominates about 100 artists from across China, as well as invites a small selection of international artists. All the artists were born in or after 1975 and work in a variety of media, including oil painting, sculpture, ink on paper, printmaking, photography and installation. The exhibition tour of these artists’ works takes place both in China and abroad. These exhibitions and their related events provide a large-scale promoting platform for the most promising young artists.