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Art on the BBC

Season 2

2022 · 4 episodes

Art historians delve into six decades of the BBC archives. How has television influenced our understanding of the world's greatest artists?

  1. 1. The Great Salvador Dali

    2022-01-03 · 58m

    Art historian David Dibosa explores the BBC archives to create a television history of one of art's greatest showmen, Salvador Dali.

  2. 2. Van Gogh - Life and Art

    2022-01-10 · 58m

    Art historian Kate Bryan explores the BBC archives to create a television history of a man who has become the embodiment of the 'tortured artist', Vincent Van Gogh.

  3. 3. Monet - The French Revolutionary

    2022-01-17 · 58m

    Art historian Katy Hessel explores the BBC archives to create a television history of the father of impressionism, Claude Monet.

  4. 4. Turner - Light and Landscape

    2022-01-24 · 58m

    Art historian Leslie Primo explores the BBC archives to create a TV history of perhaps the UK’s most beloved artist, JMW Turner.

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