Art on the BBC - Season 2

First aired: 1/3/2022 4 episodes

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

← Back to Art on the BBC

Episodes

Episode 1

1. The Great Salvador Dali

Aired: 1/3/2022

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

Episode 2

2. Van Gogh - Life and Art

Aired: 1/10/2022

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.

Episode 3

3. Monet - The French Revolutionary

Aired: 1/17/2022

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

Episode 4

4. Turner - Light and Landscape

Aired: 1/24/2022

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