Frank Bowling’s Abstract World | What Do Artists Do All Day?
Brenda Emmanus meets abstract artist Frank Bowling, who became the first black Royal Academician in 2005, to discuss a major retrospective of his work at Tate Britain.
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Power and Personality | The Genius of British Art
Passionate polemics on how British art made us who we are today and how it continues to give us a vision of ourselves. In the opening programme, historian Dr David Starkey considers how royal portraiture from Henry VIII to Princess Diana has had an enduring influence on the iconic power of personality. Henry was enamoured with the imperial power reflected by the art of Rome.
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Artshock: What Price Art? By Tracey Emin
Tracey Emin talks to art experts, curators, gallery directors and artists to find out: how successful female artists can be, if they can ever earn as much as their male counterparts, if the work of male and female artists are shown equally in Britain's galleries and how having children might influence their work.