My Village, My Life

My Village, My Life

Art and Design | BBC Two | 1982 | 49'26''

In the week of the opening of the Festival of India, Prafulla Mohanti , author and writer, presents a unique portrait of an Indian village. Born the youn...

S01E01 | Extraordinary Portraits

S01E01 | Extraordinary Portraits

Art and Design | BBC One | 2022 | 28'53''

Artist Roxana Halls paints twin sisters who survived a crocodile attack in Mexico. In the process, we learn how their attitudes towards body...

Leonardo da Vinci v Michelangelo | Witness History

Leonardo da Vinci v Michelangelo | Witness History

Art and Design | BBC World Service | 2011 | 8'57''

When Leonardo da Vinci, the great Renaissance painter, was invited to paint a huge fresco in Florence - he could not have ...

03: Paolo Uccello – The Hunt in the Forest | Decoding the Masterworks

03: Paolo Uccello – The Hunt in the Forest | Decoding the Masterworks

Art and Design | BBC Radio 7 | 2015 | 27'42''

Dr Janina Ramirez visits the Ashmolean museum in Oxford to decode the 15th-century masterpiece by...

02: Dali’s Metamorphosis of Narcissus | Decoding the Masterworks

02: Dali’s Metamorphosis of Narcissus | Decoding the Masterworks

Art and Design | BBC Radio 6 | 2015 | 27'45''

Dr Janina Ramirez visits Tate Modern in London with Professor Dawn Ades to try and unravel the mysteri...

01: Manet’s A Bar at the Folies-Bergere | Decoding the Masterworks

01: Manet’s A Bar at the Folies-Bergere | Decoding the Masterworks

Art and Design | BBC Radio 5 | 2015 | 27'43''

Dr Janina Ramirez decodes Edouard Manet's masterpiece A Bar at the Folies-Bergere with Prof Griselda...

Jean-Michel Basquiat bursts onto the New York art scene | Witness History

Jean-Michel Basquiat bursts onto the New York art scene | Witness History

Art and Design | BBC World Service | 2023 | 8'59''

It's 35 years since graffiti artist Jean-Michel Basquiat died, on the 12th August 1988. He had huge...

Cities: Van Gogh – Cafe Terrace at Night | One Hundred Great Paintings

Cities: Van Gogh – Cafe Terrace at Night | One Hundred Great Paintings

Art and Design | BBC Two | 1980 | 10'32''

Filmed on location at the Kroller-Muller Museum, just outside Amsterdam, David Hockney appraises...

Self Portraits: Van Gogh (1853-1890) | One Hundred Great Paintings

Self Portraits: Van Gogh (1853-1890) | One Hundred Great Paintings

Art and Design | BBC Two | 1981 | 10'26''

David Piper visits the Louvre in Paris to discuss Van Gogh's self-portraits in the context of his other wo...

02: The Portrait | Standard Grade Art and Design

02: The Portrait | Standard Grade Art and Design

Art and Design | BBC Two | 1990 | 20'00''

Documentary shot on location in Glasgow, Greenock, and Castle Toward, aimed at Standard Grade Art & Design students (aged 14...

Paula Rego: Secrets and Stories

Paula Rego: Secrets and Stories

Art and Design | BBC Two | 2017 | 1'29'06''

A unique insight into the life and work of celebrated painter Paula Rego directed by her son, film-maker Nick Willing.

The Secret Surrealist: Desmond Morris

The Secret Surrealist: Desmond Morris

Art and Design | BBC Four | 2017 | 29'36''

Since the 1960s, Desmond Morris has been known as a zoologist and expert on human behaviour, but the bestselling author of The Naked Ap...

Painting technique | Making Art: First Idea to Final Piece

Painting technique | Making Art: First Idea to Final Piece

Art and Design | BBC Two | 2014 | 3'06''

Anna King explains the technique she uses in her paintings.

Realism in art | Age of the Image

Realism in art | Age of the Image

Art and Design | BBC Four | 2020 | 6'04''

James Fox explains the concept of realism in modern art.

Angel | Paula Rego: Secrets and Stories

Angel | Paula Rego: Secrets and Stories

Art and Design | BBC Two | 2017 | 3'26''

Paula Rego talks about her ''Guardian Angel'' artwork and the literary inspiration behind it as well as her activism for abortions.

Paula Rego’s Abortion Series | Paula Rego: Secrets and Stories

Paula Rego’s Abortion Series | Paula Rego: Secrets and Stories

Art and Design | BBC Two | 2017 | 4'06''

Paula Rego speaks about her ''Abortion'' series, which she made to overturn the ban on abortion in Portu...

Paula Rego | Paula Rego: Secrets and Stories

Paula Rego | Paula Rego: Secrets and Stories

Art and Design | BBC Two | 2017 | 2'51''

Paula Rego speaks about the inspiration for the setting, story and influence of childhood in her artwork.

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