Art and Artists
From Old Masters to Modern Art, clips featuring leading artists and their work
BBC Four Goes Pop: Ident by Peter Blake—BBC Four Goes Pop
A specially produced, original channel identity by Pop Artist Sir Peter Blake.
BBC Four Goes Pop: Ident by Peter Phillips—BBC Four Goes Pop
A specially produced, original channel identity by Pop Artist Peter Phillips.
BBC Four Goes Pop: Ident by Derek Boshier—BBC Four Goes Pop
A specially produced, original channel identity by Pop Artist Derek Boshier.
A Day in the Life of Andy Warhol - the short version—BBC Four Goes Pop
Stephen Smith sets out to discover the real Andy Warhol.
Soup Cans and Superstars: Online exclusives—BBC Four Goes Pop
Exclusive extras from Alastair Sooke's Pop art programme, part of BBC Four Goes Pop.
Claire Wesselman on her relationship with Pop artist Tom Wesselman - online exclusive—BBC Four Goes Pop
Alastair Sooke meets the wife of one of the leading American artists associated with Pop.
Jeremy Deller on Andy Warhol's violent obsession - online exclusive—BBC Four Goes Pop
Deller meets Alastair Sooke to discuss the imagery of violence in some of Warhol's work.
Peter Blake painting a portrait of Brian Wilson—What Do Artists Do All Day?, Sir Peter Blake
Peter Blake painting a portrait of Brian Wilson
Tom Wesselmann's Great American Nude #53 - online exclusive—BBC Four Goes Pop
The artist's daughter, Kate, shows Alastair Sooke the source materials for the work.
Pop Art highlights—BBC Four Goes Pop
A collection of clip highlights from the BBC's Pop Art season.
Alastair Sooke meets French artist Nicola L—Soup Cans & Superstars: How Pop Art Changed the World
Alastair is invited to look at – and sit on - sculptures of the female form.
Alastair Sooke visits Sir Peter Blake in his studio—Soup Cans & Superstars: How Pop Art Changed the World
Alastair rifles through Pop Art legend Sir Peter Blake's record collection.
Innovating in art: Three MIF artists reflect—Manchester International Festival, MIF 2015
Video artist Ed Atkins, Jeremy Deller & choreographer 'Regg Roc' on the artistic process.
The colour of the Sun—A History of Art in Three Colours, Gold
Ever since mankind first discovered gold, it has reminded us of the Sun.
Alan Yentob on Chris Ofili's designs for 'Metamorphosis:Titian'—The Culture Show, 2012/2013, Episode 5
Metamorphosis: Titian 2012 is an epic collaboration between The Royal Ballet, The National Gallery and leading British artists and writers who were asked to make work inspired by Titian’s paintings and Ovid’s epic poem. Alan Yentob looks at artist Chris Ofili's contribution, including his set designs for the work.
Alastair Sooke visits 'Frieze Masters'—The Culture Show, 2012/2013, Episode 12
Alastair Sooke surveys the first Frieze Masters – a new element to the Frieze Festival which runs in London from the 11th-14th of October. It offers the opportunity to see and buy work from over 90 of the world’s leading galleries with the selection of works ranging from the ancient era to old masters to more contemporary art.
Titian—Renaissance, Light and Liberty
Andrew Graham Dixon discusses the Italian master
Raphael and "The School of Athens"—Renaissance, Apocalypse
Andrew Graham-Dixon examines Pope Julius II's desire for Raphael to decorate his private library in the Vatican
The Bureau of Surrealist Research—Bright Lights, Brilliant Minds: A Tale of Three Cities, Paris 1928
Welcome to the strangest office in the world and an unusual way to start a revolution…
Jim Dine on Rory McEwen
The American pop artist on his relationship with Rory McEwen
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The first still life in British art?—A Very British Renaissance, Whose Renaissance?
Nathaniel Bacon painted a masterpiece inspired by the fruit and vegetables in his garden.
Scuola Grande di San Rocco—Renaissance, Light and Liberty
Andrew Graham-Dixon explores Tintoretto's ode to the plague victims of Venice.
Henri Matisse—The Culture Show, 2013/2014, Henri Matisse - A Cut Above the Rest
Alastair Sooke takes a look at Matisse’s cut outs
The Extraordinary Art of Edward Burra—The Culture Show, 2011/2012, Episode 13
Andrew Graham-Dixon explores the life and art of British painter Edward Burra who died in 1976.
