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Who was Frida Kahlo? Journey into the life of a true icon, discover her art and the truth behind her often turbulent life. The combination of interviews, commentary and a detailed exploration of Kahlo's art offers a treasure trove of color and a feast of vitality. This intimate, personal documentary provides privileged access to her works, and sheds light on her feverish creativity, resilience and unparalleled thirst for life.

The Villa Dall’Ava, designed by Rem Koolhaas in 1991, is an iconic project located on the heights of Saint-Cloud, near Paris. This house is distinguished by its bold architecture and geometric forms that challenge the traditional conventions of a typical villa. The structure consists of shifted volumes, with two apartment boxes appearing to float above the pool, creating an impression of lightness. Koolhaas faced significant technical and aesthetic challenges during the design of the villa. On one hand, he dealt with opposition from neighbors concerned about the visual and structural impact of the house on the surrounding landscape. On the other hand, he had to devise ingenious solutions to support the weight of the boxes and the pool, which holds 65 tons of water. The villa incorporates carefully planned internal supports and a drainage system to ensure the stability of the structure. In addition to these challenges, Villa Dall’Ava serves as a reflection on modern living and the rel

Since the 1980s, street art has crept into cities and its artists are taking a growing place in urban space, but also in art collections. Installed in Lille, Jef Aerosol is part of the historical French Street Art with stencil option. His genre is the portrait, and he has long drawn on the world of music to express his passion. The artist is collected today by the greatest amateurs of Street Art.

A celebrity couple Road Trip – award winning journalists John Stapleton and Lynn Faulds Wood. Joining them on this jolly jaunt are Thomas Plant and Margie Cooper. With £400 in their pockets the teams kick off in Wrightington, Lancashire and head to Stockport for auction. Lynn and Thomas find themselves literally knee deep in antiques while hunting for old biscuit tins while Margie tries to convince John some rare lamps will make a profit. Also John learns how an American revolutionised British public transport and Lynn sees why snakes are milked in Liverpool.

In this episode, the two candidates Stéphany Mora and Harleena will compete on an imposed theme. Today, the theme is vineyards. They will have one hour to take the best picture possible. Let’s see who will win.

Making sculpture with bits of nothing, plaster, paper or a few pebbles, are enough for Michel François to question our relationship to everyday life and make us think about the world. Exhibited at the Venice Biennale in the 1990s, the artist has been living in his studio for the past three years, seeking to merge the everyday gesture with artistic practice.

Take an hour break to discover the work of a Netherlands painter, Rembrandt. You will discover his labour with The night round, the return of the prodigal son, Danaé.

Take an hour break to discover the work of a British painter, William Turner. You will discover his labour with London from greenwich park, child hairdo’s pilgrimage, Snow storm.

Pablo Picasso is one of the world's greatest artists, and until his death in 1973, he was its most prolific. How did it all begin? After being ignored for too long, it's time to focus on the artist's early years and the upbringing that enabled him to achieve the extraordinary. Three cities played a key role: Malaga, Barcelona and Paris. Young Picasso traverses them and explores their influence on the artist, analyzing specific works from his early years.

Possibly the most renowned painter in the world, Vincent van Gogh was born in Holland in 1853 but spent most of his life in France. Suffering from mental instability, Van Gogh produced more that 2,000 paintings before committing suicide aged 37. You will discover during this visit some of his most famous masterpieces, in particularly two “Self-portraits” at the Orsay Museum, “Sunflowers” exposed at the National Gallery in London, “Starry Night” and the “Church at Auvers-sur-Oise”. Enjoy your visit!

Test and develop your artistic culture with Art Quiz, the game that will allow you to become unaware of art. Whether it's artists, works of art, artistic trends, the price of works... nothing will be a secret for you anymore. Now it's your turn to play!

The Sainte-Geneviève library is a milestone in the history of architecture and libraries. As the first university library open to all, it was with this building that the concept of the public library was born. Breaking with the neo-classical trend that dominated Europe in the mid-19th century, Henri Labrouste erected a compact, uncluttered building in the heart of the Latin Quarter in Paris. It combines stone and an industrial material, iron, previously reserved for bridges and railway stations. Here, it is displayed and magnified in the large reading room. This approach astounded Labrouste's contemporaries, and was hailed by Le Corbusier as the first step towards "modern architecture".

The German Pavilion at the 1929 World's Fair in Barcelona holds the record for fame per m2 built. A flat roof, 8 metal posts and a dozen walls. How and why did this minimal structure come to embody twentieth-century modernity? Apart from its iconic dimension, the Pavilion had no other function than to host a one-off reception for the King and Queen of Spain, for less than an hour, on the opening day of the exhibition. Here, Mies van der Rohe gives his own vision of the new architecture.

Lachlan Goudie traces the story of Mary through the gospels with a personal question: why is the life of the Mother of God barely described in the Bible, but so well-represented in art? Lachlan looks at her role in the story of the Resurrection and the subsequent events up to Pentecost, fifty days after Easter.

The Musée d’Orsay not only houses the largest collection of impressionist and post-impressionist masterpieces in the world, but the building itself is impressive. What about visiting it alone at night with a theatrical guide? Throughout the one-off, the majestic formerly railway station functions as a time machine travelling back to the past. From floor to floor, in the deserted and silent spaces, the viewer will glide from an artistic movement to another.

Secret treasures makes you discover the Thiers Library in Paris. It is a place that houses many treasures that we do not suspect the existence. Today, we will visit this exceptional place which is the property of the Institute of France in search of the treasures it contains. Experts, historians, librarians, will guide us through the corridors and floors of this magical place.

In the 1960s, Japanese architects think about reinventing Paris drawing Metabolism, which converts Japanese megalopolis like Tokyo. They stood out in 1971 for the support of the construction of the Center Pompidou; the opportunity to display their new vision of urban planning. Japanese architects then participate in numerous competitions for major works in Paris but will never be successful. Not until the late 1980s for their first major achievements finally emerging in the capital

Two favourite Blue Peter presenters Sarah Greene and Peter Duncan are in the company of Natasha Raskin and Catherine Southon as they hunt for antiques around Surrey, Hertfordshire and North West London. Peter detours to learn how hockey became a popular sport the world over while keen aviator Sarah sees how the Battle of Britain was won. An incredible haul of antiques, including chimney pots, Pinocchio and a pair of African fertility figures, go under the gavel at an auction in Tewkesbury, Gloucestershire.

With his considerable production of more than 6,000 works, Auguste Renoir took part in the emergence of the impressionist movement even if he were to distance himself from it later to assert a more personal style. This visit begins with his most famous masterpiece, the “Ball at the Moulin de la Galette”. You will also rediscover the “Dance in the City” and the “Piano Lesson” exposed at the Joslyn art museum as well as “Claude Renoir in Clown Costume”, a portrait of his son who was later to become one of France’s greatest film directors exposed at the Orangerie Museum in France Enjoy your visit!

Wilhelm Hansen was a visionary businessman who lived in Denmark in the 19th century. He was one of the few collectors to take an interest in the Impressionist painters, at a time when they were attacked and denigrated. The film takes us to Hansen's summer home on the outskirts of Copenhagen, and to the extraordinary exhibition of his collection at London's Royal Academy.

Every Rembrandt exhibition is eagerly awaited, but this exhibition organized by London's National Gallery and Amsterdam's Rijksmuseum was an unprecedented event. The documentary highlights the historic Rembrandt exhibition, while tracing his life. Rembrandt is one of the greatest artists who ever lived, and this deeply moving documentary seeks to explore the truth about the man behind the legend.

No artist captured the essence and charm of Venice better than Giovanni Antonio Canal, better known as Canaletto. This remarkable collection of over 200 paintings, drawings and etchings allows us to discover Canaletto's artistic talent, his contemporaries and the city he reproduced with genius. The film also opens the doors of two official royal residences, Buckingham Palace and Windsor Castle, to reveal more about the artist and Joseph Smith, the man who introduced Canaletto to Britain.

A remarkable event occurred at London’s National Gallery when the largest ever collection of Leonardo’s surviving paintings was assembled in a unique exhibition: Leonardo da Vinci: Painter at the Court of Milan. Leonardo is recognised as perhaps the greatest painter and sculptor of all time but there was no end to his talents. This film tells his life story and expands on Leonardo the visionary and inventor from the place where he lived out his final years at Château du Clos Lucé in France, concluding that Leonardo da Vinci was perhaps the very embodiment of the spirit of the Renaissance.

Multi-award-winning director Phil Grabsky takes a fresh look at arguably the world's most beloved artist, using the words of the painter himself. I, Claude Monet reveals new facets of the man who gave birth to the Impressionist movement with one painting, and who was certainly one of the most influential and renowned painters of the 19th and early 20th centuries. Shot on location across Europe, I, Claude Monet is an unprecedented, intimate film exploration of some of Western art's most beloved cult settings.

With loans from across the world, this major retrospective brings together Vermeer’s most famous masterpieces including Girl with a Pearl Earring, The Geographer, The Milkmaid, The Little Street, Lady Writing a Letter with her Maid, and Woman Holding a Balance. In all, 28 of his surviving 37 works. This film invites audiences to a privileged view of the exhibition, accompanied by the director of the Rijksmuseum and the curators of the show. A truly once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to discover the genius of Vermeer and his fascinating and mysterious life.

Legends of stage and screen, Charles Dance and Geraldine James join antiques experts Natasha Raskin and Will Axon on this Road Trip romp around Wiltshire. Charles finds a pair of Edwardian silver vases he hopes will prove profitable at an auction in Essex. Geraldine, however, bumps into a chap in the street with a 19th Century French Empire secretaire. It costs her a small fortune – will the gamble pay off? A diversion from the shops sees Charles end up in the cockpit of a very old helicopter while Geraldine learns how a small part of Swindon dating back 170 years influenced the creation of the modern NHS.

Top presenting pals Nicki Chapman and Jules Hudson escape to the country to find antiques with Natasha Raskin and Phillip Serrell. It becomes girls versus boys, both teams with £400 in their pockets. Kicking off from Wormsley in Herefordshire they Road Trip into Wales and Oxfordshire, before finally finishing in North Finchley, in London for an auction. Along the way the girls meet a clog maker who carves shoes by hand. While the boys head to the Herefordshire Light Infantry Museum to hear about the regiment’s involvement at Gallipoli.

Lucian Freud, one of the most famous British painters of our time, is also one of the few twentieth-century artists to have portrayed himself so consistently in self-portraiture. His self-portraits provide a fascinating insight into both his personality and his development as a painter, from his first portrait in 1939 to his last. Through fascinating interviews with former models, friends and leading experts, this intensely captivating documentary reveals the work of a master who represents a compelling study of the dynamics of aging and the process of self-representation.

On the evening of 13 July 1999, a day of celebrations in France, Rembrandt’s *The Boy with a Soap Bubble* disappeared from the Draguignan Municipal Museum. Patrick Vialaneix recounts how he fell in love with this painting at the age of 13. Thirteen years later, the painting continued to haunt him, and he decided to steal it so that he could always have it close to him and talk to it. He therefore hid in a cupboard in the museum, waiting for nightfall to make off with it. He turned himself in to the police in 2014.

Vandalised, stolen, cut into pieces, melted down and resold for a few thousand euros, even though they are worth millions: sculptures. On the night of 30–31 March 1999, whilst this park in the 6th arrondissement was closed to the public, individuals stole the sculpture of Picasso’s former muse and lover, Dora Maar: ‘Head of a Woman’, an 80-centimetre-tall bronze weighing 80 kilos. Two years later, in a town hall in the Paris suburbs, it stood proudly on the staircase: ‘Do you realise you’ve got a Picasso in your building?’ exclaimed an antique dealer who had come to visit the château. Indeed, the town hall had found a ‘large stone’ buried on a plot of land, had it cleaned, thought it was beautiful and displayed it in their château, unaware that it was a sculpture by Picasso…

In 2010, five masterpieces by Picasso, Matisse, Braque, Modigliani and Léger went missing. A year into the investigation, the police arrested the burglar, Vrejan Tomic. A repeat offender, with 11 art thefts to his name, he usually works to order. In this case, the client was Jean-Michel Corvez. Wrapped in bin bags, these unsellable works were found at the home of a third man, Yonathan Birn. How? Why?

Painted by the Van Eyck brothers, ‘The Adoration of the Mystical Lamb’ or ‘The Ghent Altarpiece’ is regarded as one of the greatest masterpieces of the Flemish Primitives. Installed in St Bavon’s Cathedral in Ghent as early as 1432, it escaped theft and looting on several occasions, However, on the night of 10–11 April 1934, two panels were stolen, one of which – ‘The Just Judges’ – has never been recovered to this day, because the bishop refused to pay the ransom demanded…

Built in 1926, the Bauhaus in Dessau remains Walter Gropius's major work. One of the most famous buildings of 20th century architecture. Not only architect of the Bauhaus, he is also the director of this "School of Creation": the Bauhaus, both patron and client. It is the separate needs of the school that determine the design of the buildings, which are connected to each other. To each space its coherence, its own existence. Gropius opts for a nesting system: he designs an asymmetrical building, giving it a floating character, playing on different masses and different heights, advancing into space. As if in extension. The desire for transparency is omnipresent. The curtain wall of glass that clings to the three floors of the main parallelepiped is the most accomplished mark of it. The interior decoration is designed and built by the Bauhaus students. It is a total architecture for Gropius. Rationalizing construction, producing more economical and functional housing will remain the a

It’s a journey into antiquity with glamorous historians Suzannah Lipscomb and Kate Williams. Paired with experts David Harper and Catherine Southon they Road Trip from Bletchley in Buckinghamshire to an auction in London. There’s also opportunity to hear how Mrs Beeton became the first ‘domestic Goddess’ and why Luton played a critical role in the fashion world when hats were de rigueur daily wear. David and Suzannah gamble on a giant ant while Catherine and Kate plump for a very large tea urn.

In this episode, the two candidates of the day, Thibaud Poirier and Antoine Guillou, will have one hour to realize their photo session. They will have to take the best possible photos on the imposed theme of architecture in the 12th district of Paris, and then they will have 30 minutes to edit their photos.

Myriam Mechita has set up her studio in the little-known Lichtenberg district of Berlin, in an old disinfected factory that has become a creative sanctuary for over 200 artists. Meticulous and passionate visual artist, Myriam Mechita approaches her art above all as an extension of her emotions and feelings.

Take an hour break to discover the work of a French painter, Eugene Delacroix. You will discover his labour with The barque of Dante, Portrait of Aspasie, The assassination of the bishop of liege.

Take an hour break to discover the work of a French painter, Edgar Degas. You will discover his labour with Portrait of hilaire rené Degas, race horses, ballet rehearsal on the set.