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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.

Discover or rediscover the masterpieces by Gustave Moreau (1826-1898) on display at the Musée d'Orsay, the Gustave Moreau Museum in Paris...

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!

Raphael Federici (street artist), Marine Goodmorning (illustrator), Luca Fiore (cartoonist) and Harry Boudchicha (drawing teacher) reveal their best drawing techniques. Each episode focuses on a specific subject: movement, oil painting, shadows, hair... For the first 10 minutes, each artist gives a theoretical lesson illustrated by sketches. Then they each start working on their creation. Finally, they end with a debrief, comparing and explaining their techniques

In 64 episodes, fun and educational, you will know how to draw an airplane, a fireman, a haunted mansion, a soccer player, a sunset, a lion, the Eiffel Tower, seashells, a fairy... Our master draftsman Gia-Haï Phan will show you the basics of a successful drawing: proportions, perspectives, values, contrasts, volumes, blending, everything is covered.

The Galleria Umberto I, designed by Emanuele Rocco, stands as one of the last and grandest covered passages constructed in Europe. It serves as a poignant testament to the architectural brilliance of the 19th century.

David Hockney, generally considered one of Britain's most popular artists, is enjoying worldwide success, with exhibitions in London, New York, Paris and elsewhere attracting millions of visitors. Now in his eighties, Hockney shows no sign of letting up or losing his legendary audacity. This film reveals intimate, previously unseen interviews and focuses on two successful exhibitions that took place in 2012 and 2016 at the Royal Academy of Arts in London.

200 years after it opened and a century after acquiring its first Van Gogh works, the National Gallery hosted the largest Van Gogh exhibition ever held in the UK (September 14, 2024 to January 19, 2025). The exhibition was a huge success, unanimously praised by the press, and tickets sold out quickly, making this film the only way to see what Forbes called a “once-in-a-lifetime exhibition.” Discover the passion that drove one of the world's most beloved artists to revolutionize art. Van Gogh: Poets & Lovers rewrites history and celebrates Van Gogh's genius without exploiting his suffering, allowing audiences to truly understand this iconic artist in a whole new way...

He is one of the most controversial artists, yet one of the most influential. Picasso's collection contained mainly Renoirs. Matisse revered him. Monet too. Renoir was crucial to the creation of the Impressionist movement, before rejecting it altogether to embark on a radically different genre, with great success. The Barnes Collection in Philadelphia has more paintings by Renoir than any other gallery in the world, and it's here that we'll attempt to lift the veil on the remarkable story of this incredible artist.

A key artist of the Italian Renaissance, Raffaello Santi (1483-1520) developed a classical art form, based on drawing, which made him the model for many painters in the following centuries. His favourite theme was the Madonna: you can admire, for example, “The Sistine Madonna” in Dresden and the “The Virgin and Child with St John the Baptist” in the Louvre. Notice the gentle harmony and the delicate sensuality in “The Three Graces” or the powerful human presence in “The Portrait of Baldassare Castiglione”. Enjoy your visit!

Louis XV, known as "the beloved", we propose to rediscover his life and his reign through some of the paintings exhibited at the Chateau de Versailles and the Louvre. You can admire them today in the Galerie des Batailles in Versailles.

My little Museum is Art History retold through funny anecdotes and backstage trivias by Alicia Flipo. With her wacky demeanor, her inventiveness and her quirky sense of humor, Alicia stages these small Art tales so that once and for all, you could remember the Big stories!

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.

Parish enclosures are the hallmark of Western Brittany, formulating its soul and being from the late 15th to the 17th century. The ultimate accord of the tragic, the sacred, the aesthetic and the religious, such is the journey to which we invite you.

The International Comics Festival of Angoulême is a place where everyone can make their own idea of comics. During 4 intense days, publishers, artists and readers exchange on the 9th art.

In 1974, a group of friends, inspired by what they had seen in Italy and driven by their shared passion, organized a comics fair in their French hometown of Angoulême. Half a century later, the event has become a festival of international renown, and is about to celebrate its fiftieth edition. This documentary tells the story of the creation of the Angoulême International Comics Festival in the context of the 1970s, and the evolution of the event since then, which has made the town a world reference in an exponentially growing bubble market.

Graffiti World is a short program dedicated to contemporary urban art around the world. Each episode explores a specific city, highlighting iconic works of street art. Local soundscape accompanies the images for an authentic, commentary-free immersion. The program showcases the creativity and diversity of artistic expression in public spaces. An invitation to discover the richness of graffiti as an art form in its own right.

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.

Discover the work of Matisse through the exhibitions at Tate Modern in London and MoMA in New York (2014) and enjoy the original performance of Royal Ballet star dancer Zenaida Yanowsky, who interprets the colors and dynamism of Matisse's painting to the jazz music of Courtney Pine. Punctuated by interviews with experts and rare archival footage of Matisse at work, this documentary will provide a special insight into the last chapter of the painter's career.

My little Museum is Art History retold through funny anecdotes and backstage trivias by Alicia Flipo. With her wacky demeanor, her inventiveness and her quirky sense of humor, Alicia stages these small Art tales so that once and for all, you could remember the Big stories!

Vocal coaches and husband and wife David and Carrie Grant are swapping singing in harmony for battling it out with antiques. With the help of experts Will Axon and Mark Stacey our competitive celebrity couple uncover some unusual items to sell at auction in rural Norfolk. David also visits a patch of inner-city grass in Cambridge where today children play and dogs are walked but was actually the birthplace of football, while Carrie learns how Letchworth Garden City sparked a revolution in town design.

In this episode, we will meet Martin Schoeller, German photographer. His style is characterized by a similar treatment of all subjects photographed, whether they are famous or anonymous. His portraits of Brad Pitt, Steve Carrel, Bradley Cooper and many others, are published in renowned magazines.

Private Tour takes you to discover the second exhibition of "Japanese art brut " at the Halle Saint Pierre. With this exhibition, we try to question and understand what makes the success and originality of art brut. Among the works on display you will be able to discover works by the iconic Japanese artist Sawada who participated in the Venice Biennale in 2013.

Private Tour takes you to the discovery of the exhibition "Hans Hartung" at the Museum of Modern Art in Paris. This exhibition dedicated to this 20th century painter is a retrospective from 1904, the year of his birth, until his death in 1989, where we can observe all his production that was very important in the history of art.

Raphael Federici (street artist), Marine Goodmorning (illustrator), Luca Fiore (cartoonist) and Harry Boudchicha (drawing teacher) reveal their best drawing techniques. Each episode focuses on a specific subject: movement, oil painting, shadows, hair... For the first 10 minutes, each artist gives a theoretical lesson illustrated by sketches. Then they each start working on their creation. Finally, they end with a debrief, comparing and explaining their techniques

The National Gallery of London is offering a fresh look at arguably one of the greatest artists of all – Johannes Vermeer, painter of the famous Girl with a Pearl Earring. In an exhibition entitled ‘Vermeer and Music: The Art of Love and Leisure’, The National Gallery has chosen to focus on Vermeer’s relationship with music. It is one of the most popular themes of Dutch painting and reveals an enormous amount about this most fascinating of artists.

For very long time, women were excluded from doing sculpture. Yet, they never gave up struggling for their recognition as artists. As Women Painters, this one-off recounts the fate of the first female sculptors, and showcases their works, that are at last being acknowledged today...

To mark the 500th anniversary of Raphael's death, a major exhibition has opened in Rome. Exhibition on Screen had exclusive access to this event, which brings together over 200 major works by this Renaissance master. The film explores the exhibition and sheds new light on the work of this often misunderstood or, on the contrary, idealized artist.

In this episode, we will meet Ricky Powell, photographer. He has photographed some of the biggest legends in New York and in the world. He likes that you can get around New York fairly easily because it makes street photography easier. According to him, street photography is a subject that offers infinite possibilities.

They are the world’s most popular artists. The works of Cézanne, Monet, Degas and their compatriots fetch tens of millions of dollars. But just who were they really? Why and how did they paint? What lies behind their enduring appeal? To help answer these questions, this programme secured unique access to a major exhibition focussing on the 19th century Parisian art collector Paul Durand-Ruel, the outspoken champion of Impressionism. This eagerly anticipated exhibition is perhaps the most comprehensive ever held about the Impressionists.

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!

An art genre which has existed since antiquity, still-lifes became popular again in 17th century European painting. Depicting inanimate objects, compositions might be confined to a meal on a table, as in Lubin’s frugal “Still-Life with Water Biscuits”, or portray hunted animals as in the “Still-Life with Pheasant” by Jean-Baptiste Oudry. You will also find famous still-lifes by Chardin, Cézanne and Van Gogh. Enjoy your visit!

We suggest you discover or rediscover some of the paintings exhibited at the Chateau de Versailles. Works of art dating from the 18th and 19th centuries and representing the former French sovereigns.

Pop Icon and actress Claire Grogan is reunited with fellow Glaswegian, Taggart actor Alex Norton as they battle it out in the search for profitable antiques. Anita Manning and Paul Laidlaw are on hand to lend their expertise. Anita and Alex find themselves on an Antiques ‘Boat’ Trip as they reminisce about childhood trips down the Clyde. While Claire and Paul see firsthand what Stirling castle would’ve looked like in the 16th century. The result of the auction in Ayr all rests on a naked lady.

In this episode, the candidates Marine and Nicolas will have one hour to walk the streets of Bordeaux under the rain. The imposed theme is: Bordeaux and its inhabitants. They must exceptionally respect an imposed route and take a photograph of the quays.

Johan Creten has been working in the center of The Hague, in the Netherlands, for more than three years. This nomadic artist, who regularly changes his studio, has made ceramics his favorite field of exploration. A forerunner in a field that is too often discredited, he has helped to restore the discipline to its rightful place.

Take an hour break to discover the work of a Franco-Danish painter, Camille Pissarro. You will discover his labour with View from Louveciennes, A path through the fields, Pontoise or Peasant girl making a fire.

Take an hour break to discover the work of a Prussian painter, Caspar David Friedrich. You will discover his labour with The Wanderer above the mists, Greifswald port or the Lone tree.

Narrated by Gillian Anderson, this episode of Exhibition on Screen follows the footsteps of French artists such as Renoir and Monet, the American Impressionist movement forged its own path. Painted over a period of 40 years, these paintings reveal the United States both as a nation and as a creative breeding ground. The history of this movement is closely linked to the love of gardens and the desire to preserve nature in a country undergoing rapid urbanization. This enchanting journey through workshops, gardens and famous sites in the USA, UK and France is a feast for the eyes.

Discover or rediscover Chaim Soutine's masterpieces, each one more surprising than the last.

Between 1883 and 1926 Claude Monet lived in a house at Giverny where he created a flower garden and a water garden, which provided the inspiration for his series of paintings known as the “Water Lilies”. The “Water-Lily Pond” portrays this garden, with its water lilies and the Japanese bridge in the background. In the series of eight large canvases on the theme, housed in the Musée de l’Orangerie in Paris, Monet introduces variations in light according to the hour of the day. Enjoy your visit!

Raphael Federici (street artist), Marine Goodmorning (illustrator), Luca Fiore (cartoonist) and Harry Boudchicha (drawing teacher) reveal their best drawing techniques. Each episode focuses on a specific subject: movement, oil painting, shadows, hair... For the first 10 minutes, each artist gives a theoretical lesson illustrated by sketches. Then they each start working on their creation. Finally, they end with a debrief, comparing and explaining their techniques

In 64 episodes, fun and educational, you will know how to draw an airplane, a fireman, a haunted mansion, a soccer player, a sunset, a lion, the Eiffel Tower, seashells, a fairy... Our master draftsman Gia-Haï Phan will show you the basics of a successful drawing: proportions, perspectives, values, contrasts, volumes, blending, everything is covered.

The School of Architecture in Porto, designed by Álvaro Siza, reflects his minimalist approach and respect for the surrounding context. Inaugurated in 1993, the school harmoniously integrates with the landscape, featuring simple volumes and abundant natural light. Siza used modest materials like white concrete, giving the building an elegant sobriety. The spaces are designed to encourage interaction between students and teachers, fostering an open and fluid learning environment. This building perfectly embodies Siza's architectural philosophy, where function and poetry meet.

In June 2017, a major exhibition opened in Paris at the Musée d'Orsay. For the first time, this exhibition brought together all Cézanne's portraits. This was an opportunity to analyze Cézanne's work with the help of international experts and to tour the rooms of the National Portrait Gallery in London and the National Gallery of Art in Washington.

The Impressionists are the most popular group in art history - millions flock every year to marvel at their masterpieces. But, to begin with, they were scorned, penniless outsiders. 1874 was the year that changed everything; the first Impressionists, “hungry for independence”, broke the mould by holding their own exhibition outside official channels. Impressionism was born and the art world was changed forever. What led to that first groundbreaking show 150 years ago? Who were the maverick personalities that wielded their brushes in such a radical and provocative way? The spectacular Musée d’Orsay exhibition brings fresh eyes to this extraordinary tale of passion and rebellion. The story is told not by historians and curators but in the words of those who witnessed the dawn of Impressionism: the artists, press and people of Paris, 1874. See the show that changed everything on the big screen.

The man with the long greying beard who we find in this self-portrait is the painter Camille Pissarro (1830-1903). A keen follower of the Impressionist movement, the artist specialised in landscapes around Paris, often painted in winter, such as the “Chestnut Tress at Louveciennes” or the urban landscapes of Montmartre. Towards the end of his life, his painting technique changed and he turned towards Neo-Impressionism, for example in the “Seine River and Louvre Palace”. Enjoy your visit!

Find a selection of commented works by the artist Anne-Louis Girodet (1767-1824). We find numerous works of the artist with many precise details.

My little Museum is Art History retold through funny anecdotes and backstage trivias by Alicia Flipo. With her wacky demeanor, her inventiveness and her quirky sense of humor, Alicia stages these small Art tales so that once and for all, you could remember the Big stories!

Two stars of the seventies, cool crooner Tony Christie and pop royalty Jimmy Osmond are accompanied by experts Catherine Southon and Margie Cooper. Blasting off from the Leicestershire town of Loughborough they’ll head for an auction in the Staffordshire city of Stoke-on-Trent. Tony squeezes in a visit to Coalbrookdale, the place where ground breaking techniques were developed that kick-started the industrial revolution. And petrol-head Jimmy gets to whizz round the historical race circuit at Donington. The big auction finale includes a sing-a-long like no other. But which musical maestro will clinch victory?

The National Gallery of London is offering a fresh look at arguably one of the greatest artists of all – Johannes Vermeer, painter of the famous Girl with a Pearl Earring. In an exhibition entitled ‘Vermeer and Music: The Art of Love and Leisure’, The National Gallery has chosen to focus on Vermeer’s relationship with music. It is one of the most popular themes of Dutch painting and reveals an enormous amount about this most fascinating of artists.

For very long time, women were excluded from doing sculpture. Yet, they never gave up struggling for their recognition as artists. As Women Painters, this one-off recounts the fate of the first female sculptors, and showcases their works, that are at last being acknowledged today...

Suzanne Valadon was born in 1865. Her son, Maurice Utrillo, was born in 1883. Both were painters, and lived part of their lives in the Montmartre district of Paris. It was a flourishing period for the village. It was in this atmosphere that they enjoyed their hours of glory and drama.

"I envy the Japanese", wrote Van Gogh to his brother Theo. Thanks to the exhibition on which this film is based, at the Van Gogh Museum in Amsterdam, we understand why. Although Vincent van Gogh never visited Japan, it remains the country that had the greatest influence on him and his work. By visiting Japanese art galleries in Paris and creating his own image of Japan after extensive research, print collections and lengthy discussions with other artists, the discovery of Japanese art took van Gogh's career in an exciting new direction.

They are the world’s most popular artists. The works of Cézanne, Monet, Degas and their compatriots fetch tens of millions of dollars. But just who were they really? Why and how did they paint? What lies behind their enduring appeal? To help answer these questions, this programme secured unique access to a major exhibition focussing on the 19th century Parisian art collector Paul Durand-Ruel, the outspoken champion of Impressionism. This eagerly anticipated exhibition is perhaps the most comprehensive ever held about the Impressionists.

My little Museum is Art History retold through funny anecdotes and backstage trivias by Alicia Flipo. With her wacky demeanor, her inventiveness and her quirky sense of humor, Alicia stages these small Art tales so that once and for all, you could remember the Big stories!

Actors and friends from Casualty Susan Cookson and Suzannne Packer swap surgery scrubs for a 1965 Sunbeam Tiger as they battle it out on around the North West of England, assisted by James Braxton and David Harper. Susan discovers her inner haggler as Suzanne keeps the purse string very tight as she bids to discover an item with some real age. As the trip winds across Yorkshire there is the chance to meet a very special woman from Sheffield and a look around some incredible gardens with an amazing history.

In this episode, we will meet Ricky Powell, photographer. He has photographed some of the biggest legends in New York and in the world. He likes that you can get around New York fairly easily because it makes street photography easier. According to him, street photography is a subject that offers infinite possibilities.

Private Tour takes you to discover the exhibition "Jean-Jacques Lequeu - Builder of fantasies" at the Petit Palais. This exhibition is dedicated to the work of the late 18th century architect Jean-Jacques Lequeu. Despite his profession, he was not known for his constructions, but for his drawings. He made many portraits or drawings of everyday objects, architectural diagrams.

Private Tour takes you to discover the exhibition "Barbara Hepworth" at the Rodin Museum in Paris. This exhibition is dedicated to one of the most important figures of the sculpture of the first half of the 20th century. During this visit you will be able to see some of his emblematic works such as "symbol form".

Private Tour takes you to discover the Emil Bührle collection at the Maillol Museum in Paris. This collection is that of Emil Bührle, a student of art history who became passionate about collecting Monet's works after a visit to the National Gallery in Berlin. He started his collection with works by Claude Monet, but continued to fill it with works by Cézanne, Gauguin... Works that you can observe during this visit.

Today we turn up the spice with gourmet gastronomes Tony Singh and Cyrus Todiwala. The chefs are joined by David Harper and Natasha Raskin. Setting off from Dundee they snake down the east coast of Scotland to the village of Rosewell in Midlothian for an auction. Cyrus proves to have a flair for negotiating and Tony’s not shy at naming his price. Tony discovers why one Scottish city was home to many millionaires and Cyrus finds his sea legs as he learns why Anstruther was a pivotal fishing port in the 19th century.

Today we’re in the North East of England with top wheelchair paralympians Tanni Grey-Thompson and Jade Jones. Tanni has a record haul of medals and records, while her promising young protégé Jade is just starting out on her athletics career. In the company of experts Phil Serrell and David Harper, the Baroness from County Durham and Middlesbrough’s Jade will be on the lookout for antiques to take to auction in Harrogate. Tanni also tries her hand at traditional glass making and Jade learns about the man who was a design champion of the region.

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.

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.

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.

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!

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.

Today, Photo contest takes you to the Rodin Museum. The director of the photographers’ collective Lengos photo prod presents us two of its members who will compete to take the best photograph on the imposed theme: Rodin and his museum.

JonOne was born in the Harlem district of New York. At the age of 17, he began graffiti in the streets of the American city, the world capital of Street Art. In 1983, he arrived in Paris and stayed there. After the street, Jon paints in squats, and in 2008, he settles in the lilacs in his studio.

Take an hour break to discover the work of a Spanish painter, Francisco de Goya. You will discover his labour with Lunch in the Countryside, The third of may 1808 or the Cannibals.

Take an hour break to discover the work of a Flemish painter, Pierre Paul Rubens. You will discover his labour with Samson and Dalilah, The four philosophers or The education of Marie de’Medici.