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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.

A native of the southern French town of Grasse, Jean-Honoré Fragonard is one of the most important 18th century French painters. He studied at the French Academy in Rome but chose to be free in his work, preferring to carry out private commissions, some of which were licentious, such as “The Shirt Withdrawn” exposed at the Louvre. The “Fanciful Figure” exposed at the Louvre-Lens demonstrates an original and very modern style. One of his masterpieces is without doubt the painting “The Bolt”, in the collection of the Louvre in Paris. Enjoy your visit!

In no way was Pierre Bonnard destined to be a painter. However, he became one of the pillars of the Nabi Movement. His work, more closely linked to emotions than to realism, is impossible to classify. It is punctuated with huge sunny landscapes, of both the Mediterranean and Normandy, with interior scenes, with nudes and self portraits. This exhibition offers you ten of the artist’s greatest paintings, such as his famous “Workshop with Mimosa” and his “Nude in Bathtub”. 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 Château de Maisons Laffitte overlooks the Seine via a gently sloping formal garden. It comprises a central body flanked by 2 wings. A symmetrical appearance we think we're familiar with: the Hôtel de Ville in Paris, where the city's arrondissement town halls are built on the same model. Posterity has trivialized the image. Yet Maisons was a revolution in French château architecture. It is the masterpiece of a genius architect, François Mansart. A prototype that provides a magnificent lesson in architecture ...

Hopper’s work is the most recognisable art in America – popular, praised, and mysterious. Countless painters, photographers, filmmakers and musicians have been influenced by his art – but who was he, and how did a struggling illustrator create such a bounty of notable work? This new film takes a deep look into Hopper’s art, his life, and his relationships. From his early career as an illustrator; his wife giving up her own promising art career to be his manager; his critical and commercial acclaim; and in his own words – this film explores the enigmatic personality behind the brush…

Vincent van Gogh's life remains shrouded in mystery: madness, illness, suicide - all the ingredients to create a myth. With complete and unprecedented access to the treasures of Amsterdam's Van Gogh Museum, this documentary sheds light on both one of the world's favorite artists and the museum's rich and unique collection. Discover these marvelous masterpieces on the big screen, while guests including world-renowned curators and art historians offer their interpretations and explanations of Van Gogh's work.

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.

Nicolas Poussin is quite a paradox! He personified the typical classical French painter, but spent most of his life in Rome… That is where he made his name, gradually progressing from public commissions to private commissions, to finally painting only for a clientele of enthusiastic European art collectors. For them he painted masterpieces which you are about to discover: Et in Arcadia Ego, The Judgement of Solomon, and the Four Seasons. Enjoy your visit! 2013, France.

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!

Two luvvies from the world of stage and TV, Ruth Madoc and Su Pollard, best known for their appearances in sitcom Hi-De-Hi, are antique hunting with Phil Serrell and Raj Bisram. Setting off from the Welsh border town of Monmouth they head for auction in Congleton, Cheshire. Ruth also gets to find out about the incredible 19th century nurse – and it’s not Florence Nightingale – whilst Su visits ancient Roman town Caerleon and finds time for an amphitheatre showdown with Phil. And Su attempts to resolve an age old mystery...does Phil wear a wig?

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.

The fire at Notre-Dame de Paris on April 15, 2019, shocked the world. The flames ravaged the cathedral's roof and threatened to destroy its historic heritage, including its precious stained-glass windows and millennia-old sculptures. The firefighters worked tirelessly to bring the blaze under control, managing to save the main structure and some of the most precious relics. The incident sparked a massive wave of international solidarity, with pledges of funding for the reconstruction of this iconic building, which is a symbol of French culture and history.

Private Tour takes you to the discovery of the retrospective "Tutto Ponti" which retraces 60 years of the career of the architect-designer Gio Ponti at the decorative arts museum. This is the first retrospective devoted to this Italian artist. You will discover his ceramic works from the beginning of his career, but also the furniture designs anchored in his poetic and subtle universe.

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.

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.

Comic and entertainer Jim Moir and his wife Nancy Sorrell are Road Tripping in Kent today. Better known as Vic Reeves, Jim brings his unique brand of humour to the business of buying antiques. While model and TV presenter Nancy also knows a thing or two about bargaining and she’s very competitive! The couple are ably assisted by experts Charlie Ross and Thomas Plant. Look out for Jim’s uncanny gift of guessing the age of just about anything, Dixon crossing the Niagara Falls and how to navigate by Longitude. Plus will the mysterious Mrs Parker turn up to the auction?

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.

From the first Buddhas found in Afghanistan to the mysterious treasures of Angkor, from the most beautiful Japanese prints to the fine arts of Chinese ceramics, the National Museum of Asian Arts - Guimet offers as many possibilities as possible of course meditative, aesthetic, or exploratory at the heart of Asian history. True to wish of its founder Emile Guimet, the museum brings together today the largest collection of Asian art in Europe.

Today, Travelers takes us to Lille in France, a city rich in architecture, gastronomy and culture. We will start our visit by the Grand Place where we will discover the old stock exchange which has become a place for book sellers and chess players. We will then go to the Palace of Fine Arts, one of the largest museums in France. We will taste the famous waffles from Meert, a real institution.

While Europe and the United States dominate the art scene after World War II, Mark Rothko and Hans Hartung forged a discreet, friendly and very fertile bond. This documentary introduces the discovery of this little known and fascinating complicity between both artists. On the one hand, Mark Rothko, "the most violent of American painters" in his own words; on the other, Hans Hartung, a brilliant experimenter and "boxer" in front of the canvas. From the moment they met in 1950 in Hans Hartung's studio, there was a collaboration between them that resulted in huge, metaphysical and cataclysmic paintings. Then, Rothko gave a "lesson" to his European colleague, Hartung visited and paid homage to his elder and then mourned his suicide from Antibes, where he had a huge villa-studio built and kept the secrets of his relationship. This Rothko-Hartung encounter is an unprecedented and yet essential subject to understand a part of 20th century art.

The Japanese garden comes from the ancient Japanese tradition. It can be found in private homes as well as in city parks and historical sites: Buddhist temples, Shinto tombs, castles. In Japan, garden design is an important and respected art, sharing aesthetic codes with calligraphy and wash painting. The Japanese garden seeks to interpret and idealize nature by limiting artifice.

Scandinavia is famous for its northern lights and magical landscapes, its Lapland, Santa Claus' land and reindeer, its fierce Vikings and its hard-to-understand languages. But she is also queen in one of the disciplines practiced by creators around the world: design. Welcome to Stockholm, the capital of Nordic design, soothed, calm, nature and zen. Here, the design is erected in religion, and the designers, gurus of the kind, are counted by hundreds. Welcome in the heart of the creative bubbling of the Swedish capital, to meet those who make the Scandinavian design.

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.

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!

In the 16th century, Cardinal Scipione Borghese, the Pope’s nephew, built a villa specifically to house his private art collection, one of the greatest of its time. Bought by the Italian government in 1902, this wonderfully rich collection brings together masterpieces signed by the greatest of artists. You will find one of the copies of Leda and the Swan by da Vinci as well as Caravaggio’s David. Enjoy your visit!

Snake, cetacean, prominent vein, river. Seen from the air, the structure that criss-crosses Mediacity, Liège's major new shopping complex, looks like a giant stained-glass window. This astonishing artery, which swells, curves and meanders over 350 meters in length, is a covered street, the main gallery of a huge shopping center built in 2009 to revitalize a former industrial district in disrepair. Designed by Israeli designer Ron Arad, a champion of experimentation and provocation, known the world over for his playful furniture with its rounded, sculptural forms, this is a change of scale for him, as he sets out to conquer architecture and renew an often-criticized typology: commercial architecture.

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.

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.

Today, we give you an appointment under the sun of Marseille where two candidates will compete to determine who will be the best photographer. The two candidates are Clotilde Penet and Natalie Kovachevski, and they will have one hour to take the best photograph on the imposed theme of art and rock.

Take an hour break to discover the work of a French painter, Paul Cezanne. You will discover his labour with his still-life, mill on the Couleuvre at Pontoise, Young girl with doll.

Take an hour break to discover the work of a French painter, Auguste Renoir. You will discover his labour with Girls at the piano, The Bathers, still-life with apples and pears.

The Sunflowers are among Van Gogh's most famous paintings. The Van Gogh Museum in Amsterdam has dedicated an exhibition to these works and Exhibition on screen, which was given exclusive access to the event, guides us through the exhibition to investigate the mysteries surrounding these paintings. The film also takes us to Tokyo, Philadelphia, London and Munich to follow the 5 main works in the exhibition.

In the second half of the 19th century, Edouard Manet (1832-1883) showed great originality in his painting of historic scenes and portraiture of well-known figures, such as the novelist Zola and the poet Mallarmé. Even if we cannot call him the first Impressionist, his leading role in the history of modern art must be emphasised. The scandals in 1863 caused by “The Luncheon on the Grass” or “Olympia” both exposed at the Orsay Museum effectively mark the beginning of modern painting. Enjoy your visit!

Tiziano Vecellio, called Titian, is an undisputed master of the 16th century! His fame spread rapidly from his native town of Venice, to spread throughout Italy and Europe. Popes, kings and emperors all commissioned his portraits. Technical innovations, social recognition and extremely famous paintings, such as Pastoral Concert or the Venus of Urbino, mark the life of Titian. A life which is impressive both in its richness and in longevity! 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.

Zaha Hadid is the only woman architect on the international scene. Her museum is an unusual object that sits on the edge of the railroad tracks, between the station and the bridge leading to the Autostadt. A spaceship, a large triangle of concrete and glass.

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.

Francisco Goya, considered the founder of modern art, is Spain's most acclaimed artist. As well as a gifted observer of Spanish life and its turbulent past, he is a gifted portraitist and social commentator. With Goya, the art of portraiture reached new heights. This major exhibition at London's National Gallery brings his genius back into the spotlight. Through a formidable collection of unique works and letters by Goya, we analyze the man himself and the world he painted.

"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.

In 1897, Sir Henry Tate, an industrialist and art collector, offered his private art collection to the British nation and financed the construction of the Tate Gallery to house it. Renamed Tate Britain in 2000, the gallery is dedicated to British art. There are masterpieces by the most prestigious of British artists, such as William Blake’s Newton, John William Waterhouse’s The Lady of Shallot and Henry Wallace’s Chatterton. Enjoy your visit!

Founded at the end of the 19th century by the collector Richard Wallace, this private museum in London houses a truly beautiful collection of European paintings. Amongst others, one can admire “The Laughing Cavalier” by Frans Hals or Rembrandt’s portrait of “Titus, the Artist’s Son”. French painting of the 18th century, in Gallant and Rococo vein, is particularly well represented, including none other than the masterpiece of licentious painting: “The Swing” by Fragonard. Enjoy your visit!

Top Italian cooks Antonio Carluccio and Gennaro Contraldo are on a Road Trip around East Anglia. Restaurateurs, writers and old friends the ‘greedy Italians’ will be foraging for antiques in the company of experts David Harper and James Braxton. Watch out for some ‘explosive’ bargaining and an extremely tasty risotto! When he’s not shopping Antonio learns about the brave fisherman of Suffolk who saved mariners’ lives while risking their own. And, Gennaro has a trip to take a peek at a very special bird.

The Japanese garden comes from the ancient Japanese tradition. It can be found in private homes as well as in city parks and historical sites: Buddhist temples, Shinto tombs, castles. In Japan, garden design is an important and respected art, sharing aesthetic codes with calligraphy and wash painting. The Japanese garden seeks to interpret and idealize nature by limiting artifice.

Scandinavia is famous for its northern lights and magical landscapes, its Lapland, Santa Claus' land and reindeer, its fierce Vikings and its hard-to-understand languages. But she is also queen in one of the disciplines practiced by creators around the world: design. Welcome to Stockholm, the capital of Nordic design, soothed, calm, nature and zen. Here, the design is erected in religion, and the designers, gurus of the kind, are counted by hundreds. Welcome in the heart of the creative bubbling of the Swedish capital, to meet those who make the Scandinavian design.

While Europe and the United States dominate the art scene after World War II, Mark Rothko and Hans Hartung forged a discreet, friendly and very fertile bond. This documentary introduces the discovery of this little known and fascinating complicity between both artists. On the one hand, Mark Rothko, "the most violent of American painters" in his own words; on the other, Hans Hartung, a brilliant experimenter and "boxer" in front of the canvas. From the moment they met in 1950 in Hans Hartung's studio, there was a collaboration between them that resulted in huge, metaphysical and cataclysmic paintings. Then, Rothko gave a "lesson" to his European colleague, Hartung visited and paid homage to his elder and then mourned his suicide from Antibes, where he had a huge villa-studio built and kept the secrets of his relationship. This Rothko-Hartung encounter is an unprecedented and yet essential subject to understand a part of 20th century art.

Private tour takes you to discover the exhibition "Japan-japanism, inspired objects, 1867-2018" at the decorative arts museum. Japan began to be known around the 1850s and its art was quickly recognized. In this exhibition you will be able to observe Japanese objects, but also objects of Japanese influence which testify to the relations between France and Japan.

Based on a major exhibition at the Ashmolean Museum in Oxford, Tokyo Stories spans 400 years of incredibly rich art, from Hokusai’s prints to Pop Art posters, via contemporary photography, manga, cinema and street art. The exhibition was a huge success and attracted a significantly younger and more diverse audience than usual. The film draws on the exhibition to take us to Tokyo and explore the city’s art and artistic figures in greater depth. A superbly illustrated and richly detailed documentary, which traces the journey of a metropolis marked by ceaseless cycles of destruction and rebirth throughout its 400-year history, to become one of the most dynamic and fascinating cities in the world today.

David Hockney, generally considered one of Britain's most popular artists, has enjoyed worldwide success throughout his life, with exhibitions in London, New York, Paris and elsewhere attracting millions of visitors. 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.

Strictly Come Dancing’s Zoe Ball and Ian Waite are quickstepping their way across the south West of England in a bid to turn a profit at auction in Hampshire. Experts Margie Cooper and Paul Laidlaw are on hand to guide. Paul shares a secret with Zoe about buying antique hair brushes. Ian, though, offers dancing lessons to dealers to secure a discount. Lordy! Zoe also hears how one village became world famous for lace production while Ian ends up meeting a giant horse with its own boat.

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.

In China, landscape painting is called “Shan shui,” which means “Mountain and Water.” Indeed, if one looks closely, one will notice that there is no Chinese landscape painting without at least one mountain and a body of water. Pond, lake, river, or spring — water symbolizes fluidity. It always flows downward to embrace the Earth. The mountain, on the other hand, rises to challenge the clouds and reach for the sky. Between Heaven and Earth — isn’t that where humanity finds its most harmonious and fitting place?

Today, Travelers takes you to Brussels in Belgium, the city of beer, French fries, chocolate, and waffles, but also the city of characters like Tintin, Spirou and many others. We will start the visit by the great square of Brussels considered as one of the most beautiful squares in the world. We will walk through the Queen's galleries where we will be able to do some window shopping. We will go to the Palace of Fine Arts of Brussels, but also in a store of comic books which made the reputation of this city.

On October 22nd, 1906, Paul Cézanne, one of the leading figures of the Impressionist movement, passed away. Museum TV pays tribute to him!

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

Without Camille Pissarro, there is no Impressionist movement. He is rightfully known as the father of Impressionism. It was a dramatic path that Pissarro followed, and throughout it all he wrote extensively to his family. It is through these intimate and revealing letters that this gripping film reveals Pissarro’s life and work. Born in the West Indies, Pissarro found his passion in paint as a young man in Paris, and by the age of 43 had corralled a group of enthusiastic artists into a new collective. Their first show was scorned by the critics, but the group had acquired a new name: the Impressionists. For the next 40 years Pissarro was the driving force behind what has today become the world’s favourite artistic movement. The Ashmolean Museum has a long tradition of excellence. As the UK’s first ever public museum (it opened its doors in May 1683) it houses a wonderfully rich collection, including the remarkable Pissarro archive. With exclusive access to most extensive archive of

“Happiness is an angel with a serious face.” These words by the Italian painter Amadeo Modgliani define to perfection the portraits which made him famous… He reinvented the icon, with his oval faces, his elongated necks and lapis-lazuli eyes which are strangely expressive even when robbed of substance. You will be able to appreciate the simplicity of his figures, the restraint in his lines and colours, especially when you admire “The Woman with the Blue Eyes” or the “Portrait of Anna Zborowska”. Enjoy your visit!

It's a school like no other, built entirely of bamboo on the island of Bali in Indonesia. An ambitious project launched by American expatriates John and Cynthia Hardy. Together with a team of architects and artists, they decided in 2006 to build a school where everything had to be invented: a pedagogy, an ecological economic model that would protect the planet, and a new architecture built from a single material. A triple challenge.

The Domaine de Kerguéhennec offers artists the opportunity to take a look at the nature of Morbihan in the heart of Brittany in a residency. In this episode, we will meet two artists who came to take part in the exercise and who will be able to create their works inspired by their impressions in the garden of the domain.

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.

Two luvvies from the world of stage and TV, Ruth Madoc and Su Pollard, best known for their appearances in sitcom Hi-De-Hi, are antique hunting with Phil Serrell and Raj Bisram. Setting off from the Welsh border town of Monmouth they head for auction in Congleton, Cheshire. Ruth also gets to find out about the incredible 19th century nurse – and it’s not Florence Nightingale – whilst Su visits ancient Roman town Caerleon and finds time for an amphitheatre showdown with Phil. And Su attempts to resolve an age old mystery...does Phil wear a wig?

Today, Photo Contest takes you to Lyon, the capital of Gaules. The two candidates of the day are Quentin Richard and Jean-Elie Malemoussa, and they will have one hour to take the best photograph on the theme of the river. And since they are in Lyon, it is the Saône that will be the star behind their lenses.

In this episode, we will meet the artist Philippe Favier. Appearing on the art scene in the early 1980s, the artist is a painter, engraver, sculptor, illustrator and set designer. Emancipating himself from the dominant pictorial movements, he fashions a fundamentally personal, introspective and singular universe, tinged with great finesse and humor.

Take an hour break to discover the work of an Italian painter, Raphaël. You will discover his labour with Spozalizio, The virgin and child with St John the Baptist or portrait of Baldassare Castiglione.

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.