Sunflowers
To study the Sunflowers sequence is to chart van Gogh's meteoric rise from apprentice to master - and subsequent ruin. In telling the incredible story of how these 11 paintings came to be, this program follows the doomed trajectory of the relationsh...
The kiss
Loved by the public and spurned by its creator, Rodin's The Kiss remains controversial to this day. While telling the remarkably intricate story of how the sculpture came to be, this program illustrates the impact of Michelangelo's and Ghiberti's wo...
The great wave
Hokusai's The Great Wave is arguably the best-known image of Japanese art in the Western world today, and yet prints of it were sold in the 19th century for only the price of a large bowl of noodles. This program tells the story of an iconic image, ...
The night watch
When Rembrandt painted Frans Banning Cocq's militia company, he imbued it with all the drama and gravity of a major moment in history. This program deftly deconstructs The Night Watch to understand the many conventions it broke through its suggestio...