About this season
Series that explores national museum collections at a time of enforced closure.
Episodes (4)
E1
1. Warhol
Aired 27 April 2020 • 29 min
In the midst of the coronavirus pandemic, Alastair Sooke gains privileged access to the Tate Modern for a last look at the Warhol exhibition.
E2
2. Rembrandt
Aired 28 April 2020 • 29 min
Historian Simon Schama takes us on a very personal virtual tour of the Young Rembrandt exhibition at the Ashmolean Museum, Oxford, currently in lockdown.
E3
3. Tate Britain
Aired 29 April 2020 • 29 min
Dr James Fox makes the argument that, in difficult times, art is needed more than ever, in a survey of the collection at Tate Britain.
E4
4. British Museum
Aired 30 April 2020 • 29 min
Dr Janina Ramirez curates a highly personal selection of the artefacts housed by the British Museum.