Rai and Sky Arte offer a particularly rich programming schedule, spanning art, design, and in-depth features dedicated to Italian territories. Programming from April 26 to May 2, 2026.
On Rai Storia the programming opens on Sunday, April 26, from 09:35 to 10:25 a.m., with Piranesi, a restless illuminist, dedicated to the complex and visionary figure of the engraver.
On Wednesday, April 29, from 07:35 to 08:30, History of Our Cities (S2020) airs, with the episode dedicated to Padua, between historical stratifications and urban identity. The same episode returns on Thursday, April 30, in the afternoon, from 15:05 to 16:00. The week closes on Friday, May 1, from 11:45 a.m. to 12:50 p.m., with Leonardo da Vinci. The Last Portrait (E1), an episode titled The Life, dedicated to the reconstruction of the human and artistic journey of the Da Vinci genius.
On Rai 5 programming opens on Sunday, April 26, from 06:15 to 07:10, with Mario Ceroli, the forms of wonder. On Tuesday, April 28, space is given to Art Night (S2025 E13) with Gauguin the Wild Painter, aired in two consecutive segments from 6:33 to 6:59 p.m. and from 6:59 to 7:32 p.m., in an in-depth look at the artist’s poetics and stylistic break.
On Friday, May 1, in the late evening from 10:56 p.m. to 11:51 p.m., Art Night (S2025 E14) airs, with Arnaldo Pomodoro. The Nature of Form, a journey into contemporary sculpture and the artist’s research.
On Saturday, May 2, programming continues in the morning, from 11:48 a.m. to 12:15 p.m., with The Secrets of Color (S2020 E6), devoted to mural painting in the Renaissance. Following this, from 12:48 to 1:43 p.m., Art Night returns with a new installment of the cycle dedicated to art and its protagonists.
On Sky Arte, programming on Sunday, April 26, opens in the night, from 01:00 to 01:20, with Modernissimo: Conversazioni di design (S1 Ep5), dedicated to Ferruccio Laviani and the dialogue on design in the spaces of the Milan Triennale.
The morning continues at 06:00 with Letizia Battaglia. Shooting the Mafia, a documentary tracing the life and career of the Palermo photographer and her commitment against the Mafia. From 09:15 to 09:35 Modernissimo returns with the same episode, followed from 09:35 to 10:15 by Barocco. The Grand Theater of Ideas, dedicated to the expressive power of Italian Baroque.
In the early afternoon, from 12:50 to 13:10, again Modernissimo: Design Conversations, while from 13:50 to 15:25 airs The Odd Couple - The Art of Gilbert & George, a portrait of the British art duo. From 3:25 p.m. to 4:05 p.m. space is given to ArtBox (S11 Ep22), with in-depth coverage of art exhibitions in Italy and around the world.
The evening slot opens at 9:00 pm with The Art News, an informative space dedicated to the world of culture, followed at 9:15 pm by Art vs. War. Banksy and C215 in Borodyanka, Ukraine, a documentary about the works born in the ruins of the conflict. At 10:15 p.m. airs The Dove of Peace, a journey between memory and rebirth through art, while from 11:15 p.m. to 12:10 a.m. closes the day Ifis Art: The Value of Beauty.
On Monday, April 27, night programming continues with ArtBox from 00:10 to 00:45 and at 09:00 with Modernissimo. The day continues with The Photographers (11:20-12:25), ArtBox (14:00-14:40) and a series of documentaries including Art vs. War, The Dove of Peace and The Lost Caravaggio. In prime time, from 9:15 p.m., space is given to Art Crimes with episodes devoted to Van Gogh and Munch, followed by The Scream of Munch - The Great Theft.
Tuesday, April 28, opens with reruns of Art Crimes and continues with ArtBox, The Photographers and Klimt’s Kiss in the afternoon. In the evening, from 9:15 p.m., Grand Tour - Journey to Italy airs, with stops in Venice, Florence and Rome, followed by ArtBox in the second evening.
On Wednesday, April 29, programming still includes Le fotografe, Grand Tour, the documentary on Lucio Dalla Dall’Americaruso, and numerous in-depth features on art and photography, up to Ifis Art in the afternoon.
Thursday, April 30, opens with The Photographers and culminates in prime time with Pellizza Pittore da Volpedo (9:15-10:35 p.m.), followed by Marinetti’s The Airplane and Peggy Guggenheim and Edmondo Bacci, devoted to art between the 19th and 20th centuries.
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| Art on TV from April 26 to May 2: Piranesi, Leonardo da Vinci and Gauguin |
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