Art and history on TV: Gauguin, Stonehenge, Guggenheim, Caravaggio


Documentaries, films and in-depth features tell the story of art between past and present: from Vietri ceramics to Gauguin, from Stonehenge to Caravaggio, via Guggenheim, Munch and the great heritage stories. All times and repeats Feb. 1-7.

On Rai Storia, Monday, Feb. 2, from 10:15 to 11:15 p.m., airs Italy: journey into beauty, season 2025 episode 7, dedicated to The Vietri Ceramic. History of art, architecture and design. On Tuesday, Feb. 3, from 10:45 to 11:40 a.m., Italy: journey into beauty, season 2025 episode 7, dedicated to The Vietri Ceramic is back. History of art, architecture and design.

Wednesday, Feb. 4, from 07:35 to 08:30, again airs Italy: journey into beauty, season 2025 episode 7, dedicated to The Vietri Ceramic. History of art, architecture and design. Thursday, Feb. 5, from 4:30 to 5:30 p.m., airs Italy: journey into beauty, season 2025 episode 7, dedicated to The Vietri Ceramic. History of art, architecture and design.

On Rai 5, Sunday, Feb. 1, from 9:22 to 11:01 p.m., airs Gauguin, running time 1h 39 min, FSK 16, year 2017. Next, from 11:01 p.m. to midnight, 5,000 Years and More. The long history of mankind, season 2023, episode Stonehenge, the lost circle.

Wednesday, Feb. 4, from 6:00 to 6:58 a.m., airs Once Upon a House, episode 5, devoted to Tuscany, the noble Florence. Friday, Feb. 6, from 11:22 p.m. to 12:16 a.m., Art Night airs.

Saturday, Feb. 7, from 1:05 to 2:03 p.m., Art Night returns, season 2025 episode 3, dedicated to Extraordinary Women Painters. From the Renaissance to Classicism. On the same day, from 6:10 to 6:24 p.m., airs The RaiCultura.it Series, episode 2, dedicated to the Fellini Museum.

On Sky Arte, Sunday, February 1, at 12:20 p.m. airs S6 Ep4 - The Square: All You Can Art. During the episode Nicolas Ballario explores different artist studios and meets the protagonists of contemporary art, accompanying the audience to discover the most interesting exhibitions and some insights dedicated to the current scene. In the afternoon, at 4:05 p.m., space is given to Bice Lazzari - The Rhythm and Obsession: with Benedetta Porcaroli we retrace the story of emancipation and freedom of a great artist who, during the years of fascism, struggled to assert her creative identity. At 5:05 p.m. airs Peggy Guggenheim and Edmondo Bacci: Color and Light, a documentary that recounts the Venetian encounter in the 1950s between Peggy Guggenheim and Edmondo Bacci, exploring a pictorial work marked by energy, color and spatial research.

At 6:05 p.m. it is the turn of St. Francis: From the Heart of Umbria to the World, a short story dedicated to the figure of the saint and the universal spread of his message. Immediately afterwards, at 6:20 p.m., Galleria Continua. The Ability to Dream traces more than 30 years of the gallery’s activity through iconic images and the direct account of its founders. The evening continues at 7:35 p.m. with Art vs. War. Banksy and C215 in Borodyanka, Ukraine, testimony to the street artists’ intervention in one of the cities most affected by the conflict. In prime time, at 9:15 p.m., S1 Ep3 - Italy For Movies airs, followed at 10:05 p.m. by S1 Ep4 - Italy For Movies, two episodes investigating the relationship between landscape, cinema and the collective imagination. At 10:55 p.m., S11 Ep10 - ArtBox, in its TV premiere, closes the day.

Monday, Feb. 2, starting at 11:55 a.m., airs S1 Ep1 - Art Crimes, devoted to the theft of Van Gogh’s paintings in Amsterdam. At 12:55 p.m. follows S1 Ep4 - Art Crimes, focusing on the disappearance of Dutch masterpieces from Gotha Castle. At 1:55 pm returns S11 Ep10 - ArtBox, followed in the afternoon by Italy For Movies and Power of Rome, a journey through the history of the Roman Empire with Edoardo Leo. At 5:40 pm space is given to Jago. The Rock Star, a portrait of the contemporary artist in the halls of Palazzo Bonaparte, followed by Godai - The Festival of the 5 Elements. In prime time, at 8:25 p.m., S1 Ep1 - The Nazis and Stolen Art airs, followed by The Scream of Munch - The Great Theft and, at 10:50 p.m., The Lost Caravaggio.

On Tuesday, Feb. 3, programming continues with new repeats of Art Crimes, ArtBox, Power of Rome and with Klimt’s The Kiss, until the first evening dedicated to Invisible Italies, a series exploring lesser-known territories, stories and identities of the Italian landscape.

Wednesday, Feb. 4, space again for Invisible Italies and ArtBox, along with documentaries such as Botticelli and Florence. The Birth of Beauty and St. Francis: From the Heart of Umbria to the World.

Thursday, Feb. 5, at 06:00, premieres on TV S6 Ep5 - The Square: All You Can Art. The day continues with new episodes of Art Crimes, the documentary Verdena Forever Absent, and in prime time Marinetti’s Airplane, followed by Picasso - A Rebel in Paris. Story of a Life and a Museum and Hopper: an American Love Story.

Stonehenge. Photo: Unsplash/Priyank V
Stonehenge. Photo: Unsplash/Priyank V

Art and history on TV: Gauguin, Stonehenge, Guggenheim, Caravaggio
Art and history on TV: Gauguin, Stonehenge, Guggenheim, Caravaggio



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