From Dec. 21 to 27, 2025, Rai Storia, Rai 5 and Sky Arte offer a week of programs dedicated to art, with in-depth looks at Raphael, Courbet, Michelangelo and other protagonists among documentaries and historical reviews.
On Rai Storia the week opens on Sunday, Dec. 21 at 9 a.m. with Iconologie quotidiane, an episode dedicated to Riccardo Tommasi Ferroni, Partita a scacchi, 1986, Tommasi Ferroni collection. The same episode airs again at 7:55 p.m.
Monday, Dec. 22, from 9:40 to 10:35 p.m., airs Italy: journey into beauty, season 2025, with an in-depth look at Porta Metronia, a journey through time.
On Tuesday, Dec. 23, at 9:55 a.m., programming continues with Italy: journey into beauty, season 2025, again devoted to Porta Metronia, a journey through time. In the afternoon, from 16:00 to 17:00, it airs 5000 Years and More. The Long History of Mankind, season 2023, with the episode Egypt Unveiled. Champollion’s Enterprise.
On Wednesday, Dec. 24, from 07:05 to 08:00, Italy: journey into beauty, season 2025, returns with Porta Metronia, a journey through time.
Thursday, Dec. 25, at 09:20 a.m., airs Daily Iconologies, season 2023, episode 5, dedicated to Raphael Sanzio, Coronation of Charlemagne, repeated in prime time from 8:00 to 8:10 p.m.
On Friday, Dec. 26, from 3:00 to 3:55 p.m., Italy: journey into beauty, season 2025, returns on Porta Metronia, a journey through time. At 5:25 p.m. airs Chronicles from the Renaissance, season 2018, episode 6, dedicated to Leonardo in Milan. The Feast of Paradise.
Saturday, Dec. 27, from 7:35 to 8:35 a.m., 5000 Years and More. The Long History of Mankind, season 2023, again features Egypt Unveiled. Champollion’s Enterprise. At 09:05 a.m. airs Daily Iconologies, season 2025, devoted to Gustave Courbet, The Painter’s Studio, 1855, Musée d’Orsay, Paris, repeated in prime time at 7:55 p.m.
On Rai 5, Sunday, December 21, from 06:00 to 06:55, airs The Colors of Art, season 1 episode 5, dedicated to Black. On Saturday, Dec. 27, from 5:27 to 5:53 p.m., space is given to Fantastic Gardens and Where to Find Them, season 4 episode 8, dedicated to the Burle Marx Site.
On Sky Arte, Sunday, Dec. 21, at 00:00 a.m. airs S1 Ep2 - The Ship of Fools - Beyond Reason, followed at 00:35 by S1 Ep1 - Italian Season. At 01:40, Christmas in Umbria. The magic of the nativity scene between art and tradition anticipates at 06:00 S1 Ep1 - The Ship of Fools - Beyond Reason. In the afternoon, at 14:25, S1 Ep2 - The Ship of Fools - Beyond Reason returns, followed at 15:00 by S6 Ep2 - The Square: All You Can Art, at 3:40 p.m. by Pellizza painter da Volpedo, at 4:15 p.m. by Maledetto Modigliani, and at 5:35 p.m. by L’aeroplano di Marinetti. At 7:15 p.m. , Emilio Isgrò, Autocurriculum airs, followed at 9:15 p.m. by Michelangelo Pistoletto: artist with unlimited responsibility, at 10:30 p.m. by Arte Povera - Notes for History, and at 11:15 p.m. by S1 Ep2 - The Ship of Fools - Beyond Reason until 00:55.
On Monday, Dec. 22, at 00:55, S11 Ep7 - ArtBox airs, followed at 01:30 by Peggy Guggenheim and Edmondo Bacci: Color and Light and at 02:25 by S1 Ep1 - Masterpiece - Art Unveiled. The morning continues at 06:00 with S1 Ep2 - Masterpiece - Art Unveiled, at 06:45 with Christmas in Umbria. The magic of the nativity scene between art and tradition, at 11:00 with S1 Ep3 - Invisible Italies and at 11:45 with S3 Ep4 - Invisible Italies. At 12:20 p.m. L’aeroplano di Marinetti airs, followed at 1:20 p.m. by S11 Ep7 - ArtBox, at 2:00 p.m. by Emilio Isgrò, Autocurriculum, at 3:15 p.m. by Arte vs. Mafia - La forza della bellezza, at 4:25 p.m. by S6 Ep2 - The Square: All You Can Art and at 5:05 p.m. from The Lost Caravaggio. In the evening, at 9:15 p.m., S1 Ep1 - The Nazis and Stolen Art airs, followed at 10 p.m. by S1 Ep2 - The Nazis and Stolen Art, at 10:45 p.m. by S1 Ep3 - The Nazis and Stolen Art, and at 11:30 p.m. by Raphael’s The Sistine Madonna - The Rediscovered Masterpiece.
On Tuesday, Dec. 23, at 00:50, Nazis - Music Thieves airs, at 01:50 Marinetti’s Airplane and at 06:00 Klimt’s The Kiss. At 07:35 S1 Ep3 - Masterpiece - Art Unveiled tells about Van Gogh, followed at 08:15 by S1 Ep4 - Masterpiece - Art Unveiled dedicated to Rembrandt. At 12:15 pm airs S2 Ep4 - Invisible Italies, at 12:50 pm S2 Ep3 - Invisible Italies and at 1:20 pm Christmas in Umbria. The magic of the nativity scene between art and tradition. At 1:35 pm S1 Ep2 - Art Crimes, at 2:35 pm S1 Ep1 - The Nazis and Stolen Art, at 3:25 pm S1 Ep2 - The Nazis and Stolen Art, at 4 pm:10 S1 Ep3 - The Nazis and Stolen Art, at 16:55 S1 Ep6 - The Mystery of the Lost Masterpieces, and at 17:45 S1 Ep5 - The Mystery of the Lost Masterpieces. At 6:35 p.m. airs S4 Ep1 - 33 rpm Italian masters, at 8:15 p.m. Artissima 2025: Operations Manual for Spaceship Earth, at 8:40 p.m. S1 Ep3 - Grand Tour - Journey to Italy, at 9:15 p.m. St. Peter’s and the Papal Basilicas of Rome and at 10:50 p.m. Power of Rome.
On Wednesday, December 24, at 00:15, Colosseum - The Jewel of Rome airs, followed at 01:15 by Raphael - The Prince of Arts, at 02:10 by Jago. The Rock Star, at 06:00 by Marinetti’s Airplane, at 06:55 by S1 Ep4 - Masterpiece - The Art Unveiled, at 07:35 by S1 Ep5 - Masterpiece - The Art Unveiled, at 11:40 from S5 Ep1 - Invisible Italies, at 12:15 from S4 Ep4 - Invisible Italies, at 12:50 from Power of Rome and at 14:20 from St. Peter and the Papal Basilicas of Rome. At 3:55 p.m. Raphael - The Prince of the Arts airs, at 5:30 p.m. Michelangelo - Infinity, at 7:10 p.m. Christmas in Umbria. The magic of the nativity scene between art and tradition, and at 22:45 The divine comet.
On Thursday, Dec. 25, at 06:00, Life Art. Tuttofuoco at the Borsoni Theater airs, followed at 06:10 by S1 Ep5 - Masterpiece - The Art Unveiled, at 06:50 by S1 Ep6 - Masterpiece - The Art Unveiled, at 11:20 by S6 Ep2 - The Square: All You Can Art, at 11:50 by S3 Ep3 - Invisible Italies, at 12:25 by S5 Ep5 - Invisible Italies, at 18:00 by Christmas in Umbria. The magic of the nativity between art and tradition, at 8:05 p.m. from S2 Ep4 - Great masters, at 8:40 p.m. from S1 Ep5 - Great masters, at 9:15 p.m. from S1 Ep1 - Mannerism. The Craziest Art in the World, at 10:15 pm from Titian. The Empire of Color, and at 11:45 p.m. from S2 Ep4 - Great Masters.
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