Art on TV May 18-24: the Rome of Raphael, Tim Burton, Leonardo:


The TV guide to finding art on television: the week's most interesting programs.

Today we offer a list of programs dedicated to art in the TV schedule from May 18 to 24.

Rai 5 will air two new episodes of the documentary Leonardo, the obsession of a smile (Monday, May 18 at 8:05 a.m. and Wednesday, May 20 at 11:35 a.m.), all dedicated to Leonardo da Vinci. Also on Rai 5, it will be possible to watch two new episodes of The Sense of Beauty, the TV series that offers a journey around the world together with actor, comedian and writer Dominic Frisby along with artists, critics, philosophers and scientists to discover the different forms and conceptions of beauty. The episodes will air on Friday, May 22 at 1:21 and Saturday, May 23 at 1:45.

On Rai Storia there will be four episodes of La Roma di Raffa ello, the documentary dedicated to Raphael’s Roman sojourn, here are the days and times: Monday, May 18 at 10:10 p.m., Tuesday, May 19 at 10:30 a.m., Thursday, May 21 at 7:10 p.m. and Friday, May 22 at 1:00 a.m.

On Rai Storia the feature Italy: a journey into beauty, the series produced by Rai in cooperation with the Ministry of Culture, where some of our country’s cultural heritage is shown, will air on Saturday, May 23 at 1 p.m. and Sunday, May 24 at 3 a.m.

Rai Movie offers the film Big Eyes, Tim Burton ’s film starring Amy Adams and Christoph Waltz dedicated to the story of the painter Margaret Keane, famous for her paintings with characters with big eyes (hence, precisely, the name of the film): you can see it on Monday, May 18 at 11 a.m. and at 11:05 p.m.

On Sky Arte we find the docufilm Una notte al Museo d’Orsay, airing Monday, May 18 at 7 p.m. (replay May 19 at 2 a.m.), the series Musei with two new episodes at 8 p.m. and 11:50 p.m., two new episodes of the documentary Brunelleschi and the World’s Great Domes on Thursday, May 21 starting at 9:30 p.m., and a new episode of Ulysses. Art and Myth, dedicated to the major exhibition in Forli, scheduled for Friday, May 22 at 7:30 p.m.

Pictured: Leonardo, the obsession of a smile.

Art on TV May 18-24: the Rome of Raphael, Tim Burton, Leonardo:
Art on TV May 18-24: the Rome of Raphael, Tim Burton, Leonardo:


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