05:51
Art historian Dr George Bartlett, discovers the hidden Shepherdess Walk Mosaics tucked away from the bustling streets of London. When you arrive at Shepherdess Walk, you are met with three wall panels and two floor mosaics, with the colours, style, materials, and themes, reminiscent of the style commonly used in Roman Britain. The medium of mosaics around since the ancient Roman world, are shown to still be capable of harmonising with an ancient tradition to create something approachable in a space for everyone.
03:59
Inspired by the removal of a decaying tree, Anya Gallaccio's sculptural commission for the Whitworth, led the artist to investigate themes of life, death and nature. Working from digital scans of the removed tree, she reproduced in ribbons of complex stainless steel plates, a monumental and reflective ‘ghost tree’. It's become a haunting response to loss and a timeless monument to nature.
05:20
The statue of Charles I in Trafalgar Square is London’s oldest bronze statue and is counted as the centre of London in which distances are measured to the rest of the country. This statue exemplifies the story of the execution of Charles I and the Restoration of the monarchy. The position of the statue and where it faces is pivotal to its legacy and its roots in Rome.
10:56
Peter Doig and the Musée d’Orsay have brought together, in one of the museum’s iconic domed rooms, a group of large paintings that were made over the two decades the artist lived in the Caribbean nation of Trinidad and a selection of works he has chosen from the Musée d’Orsay’s collection.