The Art of Australia
Strangers in a Strange Land
Season 1 Episode 1 of 3
Scholar Edmund Capon explores the role and history of art in his adopted homeland of Australia. In the first edition, he reveals how creativity helped European immigrants settle in a new, distant land, and how the country's indigenous culture was overlooked until the introduction of impressionism helped establish a national identity
The Art of Australia airs on Sky Arts HD at 11:00 PM, Tuesday 4 March. (Subtitles.)
Topics
Edmund Capon
Presenter
Tim Lambert
Director
Louise Turley
Director