Series that explores national museum collections at a time of enforced closure.
Seasons
4 Episodes • Premiered 2020
1. Warhol
In the midst of the coronavirus pandemic, Alastair Sooke gains privileged access to the Tate Modern for a last look at the Warhol exhibition.
2. Rembrandt
Historian Simon Schama takes us on a very personal virtual tour of the Young Rembrandt exhibition at the Ashmolean Museum, Oxford, currently in lockdown.
3. Tate Britain
Dr James Fox makes the argument that, in difficult times, art is needed more than ever, in a survey of the collection at Tate Britain.
4. British Museum
Dr Janina Ramirez curates a highly personal selection of the artefacts housed by the British Museum.