EnhanceTV Visual Arts and Design Highlights EnhanceTV Visual Arts and Design Highlights RSS Feed http://www.enhancetv.com.au/tvhighlights/?category=63 Sat, 04 Feb 2012 15:44:38 1000 FeedCreator 1.7.2 Oscar Niemeyer - SBS TWO - 04/02/2012 - 2.25pm http://www.enhancetv.com.au/tvguide/displaytv.php?RecordId=12645230 A look back at the career of one of the most renowned architects of the 20th century. Born in 1907, Niemeyer remains a lucid and compelling storyteller, providing a perceptive narrative which covers his radical design for the city of Brasilia, the UN building in New York and many other concepts that have kept him at the forefront of international architecture for eighty years. The Hidden Life Of Masterpieces: Rembrandt - SBS ONE - 04/02/2012 - 3.40pm http://www.enhancetv.com.au/tvguide/displaytv.php?RecordId=166944 Internationally renowned Rembrandt experts gather at the Louvre where the original works of the artist housed in the gallery have been taken off the wall, and out of their frames, for close examination. A collective investigation on behalf of the experts reveals surprising new insights into techniques as well as the often complex histories of the paintings themselves. Grand Designs: Braintree - ABC1 - 05/02/2012 - 7.30pm http://www.enhancetv.com.au/tvguide/displaytv.php?RecordId=171509 Artists Freddie Robins and Ben Coode Adams are moving from one extreme to another as they leave their cramped two bedroom London flat to take on the conversion of a huge grade two listed timber-framed barn in the Essex countryside. But at seven times the size of an average three bedroom house, turning this 500-year-old building into any kind of home is a challenge. The Forgotten Painter - BBC Knowledge - 08/02/2012 - 2.40am (early hours) http://www.enhancetv.com.au/tvguide/displaytv.php?RecordId=171567 Edward Seago is Britain's forgotten Impressionist of the 20th century. They queued for the opening of his exhibitions in London, yet he was shunned by the establishment. Selina Scott tells the four-part story of the Norfolk-born painter. David Hockney's Secret Knowledge - STVDIO - 08/02/2012 - 9.30pm http://www.enhancetv.com.au/tvguide/displaytv.php?RecordId=171569 Influential pop art painter David Hockney reveals startling evidence which suggests that cameras have been a secret tool for artists since the 15th century. Presented by Kirsty Wark, this special was filmed in Bruges, Florence and Hollywood.