Some Television Programs of Interest for the Week to Come

• US ART IN THE 21ST CENTURY: POWER - SEASON 3, EP 1 OF 4
  

The artists in Power challenge authority, oppression, and control. Each artist humanises difficult issues by acting as a witness to violence, working to heal communities, or achieving a balance between constructive and destructive energies.
Saturday 8 November 2008 2.25pm
SBS Rating: (PG, WS, Rpt)
Duration: 60 mins

• ARTISTS AT WORK: RICHARD NYLON - EP 4 OF 4

Enter the whimsical, weird and wonderful world of feather torturer, Richard Nylon, one of Australia's finest and most original milliners. Whether you call his work 'wearable art', sculptural headgear or hats, one thing is certain: Nylon's work defies the notion of the conventional hat.
Sunday 9 November 2008 10.00pm
ABC2 Rating: (G, Rpt) *Final*
Duration: 30 mins

• WHO THE #$&% IS JACKSON POLLOCK?

When a 73-year-old American long-distance truck driver with an eighth grade education bought a painting in a thrift shop for five dollars, she didn't know it would pit her against the most powerful people in the art community. Teri Horton learned that a fingerprint on the back of her canvas matched a fingerprint found on a can of paint in Jackson Pollock's studio. More research found the paint on the floor of his studio also matched the paint on Teri's canvas. Because Teri knew a Jackson Pollock painting the size of hers was worth upwards of $50 million, she thought she had won the lottery. "Not so fast,'' said the art world.
Sunday 9 November 2008 8.30pm
ABC2 Rating: (PG)
Duration: 70 mins

• CONVERSATIONS WITH AUSTRALIAN ARTISTS: DADANG CHRISTANTO

A documentary series commissioned by the Art Gallery of New South Wales that offers a unique view into contemporary art practice in Australia through portraits of three significant and diverse artists.
Sunday 9 November 2008 9.40pm
ABC2
Duration: 20 mins

• ART MUSEUMS OF THE WORLD: MUSEE D'ORSAY - RENOIR, A 19TH CENTURY FASHION SHOW: EP 4 OF 13

The Musee d'Orsay, originally a railway station constructed around the time of the Paris Exhibition of 1900, houses many famous works of Impressionist art. While Renoir is one of the world's most famous painters, there is an understatement that he created just "passable masterpieces." The reality is that he was the painter who was most acutely aware of changes occurring in his time.
Wednesday 12 November 2008 6.05pm
ABC1 Rating: (G, HD, Rpt)
Duration: 25 mins