Television Programs of Interest (Sat 7th March to Fri 13th March 2009)

• US ART IN THE 21ST CENTURY: ECOLOGY - SERIES 4, EP 3 OF 4

This episode delves into the work of four artists who explore the relationship of nature and culture, including the submission of wilderness to civilization, the foundations of scientific knowledge, the impact of technology on biology, and our relationship to the earth forged by working the land.
Saturday 7 March 2009 3.25pm
SBS Rating: (G, WS)
Duration: 65 mins

• SUNDAY ARTS

This week on Sunday Arts the Golden Age of Couture from the Victoria and Albert Museum in London; soul singer Alice Russell performs; and the controversial Antony Ginnane speaks with Fenella Kernebone about the Australian film industry.
Sunday 8 March 2009 5.00pm
ABC1
Duration: 60 mins

• ART OF SPAIN: THE MYSTICAL NORTH - EP 3 OF 3

In the final episode, Andrew reveals how the north of the country has produced some of the most dazzling and iconic art of the modern age; Spain's turbulent history has shaped artists from Francisco Goya to Pablo Picasso. He also argues that Spanish architecture is the art form taking the nation forward in the new millennium.
Sunday 8 March 2009 8.30pm
ABC2 Rating: (PG) *Final*
Duration: 50 mins

• THE NETWORK

In 2005, California's Getty Museum hit the news when its former curator for antiquities, Marion True, was accused of involvement in an extensive trade in archaeological treasures. True then faced trial in Rome charged with criminal conspiracy. What made one of the richest museums in the world buy stolen artefacts and how do antiquities become an object of illegal exchange, trade and theft? In order to understand how the trade of classical and Greek antiquities works, The Network visits renowned antiquity galleries such as New York's Royal Athena Gallery and the Bible Lands Museum in Jerusalem.
Sunday 8 March 2009 9.30pm
ABC2 Rating: (G)
Duration: 50 mins

• THIS IS CIVILISATION: YE GODS - EP 1 OF 4

Forty years on from Kenneth Clark's landmark series Civilisation, art critic Matthew Collings offers his own interpretation of Western art history for a modern audience, at a time where contemporary art and tastes reflect our own lack of belief in anything at all. In each episode, Collings chooses key moments when there was a fundamental shift in attitudes towards, and the objectives of art. From Greek and Roman classicism glorifying man, through to religious art and art as a saviour of the soul, and on to the nihilism of modern art.
Thursday 12 March 2009 8.30pm
SBS Rating: (G, Rpt)
Duration: 60 mins

• GRAND DESIGNS: LAMBOURN

Kevin follows Rupert and Julie who are building a cruciform-shaped house in Lambourn, Berkshire whilst living in a dilapidated bungalow on site with their 2 children.
Thursday 12 March 2009 6.10pm
ABC1 Rating: (G, Rpt)
Duration: 50 mins
*The Learning Centre has episodes of this series available for loan

• DESIGNERS: WEBSITE - EP 2 OF 10

The ABC Online team design and implement a new look for the JJJ Oz Music Month website. This site for Australian music features interactive and streaming delivery of information.
Friday 13 March 2009 10.45am
ABC1 Rating: (Rpt)
Duration: 15 mins