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Episode 22

Episode 22 of 32

Andrew Graham-Dixon looks back over the best of the year in art, including the work of Yayoi Kusama, highlights from the 2012 Cultural Olympiad and the unique Speed of Light event.

Andrew Graham-Dixon looks back over the best of the year in art. Highlights include a major show from Japanese artist Yayoi Kusama, whose dazzling body of work creates a unique world of colour, pattern and shape. Also, Florence Welch, a pop star who brings the great themes of the Renaissance into the 21st century, joins Andrew for a tour of the National Gallery to share some of the art that inspires her.

Michael Smith takes a night-hike up Arthur's Seat in Edinburgh with hundreds of runners wearing specially-designed light suits, creating a mass act of light and colour on the city's famous hill. Also featuring highlights from this summer's London 2012 Cultural Olympiad, including a rooftop sculpture which recreated the legendary final scene in cult movie The Italian Job; a spectacular underwater wheelchair performance; and an experiment in learning with artists Michael Landy and Bob and Roberta Smith, who turned an art gallery into a classroom and let the artists take charge of the lessons - with eyebrow-raising results.

30 minutes

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Role Contributor
Presenter Andrew Graham-Dixon
Series Editor Janet Lee
Presenter Mark Kermode
Participant Michael Landy

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