A-Z of Art and Artists features

Ackroyd: The edge of everything

A unique glimpse into the working life of master etcher Norman Ackroyd for What Do Artists Do All Day?

Ackroyd: Selected etchings

Artist Norman Ackroyd's atmospheric etchings of the landscapes of northern Scotland: Shetland, Orkney, St Kilda and Cape Wrath

Addario: Highway to the danger zone

Celebrated photojournalist Lynsey Addario's career has taken her to some of the most dangerous warzones on the planet

Bacon: Master or servant?

An exhibition juxtaposes Francis Bacon's paintings with works by Rembrandt, Velázquez, Cézanne and Titian

Baselitz: Going Cubist at Glyndebourne

The works of Georg Baselitz are displayed in a pop-up White Cube gallery at the opera festival

Blake's studio

The imprint of genius: Enter the recreated studio of England's visionary poet and printmaker William Blake

Borland: Family history

Forensics, genetics and family history are among many themes Christine Borland explores in her work - Kirsty Wark talks to her for GENERATION

Chagall: Seeing a new world

Visions of Chagall: William Cook meets the artist's granddaughter at a hit exhibition in Brussels

Chapman Brothers: Princes of darkness

Jake and Dinos Chapman's exhibition In the Realm of the Unmentionable: view selected works from the Hastings show

Coley: Lamp of Sacrifice

Glaswegian artist Nathan Coley's work, focussed on architecture and public spaces. Part of GENERATION.

Coley: Theatres of conflict

Glasgow-born artist Nathan Coley's stunning 2015 Brighton Festival show at the genteel Regency Town House in Hove

Colquhoun: Love, paint & poverty

From the Soho set of Francis Bacon and Lucian Freud to penury in Suffolk, the rise and fall of The Two Roberts - Colquhoun and MacBryde

Craig-Martin: Art of the everyday

Leading contemporary artist Michael Craig-Martin in conversation - whose ambition is to paint all mass-produced, everyday objects in the world

Deller: Morris and Warhol

Love is Enough is curated by Jeremy Deller and features his two greatest influences, William Morris and Andy Warhol

Escher: Mysterious worlds

Just who was the man behind some of the most memorable artworks of the last century?

Emin: Body of work

Tracey Emin discusses the creative drive behind the works created for exhibition The Last Great Adventure is You

Four x Four: BBC Four Goes Abstract

Four channel idents produced by leading artists: Laure Prouvost, John Smith, Sebastian Buerkner and James Richards

Furuholmen: Peeling a Glass Onion

How Dovecot Studios created a tapestry from former A-Ha star Magne Furuholmen's woodcut

German Pop: In pictures

Gallery of artwork from German Pop at the Schirn Kunsthalle, Frankfurt

German Pop: Unsung heroes

William Cook on the German Pop exhibition at Schirn Kunsthalle, Frankfurt

Gordon: Pretty Much Every Film...

...from about 1992 until Now - Glasgow and Berlin-based Douglas Gordon discusses his video retrorospective for GENERATION

Gormley: A day in his studio

This film offers an intimate and fascinating insight into one of the great artists of our time

Gothic: When TV got medieval

Dan Cruickshank tours the history of architecture on television, from Sir Kenneth Clark to Jon Cannon

Hambling: Stormy Waters

An interview with painter and sculptor Maggi Hambling as she prepared for her exhibition Walls of Water

Hastings: Bohemian rhapsody

A Chapman Brothers exhibition at the Jerwood Gallery cements Hastings' status as a serious art destination

Hepworth: A landscape of her own

A major Tate retrospective of the British sculptor, and the dedicated museums in Yorkshire and Cornwall.

Hockney: Life of the artist

David Hockney talks to Hans Ulrich Obrist about painting, poetry and his love of cigarettes.

Howson: Steven Berkoff's passion for painting

Actor, writer and director Steven Berkoff takes us on a whirlwind tour of European painting, culminating in a salute to Scots painter Peter Howson

Hoyland: Too abstract for the Royal Academy

Abstract painter John Hoyland had his work dismissed as too rebellious. Years later he is at the heart of the British art establishment

Impressionism: Monet for nothing

How art dealer Paul Durand-Ruel risked it all for Impressionism

Jazz uncovered: Five abstract album sleeves

Saxophonist Soweto Kinch picks his favourite jazz album covers inspired by abstract art

Jones: The power of desire

Controversial British Pop Artist Allen Jones guides BBC Arts around his Royal Academy retrospective

Jones: A career in quotes

What the critics said about controversial British Pop Artist Allen Jones

Lynch: Twin careers

Inside the world of Twin Peaks and Blue Velvet director David Lynch as he opens the first major UK exhibition of his paintings

MacBryde: Love, paint & poverty

From the Soho set of Francis Bacon and Lucian Freud to penury in Suffolk, the rise and fall of The Two Roberts - Colquhoun and MacBryde

Maclean: Outlandish characters

Politics and society explored through video and photographic fantasy worlds: Rachel Maclean in conversation for GENERATION

McCurry: Crisis, conflict... and coffee

The extraordinary work of award-winning American photojournalist Steve McCurry

McEwen, Rory: In Search of...

Rory McEwen appeared on the Ed Sullivan show in '56, hosted his own TV show, inspired Eric Clapton and Van Morrison - then gave up music to paint beautiful flower paintings

Morgan: The art of stuffing

The strange and wonderful work of artist Polly Morgan, who has brought taxidermy up to date

Muholi: Documenting South Africa's LGBTI community

Bidisha meets the photographer shortlisted for the prestigious Deutsche Borse Photography Prize

Polke: Five things

Sigmar Polke is one of the most resolutely experimental artists of the 20th century: Sarfraz Manzoor explores his Tate Modern exhibition

Pollock: A bankable star?

Jackson Pollock’s wife Lee Krasner speaks in 1972 about how little money he received for his work when he was alive

Pollock: Black magic

In 1951 Jackson Pollock abandoned colour, and painted a series of disturbing pictures in black paint on bare canvas.

Pop Art Collection

"Silver was the future - the astronauts wore silver suits... silver was the past - the silver screen... more than anything, silver was narcissism - mirrors were backed with silver", Andy Warhol

Qatar: Art not bling

The vast Museum of Islamic Art is one facet of a cultural revolution taking place in Qatar

Quitely: Superheroes reinvented

Frank Quitely's depictions of iconic characters like Superman, Batman and X-Men have provided inspiration for some of Hollywood's biggest movie franchises

Rae: Fifty shades

Abstract artist Fiona Rae is one of Britain’s most celebrated painters. This film shows her as she works on a series of monochrome works

Rankin: Shooting Rembrandt

Photographer Rankin shoots himself in a classic Rembrandt self-portrait pose

Rembrandt: Pupils at the Rembrandthuis

A showcase of great work by the Dutch Master's pupils in an exhibition at his former home and studio in Amsterdam, the Rembrandthuis

Rembrandt: X-Rays and art archaeology

What lies beneath the surface of a hidden Rembrandt? The story behind the Portrait of Frederick Rihel on Horseback

Rembrandt: Maggi Hambling's top five

Rembrandt is one of Hambling's all-time favourite artists: "When you see Rembrandt's work, it's as if you go through his life with him"

Rhys James: A day in her studio

An intimate insight into the work of Shani Rhys James, one of Wales' leading artists, as she prepares for an exhibition in Aberystwyth

Riley: Interview

A 1992 interview with abstract artist Bridget Riley, as she works in her studio

Rothko: Restoring a vandalised masterpiece

This film charts the progress of the Tate conservation team's work on Black on Maroon, the 1958 Mark Rothko painting damaged by grafftti ink in 2012

Rubens: Flesh of inspiration

Waldemar Januszczak writes about his series, Rubens: An Extra Large Story, plus exclusive clips on Rubens and his art

Rubens: A new look at an Old Master

William Cook reports for BBC Arts on Rubens in Private, an exhibition of the painter's portraits in Antwerp

Schiele: Voyeur from Vienna

A century since Egon Schiele's premature death, his nudes still retain the power to shock and startle

Sinclair: 'Bashing out a few chords'

When Ross Sinclair had the words ‘Real Life’ tattooed on his back in 1994, his own body became part of his art: watch him in conversation with Kirsty Wark for GENERATION

Turner on screen

Director Mike Leigh talks to Alan Yentob about his film Mr Turner, starring Timothy Spall

Turner Prize: A parade of chancers?

Stephen Smith assesses the standing of the Turner Prize on the occasion of its thirtieth anniversary

Vettriano: Glamour age

An intimate portrait of self-taught artist Jack Vettriano, whose nostalgic paintings of a lost age of glamour are instantly recognisable

Warhol: Cover art

Andy Warhol’s 1950s and '60s album covers for hip jazz labels such as Blue Note

Warhol: Factory-produced 1964-1970

Billy Name's iconic black and white photographs taken in Andy Warhol's Silver Factory

Warhol: Transmitting

A preview tour of Tate Liverpool's Andy Warhol exhibition with the curator

Watt: Figures to fabric

Glasgow School of Art graduate Alison Watt, who has specialised in life drawing as well as painting fabrics, in conversation for GENERATION

Watt: Looming large

Painter Alison Watt's giant tapestry Butterfly for Scottish Opera, destined for Glasgow’s Theatre Royal

Wrake: Behind NME lines

Celebrating the visual riffs of the late Run Wrake, a graphic artist, animator and music video director famed for his illustrations for the NME

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