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Marina Abromović takes over Sky Arts channel

Marina Abromović will be the first artist in history to take over an entire TV channel. Exclusive to Sky Arts, Marina will be bringing her unique vision to television for the first time, telling the 100-year story of performance art- now the fastest growing, most controversial art form in the world. Her mission is simple: […]

October 16, 2020

Portrait Artist of the Year returns to Sky Arts this October

Portrait Artist of the Year returns soon with a double dose of portrait magic. While Stephen Mangan hosts a brand new series of Portrait Artist of the Year on Wednesdays from 14th October, co-presenter Joan Bakewell is live each following Sunday from 18th October with a sister series of Portrait Artist of the Week. Stephen […]

September 24, 2020

Sky Arts goes live on Freeview

UK DTT platform Freeview has welcomed the latest arrival to its free-to-air channel line-up – Sky Arts. The channel, which broadcasts a wide range of programming focused on theatre, art, music and culture, has recently announced a whole suite of new shows for the autumn. These include Tim Marlow’s Sky Arts Late, Danny Dyer on […]

September 17, 2020

New original commissions from FTA Sky Arts

Sky Arts has announced four new Sky original programme commissions, as it becomes free for everyone to watch. With a renewed focus on bringing more of the arts to more people, Sky Arts is embarking on what it describes as an ambitious programme of activity to support and champion the arts at a vital time […]

September 17, 2020

Sky Arts FTA from Sept 17

Further to the announcement that Sky Arts, the UK’s only channel dedicated to arts and culture, will be made available to everyone, Sky has confirmed a launch date, as well as programming and EPG details. Sky Arts will join DTT platform Freeview on September 17th on channel number 11. According to Sky, the prominent channel […]

August 25, 2020

Sky Arts commissions new photography project with Rankin

In a new Sky Original series to mark the launch of Sky Arts as a free-to-air channel, acclaimed photographer Rankin is inviting everyone with a smartphone or camera to join him in a mass-participation photography project to document 2020 – a year like no other. Rankin’s 2020 launches immediately with a search to find the […]

August 3, 2020

Why Sky Arts went free

Earlier this week, Sky announced that Sky Arts will become a free-to-air channel in September. Philip Edgar-Jones, Director of Sky Arts, has explained the decision. In a blog post he wrote: “As an arts broadcaster, I have spent my working life in and around some of the UK’s most interesting and unusual cultural events. In […]

July 30, 2020

Sky Arts to become free-to-air channel

Sky Arts, a channel dedicated to arts and culture, is to be made free for everyone this September. With a renewed focus on bringing more of the arts to more people, Sky Arts says it will “embark on an ambitious programme of activity to support and champion the arts – putting artists, creatives, and public […]

July 28, 2020