Sky Arte documentary reveals secrets of Mondrian's Victory Boogie Woogie
The docu-series Masterpiece – L'arte svelata, produced by Sky Arte and curated by Artribune, dedicates an episode to Piet Mondrian's Victory Boogie Woogie, airing Thursday, November 6. The show examines the techniques used by the Dutch neoplasticism master in his final painting, created in New York until his death in 1944. A team of experts studies the work's execution and attempts a faithful replica to uncover its secrets. The series aims to bring viewers closer to the methods of global painting masters through reproduction challenges using contemporary tools.
Key facts
- Masterpiece – L'arte svelata is a docu-series on Sky Arte
- The episode on Piet Mondrian airs Thursday, November 6
- Victory Boogie Woogie is Mondrian's final painting, worked on in New York until his death in 1944
- Mondrian began his career as a landscape painter and became a leading neoplasticist
- A team of experts studies the techniques used in the painting
- The team attempts to create a faithful replica of the work
- The series aims to reveal secrets of master painters' techniques
- Sky Arte's website content is curated by Artribune
Entities
Artists
- Piet Mondrian
Institutions
- Sky Arte
- Artribune
Locations
- New York
- Paesi Bassi (Netherlands)