Ulster Museum
Emma Dabiri uses artworks held in the Ulster Museum in Belfast to explore a different way of seeing the world – through the eyes of artists.
Emma Dabiri admits that travel is in her blood. Now, as leaving the country becomes increasingly fraught in the global pandemic, she finds a new way of seeing the world through selected artworks at Ulster Museum in Northern Ireland's capital, Belfast.
From the portraiture of Pompeo Batoni to the etchings of Giovanni Piranesi, her tour takes in the splendour of Rome as well as Sri Lanka, Morocco, Mexico and even Antarctica. She examines how artists brought to the UK their vision of the world and metaphorically transported art lovers across continents before the invention of the jet engine.
The Dublin born social historian takes us around the gallery highlighting how depictions of far flung landscapes and cultures were sometimes overly romanticised or blatantly sexualised. And how, for many, travel in previous centuries was less about tourism and more about emigration, saying goodbye to loved ones probably forever. While our passports remain largely unused, let artists show you their world beyond our shores.
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Susanna Drury's Paintings of the Giant's Causeway
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Credits
Role | Contributor |
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Presenter | Emma Dabiri |
Executive Producer | Brendan Hughes |
Director | Jack Cocker |
Broadcasts
- Tue 13 Oct 2020 19:00
- Wed 14 Oct 2020 02:00
- Boxing Day 2020 09:30Â鶹Éç News except UK & UK HD
- Boxing Day 2020 14:30Â鶹Éç News except UK & UK HD
- Boxing Day 2020 20:30Â鶹Éç News except UK & UK HD
- Sun 27 Dec 2020 02:30Â鶹Éç News except UK & UK HD
- Sun 27 Dec 2020 08:30Â鶹Éç News except UK & UK HD
- Sun 27 Dec 2020 15:30Â鶹Éç News except UK & UK HD
- Sun 27 Dec 2020 22:30Â鶹Éç News except UK & UK HD
- Tue 29 Dec 2020 13:30Â鶹Éç News except UK & UK HD
- Sat 23 Jan 2021 09:30Â鶹Éç News except UK & UK HD
- Sat 23 Jan 2021 20:30Â鶹Éç News except UK & UK HD
- Sun 24 Jan 2021 02:30Â鶹Éç News except UK & UK HD
- Sun 24 Jan 2021 15:30Â鶹Éç News except UK & UK HD
- Sat 6 Feb 2021 20:30Â鶹Éç Two Northern Ireland & Northern Ireland HD only
- Fri 26 Nov 2021 01:05
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