What's on Sky Arts?

For lovers of art, music and culture, Sky Arts is the channel for you. The channel is now free-to-air, so everyone can experience and enjoy more arts and culture from their living rooms.

27/01/2023

Whether you’re a big fan of music, fancy learning a bit more about an artist you’ve always loved or are in the mood for something theatrical, Sky Arts’s schedule has an endless array of arts and culture for you to enjoy for free. Tune in on Freesat channel 147.

What’s on Sky Arts?

Sky Arts puts artists, creatives and public participation centre stage, making arts and culture more accessible for everyone. With the move to free-to-air programming, Sky Arts is taking the chance to add some exciting programmes to their schedule, as well as airing concert performances and original shows, broadening the platform to give artists and arts organisations a great place to showcase their work.

Here are just a few of the fab Sky shows coming up which we’re sure all the artsy types out there will love:

Our top picks:

Landscape Artist of the Year 2023

Wednesdays at 8pm

Paintbrushes at the ready… Landscape artist of the year is back! Airing every Wednesday from 8pm, tune in to witness masterpieces form before your very eyes, and see the world from an artist’s perspective. Judged by Kate Bryan, Kathleen Soriano and Tai-Shan Schierenberg, the winner will receive a £10,000 commission for the Royal Museums Greenwich.

Cleo Laine: The Unseen Home Movies (2022)

Monday 30th January, 9pm

Jazz, pop, acting… you name it, and Dame Cleo Laine has probably done it! Take a deep dive into her life, covering almost a century of music, culture and talent...

Leonardo's Rediscovered Masterpiece

Tuesday 31st January, 7pm

In possibly the highest stake game of ‘spot the difference’ that the world has ever seen, experts are trying to identify which one of two identical paintings is the real DaVinci… One version of the Madonna of the Yarnwinder is legit, but can modern technology identify the imposter?

The Michelangelo Code: Secrets of the Sistine Chapel

Wednesday 1st February, 9pm

Waldemar Januszczak in the sistine chapel

Hidden symbolism is nothing new in the world of art, but that doesn’t mean we know what it means! Art critic Waldemar Januszczak is on a mission to crack the code left by Michelangelo in his masterpiece of the Sistine Chapels ceiling.

Painting Birds with Jim and Nancy Moir

Coming soon

Join artist/comedian/actor Jim Moir, as he dedicated his time to portraiture of his favorite subjects – birds! Joined by his wife, Nancy, the pair will journey across the UK on their mission to document the vast range of species to be across the nation, with help from local experts.