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The Art of Australia

Episode 3: Beyond Australia

Duration: 1 hour

First broadcast: on BBC FourLatest broadcast: on BBC Four

Edmund Capon explores how, from the 1960s onwards, Australia and its art went global. Transformed into a migrant nation, Australia's dependence on Britain and Europe ended and artists and nation alike turned their attention to America and then Asia. And it was the world's most ancient art form, indigenous art from the heart of the continent, that would become modern Australia's instantly recognisable calling card. Show less

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