Alastair Sooke presents MODERN MASTERS for BBC One

BBC One's new, four-part modern art series Modern Masters takes a look at some of the most notable and influential artists of our time – Picasso, Dali, Matisse and Warhol.

Presenter Alastair Sooke, 28, has been staff writer and commissioning editor on the arts desk of The Daily Telegraph for more than six years. He has interviewed many of the most renowned artists in the world, including Anthony Caro, Chuck Close, Gilbert & George, Antony Gormley, Richard Hamilton, Anish Kapoor, Anselm Kiefer, Jeff Koons, Steve McQueen, Yoko Ono, Martin Parr, Ed Ruscha, Julian Schnabel, Richard Serra and Mark Wallinger.

He has reviewed important exhibitions at all of Britain's major museums and galleries and contributed to a number of arts programmes on radio and television, including The Culture Show on BBC Two.

Don't miss the first programme in the series on Sunday 2nd May at 9.00pm on BBC One as Alastair investigates the life and works of Andy Warhol.

Accompanying the Modern Masters series on BBC One is the website bbc.co.uk/modernmasters

Virtual exhibitions of Matisse, Picasso, Dali and Warhol are curated by presenter Alastair Sooke. Users can take a virtual tour to view their art, watch interviews with the people they've inspired and see for themselves the way each artist is uniquely connected to the world we live in today.

Downloadable Walks Of Art provide a walking guide to modern art in 10 British locations: Birmingham, Cambridge, Cardiff, Edinburgh, Glasgow, Liverpool, London South Bank, London West End, Manchester and Oxford. Each walk is mapped out with times and distances and features local examples of buildings, landmarks and other objects inspired by the work of the four modern masters.

In conjunction with the BBC series, the Victoria & Albert Museum in London is launching a free special Modern Masters exhibition which runs from 1 May to 23 June.

More than 50 works have been drawn from the V&A's collection to illustrate these 20th-century masters' engagement with the printed medium. Both celebrated and less-familiar prints in a range of techniques are included, spanning a period of 75 years and representing one of the most creative and diverse artistic periods in the history of Western art.

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