In this new documentary series, Tai Shan Schierenberg follows the transformational journeys of other famous artists across the globe.

Throughout history artists have travelled; for inspiration, to see the art of their foreign peers, to open up new markets or seek spiritual enlightenment.  Sometimes they were just seeking escape, from personal trauma or from the constraints of the society they found themselves in.​

Whatever their motives, in many cases their travels were so transformative that art history - and hence world culture - were profoundly reshaped. 

With the help of historians, curators and art experts (as well as through some hands-on experimentation) award-winning artist and presenter Tai Shan Schierenberg retraces some of these journeys, seeking to illuminate their cultural impact and examining what they tell us about culture and society today.