It will look at who the new art stars are, their processes, what is being produced now, what we hang on our walls and how we define it all.

The season features some of the world’s biggest names in art including: Charles Saatchi, Frank Cohen, Jack Vettriano, Tracey Emin, Damien Hirst, Grayson Perry, Sir Anthony Caro and our very own Whitney McVeigh, along with artists and writers: Matt Collings, Waldemar Januszczak, Roger Scruton, Sue Perkins, Gus Casely-Hayford and Ben Lewis.

In Where Is Modern Art Now?, which airs tonight at 9pm on BBC4, art historian Dr Gus Casely-Hayford explores the current state of British art, speaking to artists about their work and their thoughts about the future. Following a period in which discussions about prices of art have dominated, this film is about art itself rather than the market or the celebrities it created. Gus journeys from whitewashed studios to squats to explore what British artists are making, where they are making it and how things have changed. Meeting a spectrum of artists from Turner Prize-winner Grayson Perry to Whitney McVeigh, Gus asks whether a new era in art is dawning.

Other programmes in the series include What Is Beauty?, presented by artist and critic Matt Collings; The Art On Your Wall, where Sue Perkins looks at the art we hang on our walls in tracing back some of the most popular prints of our time; and Ugly Beauty with Waldemar Januszczak flying the flag for modern contemporary art.

The documentaries will broadcast around the centrepiece to the Modern Beauty Season – the forthcoming School Of Saatchi on BBC Two, a four-part series following the search for the next generation of new British artists and looking at the processes behind creating new pieces of art work.

Gus Casely-Hayford – Where Is Modern Art Now? airs on Wednesday 18 November, 9.00pm on BBC Four. You can watch it here on BBC iPlayer. Click here to see Whitney McVeigh’s work on Eyestorm.