The New Shock of the New

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Synopsis:

Twenty-five years after his iconic TV series The Shock of the New (showing on BBC Four from Thursday) historian Robert Hughes returns to the small screen to explore the relationship between contemporary art and money. He tours the home of Britart, the Saatchi Gallery in London, where he decries almost everything he sees, and assesses how, in the digital age, the fundamental skills of painting and drawing are in danger of being lost to the relatively modern practices of photography and film. Arti…

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James Runcie - Director, Producer, Nicolas Kent - Executive-Producer

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