Twenty-five years after making his seminal arts series, The Shock of the New, critic Robert Hughes brings the story up to date with a controversial assessment of the state of modern art.
He packs more of a punch than almost any art critic aliveIndependent
Hughes is thought-provoking, intensely knowledgeable and passionate about his subject, so even if you don’t agree with everything he says, you’ll still listenRadio Times
This is the documentary of the week – contentious, absorbing and long overdueThe Times
Thank God… for Robert Hughes… who takes on Saatchi and Britart in typically pugilistic fashionThe Guardian
Trenchant… refreshingly fearless and direct… a pure delightThe Times
