Twenty-five years ago the renowned art critic Robert Hughes made The Shock of the New, a landmark television series that examined the key cultural movement of the 20th Century. Now he's back to look at more recent work and to question whether modern art can still be shocking in its originality and understanding.
In an age of media saturation it's perhaps even harder to tell what is good art and what is bad; but Hughes cuts through the marketing and the hype to reveal the art that is vital and will last; the art which defines the times in which we live.
In a film which features interviews with David Hockney, Paula Rego, Jeff Koons and Sean Scully, Robert Hughes makes the case that painting, drawing, and the search for beauty matter more than ever before.
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The Shock Of The New - 01 mechanical paradise 
The Shock Of The New - 02 The Powers That Be 
The Shock Of The New - 03 The Landscape Of Pleasure 
The Shock Of The New - 04 Trouble In Utopia 
The Shock Of The New - 05 The Threshold Of Liberty 
The Shock Of The New - 06 The View From The Edge 
The Shock Of The New - 07 Culture As Nature 
The Shock Of The New - 08 The Future That Was 
The Shock Of The New - 09 The New Shock Of The New 
