The NEW Shock of the New

Twentyfive 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 hes 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 its 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