"The basic project of art is always to make the world whole and comprehensible, to restore it to us in all its glory and its occasional nastiness, not through argument but through feeling, and then to close the gap between you and everything that is not you, and in this way pass from feeling to meaning. It's not something that committees can do. It's not a task achieved by groups or by movements." Robert Hughes
The Mona Lisa Curse: Part 1
Art critic Robert Hughes exposes the vulgar world of contemporary art collectors -some of whom don't have a clue about the art they collect- just the work's value as a commodity. The film goes a long way in answering the question why all the major shows and galleries offer the same art year after year after year.
It's an excellent, well paced documentary that'll make you laugh in between grimaces.
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