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The Shock of the New is an eight-part documentary television series about the development of modern art written and presented in 1980 by Australian art critic Robert Hughes for the BBC, in association with Time-Life Films. Hughes also wrote a book to accompany the series.
The Shock of the New proved to be a popular and critical success: it has been assessed "much the best synoptic introduction to modern art ever written", taking as its premise the vitality gained by modern art when it ceded the need to replicate nature in favour of a more direct expression of human experience and emotion. [26]
Ian Dunlop. Ian Dunlop (born 1940) is a Scottish writer and former art critic for the Evening Standard. [1] His first book, The Shock of the New, about seven historic exhibitions of modern art, was published in 1972. It was followed by books on Van Gogh, and on the life and art of Edgar Degas (1979). He has also written books and articles on ...
The proposed new logo is an aesthetic shift from the company’s current hexagonal flower symbol, originally conceived by designer Ben Barry as one evoking “precision, potential and optimism.”
When I moved from New Jersey to Puerto Rico, I experienced a few culture shocks.. Unlike in New Jersey, many strangers greeted me while walking on the street in San Juan. I used to rush through ...
Ruby Chen’s son, Itay, was killed in the Hamas attack on Oct. 7. The absence of a final resting place is being felt acutely now, as Israel marks its Memorial Day for fallen soldiers, when ...
In The Shock of Recognition, playwright Jack Barnstable auditions Richard Pawling for a role that requires nudity and discovers the overeager actor is more than willing to show his stuff. The Footsteps of Doves focuses on Harriet and George, a married couple shopping for twin beds after many years of marriage. George, who is opposed to the ...
Outside the detention facility, for Minti Chakma the shock of her brother's disappearance was being replaced with panic. “We went to several police stations to enquire, but they said they had no ...