The Mona Lisa Curse

Year: 2008

Genre: Arts

Presenter: Robert Hughes

In this universally lauded and Emmy Award-winning polemic, Art critic Robert Hughes traces the way money has distorted the market for art, starting in 1962 when the Mona Lisa made its historic first and last appearance in America.

Winner Best Arts Documentary Rose d’Or
Winner Best Arts Documentary Banff International TV Festival Award
Winner Best Documentary Banff International TV Festival Grand Prize
Winner Best Arts Documentary International Emmy

Press Reviews

A powerful polemic by Robert Hughes

Observer

Refreshingly weighty documentary

Daily Mail

Provocative and lucid

The Times

Utterly fascinating

Daily Express

Robert Hughes is splendid

Guardian

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