Duchampian News & Views

The Shock of the New (Again)

Author : marcelduchamp_admin Robert Hughes and the Large Glass, circa 1982 Image Source

The 1982 BBC series Shock of the New is often considered the greatest televised art program of all time, but its observations about post-impressionist artists and their concerns are unavailable on home video. However, out of Robert Hughes’ sprawling five-hour epic, fragments — like the eight-minute Duchamp segment — have been extracted and are available online.

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