The Mona Lisa Curse is an International Emmy and Grierson award-winning polemic documentary by art critic Robert Hughes that examines how the worlds most famous painting came to influence the art world. With his trademark style Hughes explores how museums the production of art and the way we experience it have radically changed in the last 50 years telling the story of the rise of contemporary art and looking back over a life spent talking and writing about the art he loves and loathes.The one-off Channel Four documentary which was posted by the Prime Focus Broadcast division in the UK tells the story of the art market revolution which began in the sixties in New York and took over the world. Its the story of how art superstars were made why the monetary value of art rocketed into the stratosphere and significantly what the consequences of both phenomena have been for the way we look at art now.Director: Mandy Chang Executive Producer: Nick Kent Prod Co: Oxford Film and TV
