主演：RobertHuddd
导演：MandyChang
语言：英语
地区:美国
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类型：纪录片
上映时间：2008
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用户标签：纪录片,艺术史,BBC,2008,蒙娜丽莎,艺术,英国,RobertHughes
片长：50分钟
imdb编号：tt1586000
Overthepasthalf-century,renownedartcriticRobertHugheshaswatchedacertainstoryunfoldinculture—astoryofhowcommercechangedourrelationshiptoartand,intheprocess,whatartstandsforasculturalcurrency.InTheMonaLisaCurse,anambitiousdocumentaryavailableonYouTubein12installments,Hughes—curmudgeonlyandkeenlyinsightfulasever—tracestheevolutionoftheartworld’sdevolution.FromarchivalfootageofHughes,onceasuaveTIMEcritic,inhis1960′sprimetoinsideraccountsofsomeofthegreatestarteventsanddealsoftoday,theseriesisasmuchanexemplarofinvestigativejournalismasitisanabsorbingandeye-openingpieceofculturalstorytelling.
"I’veseenwithgrowingdisgustthefictionalizationofart,thevastinflationofprices,andtheeffectofthisuponartistsandmuseums.Theentanglementofbigmoneywitharthasbecomeacurseonhowartismade,controlledand,aboveall,inthewaythatit’sexperienced.Andthiscursehasinfectedtheentireartworld.”
"Apartfromdrugs,artisthebiggestunregulatedmarketintheworld,withcontemporaryartsalesestimatedataround$18billionayear,boostedbyregimensofnew-richcollectorsandservicedbyagrowingarmyofadvisors,dealersandauctioneers.AsAndyWarholonceobserved,‘Goodbusinessisthebestart.’”
"TheKennedysmanagedtoturntheMonaLisaintoakindof15th-centurytelevisionset—insteadof1.5millionpeoplelookingatoneimageflashedon1.5millionscreens,youhadthemalllookingatitononescreen,whichwasthepictureitself,andthatwastheonlydifference.Theydidn’tcometolookattheMonaLisa,theycameinordertohaveseenit.Andthereisacrucialdistinction,sinceoneisrealityandexperience,andtheotheroneissimplyphantom."