'Robert Hughes is the best of guides, enthusiastic, astringent … neither smug nor condescending' - Observer
'Teeming with ideas … an enormously enjoyable account of the state of play between art and society' - The Times
'Takes the stuffing out of the subject where and when it can' - The Spectator
'A genuine landmark, presenting the story of 20th-century art with unparalleled immediacy' - Elle Decoration