''Show Me the Monet'' is a British television series first aired on
BBC2
BBC Two is a British free-to-air public broadcast television network owned and operated by the BBC. It covers a wide range of subject matter, with a remit "to broadcast programmes of depth and substance" in contrast to the more mainstream an ...
in May 2011.
[BBC 2 - Show Me the Monet]
BBC website. Retrieved 12 February 2013. It is presented by
Chris Hollins.
The programme has been described as the "artworld's version of ''
The X Factor'' and ''
Dragons' Den''".
Format
The programme invites several thousand artists to submit their artworks for scrutiny by a panel of expert art critics, called the "Hanging Committee".
For the first two series the "Hanging Committee" consisted of art experts
David Lee, Charlotte Mullins and Roy Bolton. The artists successfully approved by the "Hanging Committee" have the opportunity to exhibit their work at a top London venue, where a secret bidding process decides whether the work is sold. In 2011 only 35 artists were selected for the final exhibition.
In 2012 the final exhibition took place at the
Mall Galleries
Mall commonly refers to a:
* Shopping mall
* Strip mall
* Pedestrian street
* Esplanade
Mall or MALL may also refer to:
Places Shopping complexes
* The Mall (Sofia) (Tsarigradsko Mall), Sofia, Bulgaria
* The Mall, Patna, Patna, Bihar, India
* M ...
in London.
Criticism
The TV critic of ''
The Guardian
''The Guardian'' is a British daily newspaper. It was founded in 1821 as ''The Manchester Guardian'', and changed its name in 1959. Along with its sister papers ''The Observer'' and ''The Guardian Weekly'', ''The Guardian'' is part of the Gu ...
'' was scathing about the presenter and judges, while suggesting the programme's format "looked tired after 10 minutes".
References
External links
* {{BBC programme
2011 British television series debuts
2011 British television series endings
BBC Television shows
2010s British reality television series