Dr James Fox has never really got conceptual art. And he's not alone. Conceptual art has been treated with suspicion and incredulity by virtually everyone outside the art world for nearly a hundred years. Ever since Marcel Duchamp first displayed a signed urinal and claimed it was art in 1917. So was he taking the piss? Or was he on to something, creating a whole new approach to art that has now lasted a century? 　　Dr Fox embarks on an open-minded guide for the perplexed and asks 'What is conceptual art?' 'How should we approach it?' and crucially, 'Why should we care?'. Roaming between the past, present and future he examines a mind-bending selection of the most influential conceptual ideas and artworks, alongside meeting the leading movers and shakers of today. And who knows? In the end, Dr Fox might find himself unexpectedly seduced by this trickiest of art forms.

Dr James Fox has never really got conceptual art. And he's not alone. Conceptual art has been treated with suspicion and incredulity by virtually everyone outside the art world for nearly a hundred years. Ever since Marcel Duchamp first displayed a signed urinal and claimed it was art in 1917. So was he taking the piss? Or was he on to something, creating a whole new approach to art that has now lasted a century? 　　Dr Fox embarks on an open-minded guide for the perplexed and asks 'What is conceptual art?' 'How should we approach it?' and crucially, 'Why should we care?'. Roaming between the past, present and future he examines a mind-bending selection of the most influential conceptual ideas and artworks, alongside meeting the leading movers and shakers of today. And who knows? In the end, Dr Fox might find himself unexpectedly seduced by this trickiest of art forms.

1792年，西班牙的最高权力由天主教掌控，为了杜绝法国革命潮流的影响，天主教重新开启宗教裁判所来控制国内骚乱，修道士洛伦佐（哈维尔·巴登 Javier Bardem 饰）是这场运动的领导人。谋略过人的他设法掌控宗教裁判所的最高权利。宫廷画家弗朗西斯科·戈雅（斯特兰·斯卡斯加德 Stellan Skarsgård 饰）是洛伦佐的朋友。因为一个模特伊内斯（娜塔丽·波特曼 Natalie Portman 饰），戈雅受冤被关进宗教裁判所，受到各种严刑拷打，他请求洛伦佐去救伊内斯，谁知伪善的洛伦佐却强奸了伊内斯，并将她打入秘密地牢。 　　二十年后，时局变迁，西班牙被法国军队占领。洛伦佐被西班牙教会驱逐流放，伺机卷土重来。此时的戈雅几乎完全丧失听力，独自囚禁在内心的阴暗中，这个时期却成了他的创作巅峰期。法国废除了西班牙宗教所，伊内斯得以释放，举目无亲的她找到几乎已经神经失常的戈雅，并在他的帮助下找到了在监狱中生下的女儿。欧洲革命风云再起，当西班牙再次陷入战乱中时，洛伦佐被判处死刑。

1792年，西班牙的最高权力由天主教掌控，为了杜绝法国革命潮流的影响，天主教重新开启宗教裁判所来控制国内骚乱，修道士洛伦佐（哈维尔·巴登 Javier Bardem 饰）是这场运动的领导人。谋略过人的他设法掌控宗教裁判所的最高权利。宫廷画家弗朗西斯科·戈雅（斯特兰·斯卡斯加德 Stellan Skarsgård 饰）是洛伦佐的朋友。因为一个模特伊内斯（娜塔丽·波特曼 Natalie Portman 饰），戈雅受冤被关进宗教裁判所，受到各种严刑拷打，他请求洛伦佐去救伊内斯，谁知伪善的洛伦佐却强奸了伊内斯，并将她打入秘密地牢。 　　二十年后，时局变迁，西班牙被法国军队占领。洛伦佐被西班牙教会驱逐流放，伺机卷土重来。此时的戈雅几乎完全丧失听力，独自囚禁在内心的阴暗中，这个时期却成了他的创作巅峰期。法国废除了西班牙宗教所，伊内斯得以释放，举目无亲的她找到几乎已经神经失常的戈雅，并在他的帮助下找到了在监狱中生下的女儿。欧洲革命风云再起，当西班牙再次陷入战乱中时，洛伦佐被判处死刑。

About the life of the great Spanish painter, engraver and graphic Francisco Jose de Goya (1746-1828), whose works are distinguished by bold innovation, passionate emotions, the exigencies of the characteristics and social direction grotesque.