The Big Picture - Episode Five

The Big Picture is entertaining, good-looking television. Keith is a charismatic front man. His distinguished persona is part Kenneth Clark, part Robert Hughes, part Sister Wendy ... His anecdotes, haiku sound-bites, and throwaway judgements suggest we’re getting it all from the horse’s mouth.

– Art critic and curator Robert Leonard on presenter Hamish Keith, Robert Leonard website

There's no such thing as a 'dead' work of art.

– Writer/presenter Hamish Keith on the power of creation

The history of art is littered with expatriates but we seem to have created our own negative myth about them.

– Writer/presenter Hamish Keith talks about New Zealand artists who left for overseas

It's a sad fact of art that proximity has a great deal to do with reputation.

– Writer/presenter Hamish Keith talks about the perception of artistic success