The personal papers of art critic Robert Hughes offer insights into his seminal series “The Shock of the New” Jacob Proctor Robert Hughes during filming of The Shock of the New, ca. 1980. Gelatin ...
Hughes, who served for decades as the chief art critic at Time magazine, became one of the most famous critics in the world. He was 74 years old. NBC’s Brian Williams reports.Aug. 8, 2012 ...
Cultural critic Hughes (The Fatal Shore ) slices into his own life with his ever-ready scalpel of penetrating analysis, opening his saga in 1999 with his near-fatal car accident at age 60 in his ...