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Monday
Aug202012

Robert Hughes Has Died, Aged 74

DateMonday, August 20, 2012 at 12:02PM

(Frank Johnston/The Washington Post) - Robert Hughes’s 1987 book about the settlement of his native Australia, “The Fatal Shore,” was considered a masterpiece and became an international bestseller.Hughes was an Australian-born art critic, writer and producer of both television documentaries and texts used in many Modern Art college courses. He was one of the world's most admired art critics, and also one of the more controversial intellectuals of recent times. I don’t agree with a good deal of Hughes’s conclusions--however his contribution to art criticism is unquestionable. His passing definitely represents a loss to art criticism.

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