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Robert Studley Forrest Hughes AO (28 July 1938 – 6 August 2012) was one of the most notable Australian-born art critics, writer, and producer of television documentaries. He was described in 1997 by Robert Boynton of The New York Times as "the most famous art critic in the world."
The Shock of the New is an eight-part documentary television series about the development of modern art written and presented in 1980 by Australian art critic Robert Hughes for the BBC, in association with Time-Life Films. Hughes also wrote a book to accompany the series. It was produced by Lorna Pegram, who also directed three of the episodes.
American Visions: The Epic History of Art in America is a 1997 book by art critic Robert Hughes. It was also turned into a 6-part documentary series featuring the author. It was also turned into a 6-part documentary series featuring the author.
The Mona Lisa Curse is a 2008 documentary directed by Mandy Chang starring Australian art critic Robert Hughes. The film was made by Oxford Film & Television and Channel 4. It won best arts documentary at the International Emmys in 2009. [1] [2] It also won a Grierson Award, the Rose d'Or, and a Banff World Television Award. [3] [4] [5] [6]
Hughes was an Australian man who became an internationally well-known art critic, living in Europe and then New York, where he became art critic for Time magazine. Hughes's interest in Australia's convict era began in the early 1970s, when he was filming a TV documentary about the history of Australian art that took him to Port Arthur in ...
Alastair Sooke, chief art critic at British newspaper The Daily Telegraph, wrote that the painting by artist Hannah Uzor was “intolerably bad” and “shows no flicker of resemblance to its ...
Coaches, colleagues, former players and many others expressed condolences on Wednesday on the passing of Robert Hughes, who coached two Fort Worth inner city high schools to state championships in ...
Robert Hughes (critic) (1938–2012), Australian art critic, writer and broadcaster; Robert Hughes (poet) (1744–1785), Welsh poet; Robert Alwyn Hughes (1935–2020), Welsh artist; Robert Ball Hughes (1804–1868), British-American sculptor; Robert Don Hughes (born 1949), American writer; Robert Earl Hughes (1926–1958), American one-time ...