Robert Hughes, the fearless art critic some are calling the greatest of our time, has died. Hughes' imposing presence and unsparing criticism will be immediately recognizable to anyone who's seen his ...

Art critic-historian-essayist-Aussie badass Robert Hughes once wrote of American painter Thomas Cole that he “became something of a national culture hero…His death, opined a newspaper editorial, was ...

My Dad grew up in Gawler, a country town in South Australia modestly known for a TV show about horse-ranching. He worked as a gravedigger, then studied architecture at Adelaide University, where he ...

CC0 Usage Conditions ApplyClick for more information. The papers of art critic, author, and historian, Robert Hughes measure 16.6 linear feet and date from 1952 to 2012. The collection provides a ...