Robert Hughes was born in Australia in 1938. Since 1970 he has lived and worked in the United States, where until 2001 he was chief art critic for Time, to which he still contributes. His books include The Shock of the New, The Fatal Shore,
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Robert Hughes was born in Australia in 1938. Since 1970 he has lived and worked in the United States, where until 2001 he was chief art critic for
Time, to which he still contributes. His books include
The Shock of the New, The Fatal Shore, Nothing If Not Critical, Barcelona, Goya, and
Things I Didn't Know. He is the recipient of a number of awards and prizes for his work.