Goodbye, Robert Hughes

Robert Hughes, one of the world’s most famous art critics, a historian and writer, died in New York after a long illness. He was 74. He left Australia for Britain in the early 1960s, writing for publications such as The Times and The Observer before landing a position as art critic for Time magazine in 1970, where he made his name. Despite living overseas for more than 50 years, Hughes never relinquished his citizenship and became a prominent supporter of Australia’s republican movement.

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