Robert Hughes, Fiery Art Critic, Dead at 74
Robert Hughes, the fearless art critic known for his scathing Time reviews and the documentary The Shock of the New, has died.
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Damien Hirst—the insanely wealthy British artist-provocateur famous for encasing a dead shark in formaldehyde—has severed ties with the well-heeled Gagosian Gallery, which represented him for the last 17 years.
Robert Hughes, the fearless art critic known for his scathing Time reviews and the documentary The Shock of the New, has died.
The Players: David Hockney, British superstar artist revered and known by many for his swimming pool paintings; Damien Hirst, British superstar artist known for his "factory" of assistants and that $100 million platinum skull.
Plus: the New York Times has settled on a new architecture critic
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