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The critic who never pulled a punch. Robert Hughes was the most feared — and most widely read — art critic of his generation. For three decades he brought art to millions as the critic of Time magazine, and his judgments could make or break reputations. Nothing If Not Critical gathers his sharpest essays into one essential volume.
Published in 1990, this collection shows Hughes at the height of his powers: brilliant, combative, gloriously opinionated. He writes on the great masters — Goya, Velázquez, Delacroix — with a believer’s passion, and turns his formidable pen on the contemporary art world: the inflated market, the fashionable fakes, the cult of novelty. No one skewers pretension quite like Hughes.
Part history, part polemic, part pure pleasure, these essays are a masterclass in criticism itself — how to see clearly, think independently, and say exactly what you mean. Indispensable for art lovers and anyone who enjoys criticism with teeth.
Robert Hughes was the most feared — and most widely read — art critic of his generation. For three decades he brought art to millions as the critic of Time magazine, and his judgments could make or break reputations. Nothing If Not Critical gathers the sharpest of his essays on art and artists into one essential volume.
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nPublished in 1990, this collection shows Hughes at the height of his powers: brilliant, combative, and gloriously opinionated. He writes on the great masters — Goya, Velázquez, Delacroix — with the passion of a true believer, and turns his formidable pen on the contemporary art world: the inflated market, the fashionable fakes, and the cult of novelty. No one skewers pretension quite like Hughes, and no one writes about looking at pictures with more vivid intelligence.
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nPart history, part polemic, part pure pleasure, these essays are a masterclass in criticism itself — how to see clearly, think independently, and say exactly what you mean.
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nFor art lovers, students, and anyone who enjoys criticism with teeth, Nothing If Not Critical is indispensable: the wit and wisdom of a critic who never pulled a punch.
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