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Robert Hughes
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Aug. 7 (Reuters): Australian writer and art critic Robert Hughes, whose works include The Fatal Shore and The Shock of the New, died yesterday in New York, his publishers said.
Hughes, 74, died after a long illness, publishers Alfred A. Knopf said in a statement. “We are very sad to report that the renowned critic and art historian Robert Hughes died today in New York after a long illness,” the publishing house said.
Hughes, known for his acerbic wit and criticism of modern art, moved to New York in the 1970s where he lived until his death. He was most famous for his 1987 book The Fatal Shore, a study of the early settlement of Australia and its roots as a British penal colony, which went on to become a bestseller.
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