In just about every article on Robert Hughes lately, he's identified variously as the "most famous" or "successful" or "influential" art critic of his time. This is curious not because it's untrue, but because such adjectives rarely apply to anyone in his field. Asked about such laurels, Hughes, who's held his post at Time magazine since 1970, replies drolly that "influential art critics are sort of like influential beekeepers." "But I am a writer, you know," he adds, "and we always feel a certain quaking under our... More >>>