Robert Hughes

Robert Hughes

Born: July 28, 1938
Died: August 6, 2012
in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Robert Studley Forrest Hughes AO was an Australian-born art critic, writer, and producer of television documentaries. He was described in 1997 by Robert Boynton of The New York Times as "the most famous art critic in the world."

Movies for Robert Hughes...

Annie Leibovitz: Life Through a Lens
Title: Annie Leibovitz: Life Through a Lens
Character: Self - Writer
Released: May 19, 2007
Type: Movie
An account of the professional and personal life of renowned American photographer Annie Leibovitz, from her early artistic endeavors to her international success as a photojournalist, war reporter, and pop culture chronicler.
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The NEW Shock of the New
Title: The NEW Shock of the New
Character: Himself
Released: July 3, 2004
Type: Movie
Twenty-five years ago the renowned art critic Robert Hughes made The Shock of the New, a landmark television series that examined the key cultural movement of the 20th Century. Now he's back to look at more recent work and to question whether modern art can still be shocking in its originality and understanding. In an age of media saturation it's perhaps even harder to tell what is good art and what is bad; but Hughes cuts through the marketing and the hype to reveal the art that is vital and will last; the art which defines the times in which we live. In a film which features interviews with David Hockney, Paula Rego, Jeff Koons and Sean Scully, Robert Hughes makes the case that painting, drawing, and the search for beauty matter more than ever before.
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Title: Visions of Space
Character: Self
Released: February 5, 2003
Type: TV
Robert Hughes tackles the work and lives of three remarkable 20th-century architects: Albert Speer, Mies van der Rohe, and Antonio Gaudi - whose work did so much to shape the modern world. Hughes looks at how each one used space in different ways to express our response, respectively, to the power of religion (Gaudi), the power of the State (Speer), and the power of the corporation (Mies van der Rohe).
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Antoni Gaudi: God's Architect
Title: Antoni Gaudi: God's Architect
Character: Presenter
Released: January 1, 2003
Type: Movie
Documentary about Spanish architect Antoni Gaudi made for the BBC series "Visions of Space".
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Goya: Crazy Like a Genius
Title: Goya: Crazy Like a Genius
Character: Self / Presenter
Released: March 2, 2002
Type: Movie
Join art historian Robert Hughes for a fascinating journey into the life of Spanish painter Francisco Goya. Using the artist's works as the benchmarks in this biographical profile, Hughes follows Goya from his role as painter to the royal court through his maturity as a war reporter and into his troubled final years. Hughes reveals how the upheaval of Goya's life can be traced through his paintings that range from the fanciful to the insane.
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Crumb
Title: Crumb
Character: Self
Released: September 10, 1994
Type: Movie
This movie chronicles the life and times of R. Crumb. Robert Crumb is the cartoonist/artist who drew Keep On Truckin', Fritz the Cat, and played a major pioneering role in the genesis of underground comix. Through interviews with his mother, two brothers, wife, and ex-girlfriends, as well as selections from his vast quantity of graphic art, we are treated to a darkly comic ride through one man's subconscious mind.
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Title: The Shock of the New
Character: Host
Released: September 21, 1980
Type: TV
The renowned definitive eight part series on the rise and fall of the modern art movement presented by Australian art critic Robert Hughes.
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The Shock of the New
Title: The Shock of the New
Character: Himself
Released: September 21, 1980
Type: Movie
A definitive eight part series on the rise and fall of the modern art movement presented by critic Robert Hughes.
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Title: 20/20
Character: Anchor
Released: June 6, 1978
Type: TV
20/20 is an American television newsmagazine that has been broadcast on ABC since June 6, 1978. Created by ABC News executive Roone Arledge, the show was designed similarly to CBS's 60 Minutes but focuses more on human interest stories than international and political subjects. The program's name derives from the "20/20" measurement of visual acuity. The hour-long program has been a staple on Friday evenings for much of the time since it moved to that timeslot from Thursdays in September 1987, though special editions of the program occasionally air on other nights.