The Spectacle of Skill: New and Selected Writings of Robert Hughes

A selection of the best writing by the most important—and thunderously outspoken—art and culture critic of our time, including approximately 125 never-before-seen pages from the unfinished second volume of his memoir, which he was working on at the time of his death in 2012. With an introduction by Adam Gopnik.

Robert Hughes wrote with brutal honesty about art, architecture, culture, religion, and himself. He translated his passions onto the page brilliantly, convincingly, and with vitality ...