I'm reading Hughes' 2011 book on Rome right now. He was good on antiquities.
Given Berg's transparent philistinism, I can see how he would love Hughes on contemporary art. wc ----- Original Message ---- From: joseph berg <[email protected]> To: aesthetics-l <[email protected]> Sent: Sat, August 18, 2012 3:26:18 AM Subject: "...Greeted his broadsides against the commodification of art 'with hoots and hollers and stompings of the feet, all of which grew in fervor and intensity as the preachment pressed on.'" (I certainly can relate to THAT): http://articles.latimes.com/2012/aug/08/local/la-me-robert-hughes-20120808
