Vanity Fair Teases Robert Hughes Memoir
In 1972, Time magazine's art critic enjoyed a dinner for the ages in Paris.
The collection of writings and previously unpublished memoir chapters by former Time art critic Robert Hughes arrives Nov. 17. But thankfully, to whet the appetite, there is today one of the juiciest excerpts.
The heart of the matter involves a dinner date in 1972 at Paris restaurant Laurent. How the bill was accrued, and then handled, is a story for the ages. Hughes, who passed away in 2012, sets the broader tableau as follows:
Being the art critic of Time in the 70s was like enjoying a perpetual research grant from the most benign of foundations.
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