My idea of a contact sport was chess.
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America came up with the idea of therapeutic avant-gardism, and built museums in its name. These temples stood on two pillars. The first was aestheticism... The second was the familiar one of social benefit.
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| Birth: | 28th July, 1938 |
| Death: | 6th August, 2012 |
| Nationality: | Australian |
| Profession: | Critic, Writer |
About
Hughes was born in Sydney, Australia in 1938. His father and paternal grandfather were prominent lawyers. Hughes's father, Geoffrey Forrest Hughes, was an aviator in the First World War, with later careers as a solicitor and company director.
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