In memory of art critic Robert Hughes, who died this week, take a look back at his visits to LIVE interviewing Robert Crumb in 2005 and John Richardson in 2008.

“And if you consider the relative merit say of a five thousand dollar Goya Capriccio, and on the other hand, a five hundred thousand dollar work by the immortal Jeffrey Koons, you know, you become aware that something is indeed…absolutely rotten in the state of Denmark… You know, that there’s been some really serious mass-hysterical degeneration of taste.”
- Robert Hughes, LIVE from the NYPL presents: Come to Crumbland R. Crumb & Robert Hughes, 2005

In memory of art critic Robert Hughes, who died this week, take a look back at his visits to LIVE interviewing Robert Crumb in 2005 and John Richardson in 2008.

“And if you consider the relative merit say of a five thousand dollar Goya Capriccio, and on the other hand, a five hundred thousand dollar work by the immortal Jeffrey Koons, you know, you become aware that something is indeed…absolutely rotten in the state of Denmark… You know, that there’s been some really serious mass-hysterical degeneration of taste.”

- Robert Hughes, LIVE from the NYPL presents: Come to Crumbland R. Crumb & Robert Hughes, 2005

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