Sebastian Smee, formerly the national art critic at The Australian, will be the Boston Globe's visual-arts critic, beginning today.
Smee, 35, served as The Australian's critic, based in Sydney, from 2004 until last month. Before that he worked in London, where he was art critic at the Daily Telegraph and a contributor to The Guardian, The Times, The Financial Times, The Independent on Sunday, The Art Newspaper, Modern Painters, and Prospect magazine