Although painters are often the subjects of monumental biographies, few merit them. Take the 880-page 2021 biography Francis Bacon: Revelations. Critics loved it. Yet, more swiftly than reading it, you could have flown to London to see many of the paintings described, and a good retrospective can be viewed in an eighth of the time—or less. Which would bring more pleasure, appreciation, and enlightenment: viewing the works or reading about them?
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