pickMy family attended this exhibition at the MET in NYC during this past year. I purchased the tagged book as a complement to the extraordinary exhibit. Reading it has added new depth to my knowledge of Manet & Degas, their relationship, their “rivalry.”
Burnt Echo reading today while snuggled in bed. #readyourkindle #serieslove2024 Hope to finish A Grief Observed tomorrow. Reading just a few chapters in The Cabaret of Plants, & The Art of Rivalry (Started ages ago). All 3 #NFNovember choices. Donna Leon, my escape to Venice & mystery.
1) ☕️☕️☕️🥃🍷🫖🍿🧀🥜🍏-always a drink & breakfast or snack
2) tagged book, The Art of Rivalry
I picked up this fascinating, informative book at the Met today. On the train home I read about the artists Freud & Bacon, who I am ashamed to say I knew absolutely nothing about until this book.
It was such fun to see the City all dressed up for The holidays!
so-soOnce I finished this, I had no idea what I just read. Thank god it‘s under 100p. I think it‘s about a painter in the present and his unfinished painting/ ideas. But I could be something else entirely 🤷♀️.
Since I loved “Lanny”, I‘m a little sad about not getting this one.
so-soLike @BookishTrish said, I think this‘ll best be enjoyed by people who know Francis Bacon and his work. I gave this two stars but I‘m not panning this one (an exception I can only make for the best) because I truly believe Porter is a genius and that might shine through this book for other readers in ways I haven‘t been able to grasp. I was confused the whole time about what I was reading but Max, I‘ll read anything you put out ❤️
so-soA frantic, fragmented imagining of Francis Bacon‘s last days. This book is best enjoyed by people who - unlike me - are more knowledgeable about Bacon‘s life and work.
panI suppose if you‘d like a cursory insight into the lives of 8 male painters of the modern era and how their charged relationships with their fellow art peers of the time shaped them, this may be of interest to you. But I didn‘t care for it. It felt very flat, lacking a compelling thesis, and the organization didn‘t have a flow. It read like 4 separate essays, even though there was a lot there to dig into on a deeper level but Smee didn‘t go there.
