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Firmness and delight

I have a problem with the end-of-year shows. By temperament I want to see everything, and divine some kind of order in the detail before I can be confident that I understand it. The shows don’t – can’t – allow this. Despite all efforts made to structure an exhibition, to edit and elucidate, the quantity of material makes any close and detailed reading impossible. Most of it isn’t even in the exhibition. …