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The secret to enjoying an art gallery? Less is more | Letters
Readers respond to an article in which Isabel Brooks described feeling overwhelmed by the number of artworks on display Of course Isabel Brooks is right, and it is very easy to get indigestion when visiting a large gallery ( The hill I will die on: Let me tell you the one big problem with art galleries. There’s too much art, 30 May ). No one attending a banquet of hundreds of delicious dishes would attempt to sample them all. Self-discipline is needed in both cases. In Britain we must count ourselves lucky that access to our major galleries is free, so there is no discouragement to going often, but for a shorter time. Special exhibitions of a particular artist or group, where works are brought together from around the world, are of course different – there the comparison of an artist’s development through his or her life justifies a longer focus on all the works. Havi
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According to The Guardian’s source item, The secret to enjoying an art gallery? Less is more | Letters, Readers respond to an article in which Isabel Brooks described feeling overwhelmed by the number of artworks on display Of course Isabel Brooks is right, and it is very easy to get indigestion when visiting a large gallery ( The hill I will die on: Let me tell you the one big problem with art galleries. There’s too much art, 30 May ). No one attending a banquet of hundreds of delicious dishes would attempt to sample them all. Self-discipline is needed in both cases. In Britain we must count ourselves lucky that access to our major galleries is free, so there is no discouragement to going often, but for a shorter time. Special exhibitions of a particular artist or group, where works are brought together from around the world, are of course different – there the comparison of an artist’s development through his or her life justifies a longer focus on all the works. Havi
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