But one thing that struck me is this "primitivist" (garbage label, especially to describe a trained artist who "imitates" "primitive" art) who had a 14 year old Tahitian "mistress" who he painted in a sexual way and they didn't pass comment on it at all, just acted as if that's totally ok.

I read this on my breaks while at work, took me 11 months and I kinda wrecked the book by the time I was done, cuz it's HEEEAAVVVY and I'm clumsy and my wrists are week thanks to repetitive injury. Andrew Graham Dixon is one of the leading art critics and presenters of arts television programmes in the English-speaking world. I think this is the biggest flaw, although one that'd be hard to rectify easily given what the book is trying to do.

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