Well, he’d already been dead a while; I mean I encountered his paintings, some of which are of people who appear to have been dead a while. I just read a short book about him which is why he’s on my mind. I went to the Musee Malliol in Paris — it was a trip to Paris Prof. Dr. Mrs. Q and I took after I finished visiting Emmanuel Kowalski in Bordeaux — and saw a special exhibition of Bacon’s paintings. Probably the last time I encountered a new artist and felt a shock of recognition and affinity. Maybe the last time it will happen?

Oh, I have blogged about that exhibition once before, in opposition to Jed Perl.