Chapter 35: Tribal Instincts
Turner’s house in Chelsea — where he died
The gentle Amiel, brooding upon his terrace at Geneva, came to more just conclusions about Wagner than did the professional litigants battling nearer Bayreuth.
Tribal instincts. The art world protects itself—not the art. Institutional self-preservation takes priority over truth.
When the stakes are greatest, the tribal response is strongest. And for Turner—some of the greatest stakes in art.
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