Click Here to Read: Julian Barnes: ‘Art doesn’t just capture the thrill of life … sometimes it is that thrill’ When Julian Barnes was growing up, going to a gallery felt like an obligation. Then he discovered modernism, with its slicings, whirls and brainy grids. Later, realism seemed just as fascinating and truthful. He reflects on a life looking at art by Julian Barnes on the Guardian Website on May 2, 2015.
The Persistence of Memory (1931) by Salvador Dalí. Photograph courtesy of Salvador Dalí, Fundacio Gala-Salvador Dalí, DACS, 2007 Photograph: PR