To rescue Kahlo from the clutches of the corporate art market, we need to acknowledge the overt and covert political dimensions of the work, demands GAVIN O’TOOLE
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Schooled in equine excellence
GWYN GRIFFITHS recommends an exhibition inspired by the ceramic horse collections of the Tang dynasty
If you can see past the relentless commodification you will be rewarded by enormously powerful work, suggests JENNY MITCHELL
CHRIS SEARLE revels in the one-off collaboration between an American polymath and a British Muslim, and detects the presence of their revolutionary forebear
GORDON PARSONS revels in an ebullient production of Shakespeare’s magical comedy
BRENT CUTLER welcomes a thoughtful analysis of the Erdogan regime, viewed through the evolving history of a neighbourhood in Istanbul
GORDON PARSONS regrets the price, but is dazzled by an outstandingly ambitious study of the way art restoration in particular, and culture in general was weaponised by the Nazis
Clay Horses: He Rides Side Saddle, Playing With Fire, at the Nantgarw Chinaworks Museum, Tyla Gwyn, Cardiff
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THIS exhibition enhances Gareth Nash’s reputation as a brilliant talent in the field of clay ceramics.
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