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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Dwelling on an unjust world
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
THIS excellent exhibition by Chilean photojournalist Carlos Reyes-Manzo focuses on images from across the world which display the lives of people in struggle.
Reyes-Manzo explores the human condition in relation to dwellings — places and spaces where people try to find shelter, protection, comfort and a sense of belonging.
Some of the images show no more than shacks, others formerly substantial buildings needlessly destroyed, such as a house bombed by the Israeli army.
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