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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Burning issues come to the fore in the story of a young mother horrifically disfigured by an abusive partner, says MARIA DUARTE
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
Dirty God (15)
Directed by Sacha Polak
AFTER the explosion in acid attacks in Britain over the last couple of years comes a timely and poignant drama exploring the long-term effects on victims soon forgotten by the media.
Dirty God centres on Jade (Vicky Knight), a young mother living in London whose ex threw acid in her face, leaving her with severe burns and the drama begins as she is picking up the pieces following his brutal assault.
It has left her badly scarred, in spite of the numerous surgeries she has undergone to correct the damage.
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