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
Latest editorial
The conundrums of processing grief
PETER MASON recommends a play which eloquently addresses the emotional consequences of an unexpected death in the family
STRONG PERFORMANCE: (L to R) Ruby Barker as Imani, Suzette Llewellyn as Shirley and Wil Johnson as Maxwell
[Jahvin Morgan Photography]
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
Running with Lions
Lyric Hammersmith, London
SAD but uplifting, Running with Lions is the story of a British-Caribbean family struggling to come to terms with the death of Joshua — son of Maxwell and Shirley, younger brother of Gloria and uncle of Imani, Gloria’s 16-year-old daughter.
Joshua was killed as a young man in a hit-and-run accident many years back, yet no-one in the household has been able to process their grief.
Gloria has had several breakdowns, Shirley shuts down all mention of her son, and Maxwell, a preacher, is secretly paralysed by the idea that God could have done such a thing.
Similar stories
PETER MASON applauds a stage version of Le Carre’s novel that questions what ordinary people have to gain from high-level governmental spying
LEO BOIX, ANDY HEDGECOCK and MARIA DUARTE review Dreamers, It Was Just An Accident, Folktales, and Eternity
SIMON PARSONS is beguiled by a dream-like exploration of the memories of a childhood in Hong Kong
MARY CONWAY applauds the success of Beth Steel’s bitter-sweet state-of-the-nation play