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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INRI by Raul Zurita
An epic poetry collection lays bare the atrocities of the Pinochet regime in Chile
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
A VISIONARY elegy, INRI gives voice to the thousands of “disappeared” in the 1970s and, as such, it is an important and arresting work of poetry.
Profoundly moving, it pans across the beautiful landscapes of the country, from its endless coasts and beaches, its snow-covered cordilleras and fields of wildflowers to the vast Atacama desert and the Pacific ocean beyond.
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