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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DANIEL PAUL TAYLOR and MATT ALFORD are sceptical of Jonathan Pie’s aspiration to tell the truth behind the news
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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
STRUGGLING actor Tom Walker found overnight success when he posted his first video as the fictional TV reporter Jonathan Pie in 2015.
The Pie format is simple and devastatingly effective. After whittling off mainstream talking points, the visibly exasperated Pie then launches an off-air aside, which gives a reasonable counter-argument that much of the public is thinking but no-one is saying.
The conceit tapped into a feeling that news coverage is not only out of step with public opinion but also disingenuous, as not even the reporters believe it.
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