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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Gone but not forgotten
MARY CONWAY recommends a poignant tribute to the Chinese Labour Corps in WWI
Immersed in the telling: The cast of forgotten
[Tristram Kenton]
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
Forgotten
Arcola Theatre, London
DANIEL YORK LOH'S Forgotten is the kind of drama that reinforces the Arcola’s unique and commanding position in London theatre.
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