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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BEN CHACKO salutes the Morning Star cartoonists
Cartoon: Sally Lewis
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
“FREEDOM and justice for all are infinitely more to be desired than pedestals for a few,” said Honore Daumier 200 years ago, a sentiment reflected in today’s battle cry “for the many not the few.”
We can see that Daumier’s spirit is very much alive among Morning Star cartoonists who have, throughout 2025, entertained our readers with a merciless disparaging of those few who use power against the interest of the many.
And what better antidote than laughter. We remain forever indebted to these comrades for their unwavering generosity and solidarity, without which we’d be all visibly poorer.”
