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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Italian two-tone on tour
Tim Lezard and Doina Cornell meet a band whose passion for politics is matched only by the power of their music
ENDLESS TOUR: Los Fastidios performing at the Empress Ballroom at the Winter Gardens in Blackpool, as part of the Rebellion Festival 3 August 2024
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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
For Los Fastidios, touring in the UK is like coming home.
The Verona-based ska punks, who recently celebrated 30 years on the road, were inspired by the UK’s two-tone movement.
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