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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WILL STONE sees Glastonbury reaffirm its radical credentials
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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
A LOUNGE-LADEN set by the Arctic Monkeys, with frontman Alex Turner going all Scott Walkery on us, or the diesel-fuelled biker metal of Guns N’ Roses might not have been everyone’s idea of a good night out.
Both delivered in their own right, with the former’s highly stylised performance and the latter proving that the killer combo of singer Axl Rose, whose voice worked wonders on Knocking On Heaven’s Door, and guitarist Slash, who nailed it after launching into the famed Sweet Child O’ Mine riff following a virtuoso guitar solo, are a force to be reckoned with.
But Glastonbury festival’s best moments are rarely confined to the quality of its heralded headliners.
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