Reviews of Habibi Funk 031, Kayatibu, and The Good Ones
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A warm welcome for the new and much-needed international front for radical artists
Great oaks from little acorns grow: the inauguration of IAF
[International Art Front]
SIMON DUFF relishes the cross contamination of Damien Hirst’s greatest hits by street artists from France and the US
In view of the grooming gangs inquiry, SIMON PARSONS feels the relevance of this powerful examination of trauma suffered at Medomsley Youth Detention Centre
JOHN GREEN doubts the motivations of a US war photographer who never questions why, or for whom, she is producing images of imperialist conflict
MARIA DUARTE reviews Springsteen: Deliver Me From Nowhere, Hedda, The Mastermind, and Regretting You
TONY CONWAY welcomes a thrilling and concise history of Hope not Hate, that is also a manual full of tactical advice
PAUL DONOVAN welcomes an inspiring account of living with deafness that has important lessons for the treatment of deaf people in today’s UK
ALMOST since the day the fight for socialism became organised, artists in Britain have looked for ways to use their talents in the aid of this great vision.
In the 1930s Alan Bush founded the William Morris Music Society as an organisation for artists to discuss politics and music and how they work together.
Similarly, in 1933, thanks to Pearl Binder, Clifford Rowe, Misha Black, James Fitton and others, the Artists’ International Association was formed which sought to promote “unity of artists for peace, democracy and cultural development.”
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