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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Troubling times travel
SUSAN DARLINGTON recommends a gripping near-future chronicle of a city on the edge of conflict
ARTFUL ANACHRONISM: The Good Book
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
SET in Leeds “in the near future,” The Good Book tells the story of a society that's on the brink of civil war.
The first project for Slung Low’s Leeds People's Theatre, the 30-minute film continues its commitment to community engagement.
The back story, in which Queen Bear seized power a decade ago by claiming to carry the spirit of King Arthur, is told in succinct one-liners by local people.
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