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Best of 2018: Visual arts
BY CHRISTINE LINDEY
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STEVEN ANDREW is moved beyond words by a historical account of mining in Britain made from the words of the miners themselves
CAILEAN MCBRIDE welcomes a refreshing and timely study of the way officialdom creates structures that exclude LGBT+ rights and humanity
The bard mourns the loss of comrades and troubadours, and looks for consolation with Black Country Jess
CHRIS MOSS relishes the painting and the life story of a self-taught working-class artist from Warrington
MARY CONWAY is disappointed by a star-studded adaptation of Ibsen’s play that is devoid of believable humanity
IN 2018, the continuing revival of interest in progressive politics was reflected in artists’ and curators’ greater openness to serious themes.
After being almost forgotten for many decades, the prints of Frank Brangwyn were brought to a new audience by Brighton Museum.
Brangwyn intended his print series to be widely accessible by being much cheaper than unique paintings and his powerful depictions of dockers, shipbuilders, boot makers, woodcutters and bottle washers, while exposing their harsh conditions, honoured their labour without idealisation or sentimentality.
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