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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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
this morning, embracing the spirit
of a newly energised nation
Kevin is at the foodbank once more
giddy with what he knows now
must be enthusiasm
which he – fool that he is –
had mistaken for hunger
believing in himself and what he can achieve
he picks tins of can-do beans
from the shelf – a small step, yes
but one he understands will lead
sure as eggs is eggs
to a better future
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