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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Getting under your skin with Confessionals
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
Victoria McNulty
The Book Club
London EC2
TOP drawer young Glasgae poet Michelle Fisher reckoned I’d appreciate Victoria McNulty’s show Confessionals.
As Victoria had left the east end of Glasgow to tour her show and was in the east end of London I went. Sadly it was the Shoreditch of today and so Michelle, Victoria and I felt a bit out of place among the hipsters and ostentatious privilege of ensconced gentrifiers.
Victoria performs the show with singer and guitarist Abi Normal, who also adds some kick to selective dialogue. The show focuses on domestic violence and also looks at sectarianism.
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