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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Memory loss
Dubious curatorial choices and a revisionist view of recent history make Germany: Memories of a Nation a flawed exhibition, says JOHN GREEN
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
MANY in Britain would be hard put to think of anything German beyond nazis, jackboots, humourlessness, lederhosen and beer gardens.
Those stereotypes are surprising, because it could be argued that Germany has had, since classical times, more impact on European and even world culture than any other European nation.
Its philosophers, scientists, writers, artists and composers — as well as its bankers — have profoundly influenced the way we live and think today.
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