MARY CONWAY revels in a powerful reminder that human lives are not defined by physical perfection
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MICHAL BONCZA picks out the gems of revolutionary illustration from a comprehensive survey of Graphic Journalism
(L to R) John Sloan, Massacre during Colorado coal strike at Ludlow; Andre Gill, Victor Noir on his death bed and Napoleon III as the fictional Rocambole
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PAUL DONOVAN recommends the fine performances in this account of the pre-war meeting between the US president and the British king
TECLYN AROD relishes an intimate celebration of jazz improvisation that mixes local and national musicians
The missing sister, the vengeful WAG, cruise ship claustrophobia, and reanimated Avengers
Three great releases of lost concerts by Duke Ellington Orchestra, John Taylor & Stan Sulzman, and Joe Henderson
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
Press Graphics 1819-1921, The Golden Age of Graphic Journalism
by Alexander Roob, Taschen, £60
AT THE top of the cover of this sumptuous, 600-page volume sits an anti-war etching by the legendary Andre Gill of Death as a skeleton in a French hussars officer’s attire. The figure’s megalomaniac strut in front of a featureless army brings to mind a contemporary Western media darling.
It was published on November 2 1867 by anti-authoritarian La Rue/The Street magazine. Four years later its editor, Jules Valles, alongside artists like Gustave Courbet, actively supported the Paris Commune.
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