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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The nuanced Normal
There's a subtle exploration of how class impacts on social life in Sally Rooney's work, says FIONA O'CONNOR
LIVING IN THE REAL WORLD: Sally Rooney
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
NORMAL People, the BBC3 series based on Irish writer Sally Rooney’s novel, has been viewed by millions both in Britain and in the US, where it has also been a critical success.
The story follows young lovers Marianne and Connell as they negotiate the power dynamics of their social groups, moving from school-going teenagehood to the borderlands of 20-something adulthood.
While Variety praised the series for its immersive quality, “making you both crave and dread knowing — or perhaps more accurately, experiencing — what happens next,” the release of the series on TV in Ireland prompted furious debate among older listeners over its sexual content on the nation’s primary phone-in radio show.
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