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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Rejoice
There’s a blend of traditional storytelling and bold experimentation with form in SARAH SCHOFIELD’S accessible and politically engaged story with a ‘sting-in-the-tail’ ending
INSISTENTLY PRESENT: In 1987 Margaret Thatcher wins herd third successive term of office
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
Introduction
SARAH SCHOFIELD’S first collection, Safely Gathered In, is a book about loss, grief, miscommunication, the emotional power of cultural detritus and characters at the end of their tether.
There’s a blend of traditional storytelling and bold experimentation with form.
Rejoice, an accessible and politically engaged story, draws these themes together and considers the legacy of Margaret Thatcher.
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