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21st century poetry: In the city that only flashes from bombs, it’s good to see lights go on
by MOHAMMED MOUSSA
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
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
In a city married by the flames of war,
the lights of Jabalia Camp go on
as an unexpected longing hammer the entries
and extreme joy creeps through the windows to nestle
in the hearts of the camp’s children.
The unforeseen luminosity of the camp
may not disturb the rest of the elders,
the young lover bathing in the light
or mothers cooking dinner under the limelight.
Those lights bring to mind
the yearning to the young manhood
And the chaos of our adulthood.
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