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West Ham united in a socialist vision
A Splotch of Red: Keir Hardie in West Ham
Beckton Globe Library, London E8/Touring
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
Beckton Globe Library, London E8/Touring
THIS show could not be more timely. Documenting, as it does, Keir Hardie’s historic victory in West Ham South as an Independent candidate in the 1892 general election it took place a mile or so near to the Romford Road, where Jeremy Corbyn was addressing his latest electrifying rally.
Both paid tribute to the struggles of London's East End, where trade unionists such as Ben Tillett, John Burns and Annie Besant won major disputes for worker’s rights in the late 19th century.
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