PETER MASON applauds the revival, 39 years later with the same team and cast, of Manfred Karge’s version of Brecht’s 100-year-old play, Mann Ist Mann
Breaking the curatorial mould
These women have been overshadowed, marginalised or ignored by the male-dominated art world for far too long, writes CHRISTINE LINDEY
(L to R) Paula Modersohn-Becker, Mother with Child on her Arm, Nude II, 1906; A Weavers’ Revolt, 1893-1897
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New releases from Biita Houdei, The Mary Wallopers, and The Tubs
New releases from Biita Houdei, The Mary Wallopers, and The Tubs
MAYER WAKEFIELD applauds a fearless attempt to bring to the stage the 1984 toxic gas disaster in Bhopal, India
ALEX HALL applauds the account of a dogged, traumatic and punishing campaign for justice that has lasted from 1998 to the present day
NICK WRIGHT laments the political bias of an epic attempt to tell the history of the liberation of France from the Nazis, that excludes both the decisive contribution of the Soviet Red Army, and of the French communist party itself
Making Modernism
The Gabrielle Jungels-Winkler Galleries, Royal Academy of Arts
EARLIER accounts of German art of the early 20th century would have focused on male Expressionists, so it is good to see one which focuses on female painters.
In some paintings Gabriele Munter’s colour is to die for — rivalling Matisse in purity and daring. She stuck to traditional subjects, as did most of the early avant garde, excelling in still lifes, but also painting sensitive interiors and portraits.
Yet how many would have seen more than the odd token work in a group exhibition?
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