ANDY HEDGECOCK relishes two exhibitions that blur the boundaries between art and community engagement
Cross-dressing novelist
GORDON PARSONS welcomes a graphic biography of George Sand, the most popular French novelist in 19th-century Britain
The Star's critic MARIA DUARTE reviews I Am Martin Parr, September Says, The Monkey, and The Gorge
RITA DI SANTO applauds a touching and witty opener that touches a hot topic in Germany: the future of the immigrant population
SIMON PARSONS is discomfited by an unflichingly negative portrait of motherhood and its trials
PAUL FOLEY recommends an extraordinary double bill that packs a punch and leaves you reeling
MARY CONWAY is disappointed by a play about AI that results in a deadening disconnect for its audience
SIMON PARSONS applauds an insightful state-of-the-nation play that explores the growing class divide in South Africa
George Sand: True Genius, True Woman
Severine Vidal & Kim Consigny, SelfMadeHero, £18.99
OURS is essentially a visual age, a fact which must explain why graphic novels have exploded in popularity in recent years, with one American market research company recording over 16 million copies sold last year, and Penguin Random House aiming to see “a graphic novel on every bookshelf.”
What might more accurately be called a graphic biography, this life of George Sand portrays an author generally better known, if at all today, for her relationship to Chopin. She was in fact by far the most popular French novelist in 19th-century Britain.
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