WILL STONE samples the 20th anniversary atmosphere of this eclectic end-of-season indie festival
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The eloquence of everyday objects
ANDY HEDGECOCK relishes two exhibitions that blur the boundaries between art and community engagement
Daniel Lind-Ramos, Ensamblajes, Nottingham Contemporary
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Comics are not just superheroes and spandex – it can be public art, telling public stories, suggests HARRIET EARLE
The bard serenades the Diggers of Wigan and their festive followers
ALEXEI SAYLE speaks to Angus Reid about a lifetime of protest, how to hone political art – and what to do now
ANDY HEDGECOCK, JAMES WALSH, LEO BOIX and MARIA DUARTE review Just An Illusion, Everybody Digs Bill Evans, Blue Film, Oasis: Don’t Look Back in Anger, and Runner
MARIA DUARTE recommends a nerve-wracking reconstruction of the 72 hours before the Normandy landings
Allan Weber, My Order
★★★★★, Nottingham Contemporary
Daniel Lind-Ramos, Ensamblajes
★★★★★, Nottingham Contemporary
DONALD TRUMP’s philistinism is apparent in his fondness for self-aggrandising kitsch, but the Kennedy Center putsch — in which Trump unilaterally installed himself as chair of Washington DC’s temple of the fine arts — suggests an understanding that culture can shape the national psyche.
Perhaps we should expect further co-option of performing arts institutions in support of the MAGA cause. Will the list of Trump-approved artists be limited to Confederate flag flaunter Kid Rock, swastika T-shirt pusher Kanye West and deportation cheerleader Ted Nugent?
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SIMON DUFF is thrilled by a visceral, no-holds-barred exploration of the expressive powers of raw material
SIMON PARSONS applauds an artist who rescues and rehumanises stories of women, the victims of violence, from a feminist perspective
KEVIN DONNELLY accepts the invitation to think speculatively in contemplation of representations of people of African descent in our cultural heritage
JOHN GREEN welcomes a remarkable study of Mozambique’s most renowned contemporary artist