ANGUS REID, ANDY HEDGECOCK and MARIA DUARTE review On The Sea, A Useful Ghost, Brunello: The Gracious Visionary, and Pinocchio Unstrung
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Whitechapel open to what's happening now
MICHAL BONCZA recommends an exhibition of dynamic art reflecting the mindset of artists in a global capital
[Larry Achiampong]
RON JACOBS enjoys a great tale, told by a US communist, of the lives of working-class New Yorkers
BRENT CUTLER searches a new history of contemporary Iran for an understanding of the Islamic Republic, finding both interesting detail and glaring omissions
MARIA DUARTE recommends the true story of the remarkable woman who sued Donald Trump for sexual assault not once, but twice
KENNY MacASKILL is disappointed by a polemical, rather than factual, account of the Lone Star State and its political path since the civil war
PAUL DONOVAN is fascinated by the lives of Charles and Mary Bagot, and the insight this biography shines on the morals of pre-Victorian society
GORDON PARSONS appreciates fine performances and a feel for ambiguity, but misses the music of the dialogue
The London Open 2018
Whitechapel Gallery, London
THIS free triennial exhibition, featuring 22 artists working across painting, sculpture, performance and video, addresses burning issues related to the changing urban context, the environment, technology, gender, race representation, political activism and post-colonial histories.
Renee So and Elisabeth Tomlinson
Their creative inquiries and agendas employ a variety of formal languages and what's on show is a kaleidoscope of challenging propositions, with excellent and powerful work by women artists to the fore.
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