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
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Prolific Australian cult rockers KGLW treated a Liverpool crowd to a typically eclectic gig says EWAN KOTZ
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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
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OPENING with a breathtaking suite ripped from their critically acclaimed 2016 album Nonagon Infinity, the band sweated its way through a set of high-octane improvised psychedelic jams, microtones and thrash-metal head-bangers, making the most of every second of their two-hour set.
The Nonagon suite was followed by the debut of the as-yet unreleased Raw Feel, one of the new songs from their upcoming 26th (yes, 26th!) album.
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