Back from a mini tour of Yorkshire and Stockport and cheering for supporting act Indignation Meeting
Arab diaspora blues
LEO BOIX reviews an exhibition combines personal histories, political struggles and Jewish-Arab roots to denounce political oppression and advocate for social justice
Hayoun
ALISTAR FINDLAY is mesmerised by this multiple ‘Visions of Scotland’ assault on the audience’s eyes and senses
The Star's critics ANGUS REID, ANDY HEDGECOCK and MICHAL BONCZA reviews I Am Love, The Penguin Lessons, Freaky Tales, The Thicket
MAYER WAKEFIELD has reservations about the direction of a play centered on a DVLA re-training session for three British-Pakistani motorists
New releases from Steve Knightley, Jupiter & Okwess, Jason Palmer, Lisa Knapp and Gerry Driver, Kin'Gongolo Kiniata, Ingrid Laubrock/Tom Rainey, Dan Sealey, Simin Tande, PAZ
JOHN GREEN relishes photography that unfolds a longstanding and poetic relationship with Leeds
A uncomfortably misogynistic authorial voice that sometimes seems to lack insight troubles FIONA O’CONNOR
IN his seminal book Culture and Imperialism, Edward W Said tells us that just as none of us are outside or beyond geography, “none of us is completely free from the struggle over geography.” That struggle is complex and interesting for Said because “it is not only about soldiers and cannons but also about ideas, about forms, about images and imaginings.”
Massoud Hayoun, in his unique artistic voice, uncovers some of these struggles in his first solo exhibition in London, Between Broken Promises, Harissa, on view at Larkin Durey Gallery until May 24.
His perspective offers a fresh and intriguing take on these complex issues, especially amid current conflicts in Gaza, Syria, Libya and Yemen.
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While the group known as the Colourists certainly reinvigorated Scottish painting, a new show is a welcome chance to reassess them, writes ANGUS REID
ANGUS REID recommends an exquisite drama about the disturbing impact of the one child policy in contemporary China
The phrase “cruel to be kind” comes from Hamlet, but Shakespeare’s Prince didn’t go in for kidnap, explosive punches, and cigarette deprivation. Tam is different.
ANGUS REID deconstructs a popular contemporary novel aimed at a ‘queer’ young adult readership
