KENNY MacASKILL relishes a fictionalised account of the life and death of the principled Irish anti-colonialist, executed for betraying his English imperial masters
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Never the twain shall meet?
LYNNE WALSH faces the ‘brilliant or bonkers’ conundrum of a simultaneous exhibition of work by Jeff Koons and Cy Twombly
POLES APART: (L to R) Cy Twombly’s Five Greek Poets and a Philosopher: ‘Sappho’ and Jeff Koons’ Diamond (Red)
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SYLVIA HIKINS is persuaded by an entertaining play that the true miracle of Lourdes would be for attitudes toward disability to change
JAMIE BRITTON recommends this fine analysis of the architectural, ecological and infrastructural destruction of the Gaza Strip
NADIA JOSEPH welcomes a survey of the role that TV played in the debate over apartheid and race relations in Britain
Primal Gestures: Jeff Koons & Cy Twombly
Bastian Gallery
THE concept behind the juxtaposition of these two artists is either brilliant or bonkers.
The small but beautifully formed Bastian Gallery in London’s Mayfair is renowned for clever use of its space, and this show certainly supports that reputation.
Whether Jeff Koons, contrarian and devoted acolyte of capitalism, has anything in common with the work of the thoughtful and intuitive Cy Twombly is a moot point.
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