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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In-depth analysis of a Europe in disintegration
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
Europe's Crises
Edited by Manuel Castells et al
(Polity Press, £18.99)
ONE of the difficulties with books written by academics is that they often have a tendency to become narrowly focused within the author's specialism. Europe's Crises is not such a book.
Edited by leading academics from the fields of sociology, economics, communications science and science and technology, its 18 essays are drawn from a wide spectrum of disciplines.
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