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WEBDominique White: Deadweight, Whitechapel Gallery review - sculptures that seem freighted with history. Sarah Kent Monday, 29 July 2024. It’s been a long time since the Whitechapel Gallery has presented three seriously good exhibitions at the same time. Already reviewed are Gavin Jantjes’ paintings on show in the main gallery.
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WEBStarve Acre review - unearthing the unearthly in a fine folk horror film. Blame the high cost of city housing, or killer smog. What else can explain a bright young couple’s move from 1970s Leeds to Starve Acre, an isolated, near-derelict farm in rural Yorkshire that has to be the spookiest back-to-the-land setting since The Wicker Man.
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Wang, Lapwood, LSO, Pappano, Barbican review – grace and …
WEB2 days ago · In the andante, Wang found a strain of meditative, time-suspending grace, enhanced by rubato flickers that added a rhythmic frisson to this otherworldly serenade. After this spun-silk reverie, the finale saw her in both mercurial and magisterial moods, debonair rather than strenuously gymnastic. Pappano kept the mood brisk and airy, never ...
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WEBGavin Jantjes: To Be Free, Whitechapel Gallery review - a sweet and sour response to horrific circumstances. Sarah Kent Wednesday, 19 June 2024. Born in Cape Town in 1948, Gavin Jantjes grew up under apartheid. He openly criticised the regime in his work and, forced into exile, was granted political asylum in Germany in 1973.
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WEBSep 9, 2024 · The Arts Desk is a website that covers classical music and other arts in the UK and beyond. Read the latest reviews, news and interviews of concerts, CDs and festivals from theartsdesk.com.
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WEBDavid Nice Friday, 30 August 2024. If you ever doubted that Bizet’s Carmen, 150 years young next year, is one of the greatest operas of all time, this performance would have changed your mind. Among the four principals only Rihab Chaieb’s utterly convincing, consistent protagonist was the same as on first night 22 performances ago, and as ...
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WEBAdam Sweeting Saturday, 10 August 2024. This heist-orientated black comedy could appeal to fans of the likes of Steven Soderbergh’s Ocean’s Eleven or the same director’s Out of Sight, without ever quite matching their zip and sparkle. But there are enough loud bangs and big bucks to provide an entertaining night in (presupposing there are ...