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Botticelli in the Fire, Hampstead Theatre review - history mash up burns bright by Aleks.sierz

Jordan Tannahill's queering of Renaissance art is riotously vulgar and unapologetic Botticelli is a household name, but who knows the true story behind his most famous painting? The painter's 1480s masterpiece, The Birth of Venus, is one of the most striking images of Renaissance Florence " and has achieved iconic status. Because it has been minutely dissected by generations of art historians, it takes a bold playwri…

SOURCE: The Arts Desk at 04:36PM on October 25, 2019

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