And, in what has proved to be their most subversive coup, they have placed democracy, for all Mexicans, at the center of national debate.

That, come to think of it, may be the most subversive message of all.

Essentially, they evoke the most subversive politics of all: a child's instinctive desire for fair play.

"Young gentlemen of the Empire, I ought to warn you that this and the succeeding lectures will be most subversive."

So it was strange to realise that the image I found most subversive in this exhibition remains firmly within the logic of embroidery.

Urish and Bielen called it "the most subversive pop song recorded to achieve classic status."

In a year of cultural and political tumult, it was the most subversive design statement of all.

But gangsta rap proved the decade's most subversive genre.

Biserica neagră is also read as his most subversive work, described by critics as a "counter-utopia".