Paul’s Gallery of the Week: Alma Pearl
17 December 2024 • Paul Carey-Kent
Alma Pearl opened last year, occupying a substantial L-shaped space alongside the Regent’s Canal towards Haggerston
Author: Paul Carey-Kent
Art critic and curator, based near Southampton. I write most regularly for Art Monthly, Frieze, World of Interiors, Seisma, Border Crossings, Artlyst, ... and, of course, FAD.
Paul’s Gallery of the Week: Anthony Wilkinson
11 December 2024 • Paul Carey-Kent
Anthony showed on a fairly occasional basis in collaboration with other galleries before settling into a new permanent location in Soho earlier this year
Paul’s Gallery of the Week: Almine Rech
4 December 2024 • Paul Carey-Kent
After running spaces jointly for some years, Almine Rech founded her own gallery in Paris in 1997
Paul’s Gallery of the Week: HS Projects
27 November 2024 • Paul Carey-Kent
However, the lobby of 5 Howick Place near Victoria hosts regular shows, and there are also exhibition projects elsewhere.
Paul’s Gallery of the Week: Delfina Foundation
20 November 2024 • Paul Carey-Kent
40 residencies per year, and over 1000 practitioners have been helped since Delfina Studios was set up by Delfina Entrecanales
Paul’s Fairs Art Cologne: Never Mind the Doom
11 November 2024 • Paul Carey-Kent
If President Trump makes the rich richer I guess that might be good for the art market, but the mood remains darkened by his victory:
Paul’s Shows: ING Discerning Eye
6 November 2024 • Paul Carey-Kent
I’m one of the six selectors for this year’s ING Discerning Eye show
Paul’s Fairs: Paris – The Alternative Fairs.
23 October 2024 • Paul Carey-Kent
Both ‘Paris Internationale’ and ‘The Salon by Nada and The Community’ were well-located presentations with a sprinkling of established names and a lively mix of upcoming artists.
Art Basel Paris: The Not So Usual.
19 October 2024 • Paul Carey-Kent
Excellence is fairly routine, then, so I went in search of fare that was also unusual in some way. Here are 10 examples:
Paul’s Fairs: Frieze Masters – the South American edit
14 October 2024 • Paul Carey-Kent
No sooner had I walked into Frieze Masters than I bumped into the Brazilian painter Gabriela Max. Perhaps that was a portent, as I found plenty of interesting work from South America…
Paul’s Fairs: Stories of Frieze London
12 October 2024 • Paul Carey-Kent
The layout of Frieze London has been shaken up this year, and the fair feels fresh. As ever, though, it’s… Read More
Paul’s Gallery of the Week: JGM Gallery
3 October 2024 • Paul Carey-Kent
JGM has an unusual programme alternating indigenous contemporary art from Australia with shows by British artists.
Paul’s Gallery of the Week: IONE & MANN
25 September 2024 • Paul Carey-Kent
The first part of IONE & MANN (say ‘Eye-Oh-Knee’ if you like) sounds close to ‘Ionian’, and that’s in line with being run by the Greek-born Alkistis Koukouliou. Logically enough, she’s seen championing Zeus above.
Paul’s Gallery of the Week: Kate MacGarry
18 September 2024 • Paul Carey-Kent
Kate MacGarry opened her eponymous gallery in 2002, initially on Redchurch Street
Paul’s Gallery of The Week: Galerie Max Hetzler
11 September 2024 • Paul Carey-Kent
According to Hetzler himself ‘The programme is the artists’, which I guess puts the emphasis on which artists are chosen, and the quality is high
Paul’s Gallery of the Week: Sid Motion
4 September 2024 • Paul Carey-Kent
When I first met Sid Motion, she was working for Max Wigram gallery (remember that?)
Paul’s Gallery of the Week: OOF Gallery
31 July 2024 • Paul Carey-Kent
OOF is one of London’s less orthodox spaces.
Paul’s Gallery of the Week: MASSIMODECARLO
24 July 2024 • Paul Carey-Kent
Massimo De Carlo’s background was in pharmacy and jazz when he founded his gallery in Milan in 1987.
Paul’s Gallery of the Week: Sylvia Kouvali
17 July 2024 • Paul Carey-Kent
A new gallery? No, Sylvia Kouvali has recently rebranded her Rodeo space to more personal and less programmatic effect.
GHOSTS AT THE ROYAL ACADEMY… SUMMER SHOW 2024
8 July 2024 • Paul Carey-Kent
As ever, the RA Summer show is an over-packed and variable mix, but there are good things to be found and the whole room presentation of Carey Young’s film ‘The Vision Machine’ is particularly welcome
Conflicted Choices from The Treasure House Fair
28 June 2024 • Paul Carey-Kent
The Treasure House Fair is an enjoyable chance to escape the world’s problems. Or is it? Strolling round the 70… Read More
Paul’s Gallery of the Week: Hamiltons Gallery
26 June 2024 • Paul Carey-Kent
Hamiltons Gallery, 13 Carlos Place, London W1K 2EUwww.hamiltonsgallery.com Instagram: @hamiltonsgallery Hamiltons Gallery is unusual. Most obviously for… Read More
Paul’s Gallery of the Week: Emalin
19 June 2024 • Paul Carey-Kent
Emalin, 1 Holywell Lane, London EC2A 3ET and 118½ Shoreditch High Street, London E1 6JN emalin.co.uk Instagram: @emalinofficial Emalin was… Read More
Paul’s Gallery of the Week: Bernheim Gallery
12 June 2024 • Paul Carey-Kent
Bernheim Gallery was founded in Zurich by Maria Bernheim in 2015, and that is where I first discovered its lively international programme