How to Enjoy Patrick Heron in Margate
Continue Reading...YOU ARE BROWSING: Author: Paul Carey-Kent
Frida the Modern
How does a painter currently making her way respond to the life and work of Frida Kahlo? I attended the V&A’s ‘Making Herself Up’ with Emma Cousin whose paintings recently made a splash at Edel Assanti gallery.
Continue Reading...Significant Others: Ana Mendieta and More
Ana Mendieta would have been 70 this month (18 November 1948 – Sept 10 1985) had she not fallen 34 floors to her death at just 36.
Continue Reading...IS IT FINISHED?
One of the questions most commonly asked of artists is: how do you know when the work is finished?
Continue Reading...Martin Eder’s toxic beauty
‘Parasites’ is the tenth exhibition at Damien Hirst’s Newport Street Gallery, which opened in 2015. The German painter Martin Eder, shows 53 works
Continue Reading...CLOUDS AT THE V&A
The Victoria & Albert Museum’s re-presentation of its photography collection in a newly opened ‘Photography Centre’ strikes a nice balance between image and information, method and content, historic development and contemporary relevance.
Continue Reading...Popular at Frieze
We’ve just had the first Frieze during which I was on Instagram (follow me at www.instagram.com/paulcareykent ). I posted 20-odd works as of interest, and these were the most popular three…
Continue Reading...Anomie with Rodgers and Ketter
It may look an improbable pairing, but two shows opening last Thursday felt as if they had a common core.
Continue Reading...To Deptford
The annual Deptford X (21-30 Sept) may be a relatively small event in organisational and funding terms, but makes for a packed visit.
Continue Reading...Abstract Expressionist Women on the Rise
Around 65 years after its productive highpoint, it’s interesting to speculate how the history of abstract expressionism will look in another 65 years.
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