‘What is art for?’ and more…
10 September 2025 • Paul Carey-Kent
I’m currently reading Ben Luke’s ‘What is art for? Contemporary artists on their influences, inspirations and disciplines’.
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 Index of Art Tragedy
26 August 2025 • Paul Carey-Kent
What was the most tragic early death of an artist? Welcome to: Paul Carey Kent’s ‘Index of Art Tragedy’
A DAY IN FOLKESTONE
5 August 2025 • Paul Carey-Kent
You can spend an enjoyable day roaming around the Folkestone Triennial (to 19th Oct), with 25 new works from 18 artists plus 80-odd permanent ones
Paul’s Gallery of the Week: Paul Smith
30 July 2025 • Paul Carey-Kent
So it is that the 9 Albemarle Street store in Mayfair has as much art as clothing on show
Paul’s Gallery of the Week: Hauser & Wirth
23 July 2025 • Paul Carey-Kent
Hauser & Wirth was founded in 1992 in Zurich by Iwan Wirth, Manuela Wirth, and Ursula Hauser.
Paul’s Gallery of the Week: Hannah Barry Gallery
9 July 2025 • Paul Carey-Kent
Hannah Barry’s eponymous gallery has been based in Peckham since 2008, when the area had a more dubious reputation than now
Paul’s Gallery of the Week: Pitzhanger Manor
2 July 2025 • Paul Carey-Kent
Pitzhanger Manor, in Ealing, was his country house. After acquiring the estate in 1800, he transformed it into a showcase of his architectural style
Paul’s Gallery of the Week: Vestry St
25 June 2025 • Paul Carey-Kent
Vestry St Gallery opened in Hoxton in 2022, as an outpost of Cross Lane Projects, in a first floor space
Paul’s Gallery of the Week: Annka Kultys Gallery
20 June 2025 • Paul Carey-Kent
This is the tenth anniversary year of Annka Kultys’ and over the decade the Swiss gallerist has developed a forward-looking and distinctive position
Paul’s Gallery of the Week: October Gallery
11 June 2025 • Paul Carey-Kent
October Gallery is a registered charity supported by grants, donations and rental of the gallery’s facilities, as well as sales of art.
Paul’s Gallery of the Week: Canopy Collections
4 June 2025 • Paul Carey-Kent
Canopy Collections opened a permanent space near the British Museum, enabling it to host a regular programme of exhibitions
Paul’s Gallery of the Week: Brooke Benington
28 May 2025 • Paul Carey-Kent
In 2020, they joined forces to form Brooke Benington
Paul’s Photo London 2025
16 May 2025 • Paul Carey-Kent
Here are ten artists that appealed to me from the many spread around 130 galleries and several additional programmes
Paul’s Gallery of the Week: The V&A
14 May 2025 • Paul Carey-Kent
The V & A is the world’s largest museum of applied arts, decorative arts and design, with 145 galleries
Paul’s BERLIN GALLERY WEEKEND 2025
7 May 2025 • Paul Carey-Kent
When I came to select a ten things that appealed, I found only three were from the official Gallery Weekend programme.
Paul’s Gallery of the Week: Cabinet
30 April 2025 • Paul Carey-Kent
Cabinet, 132 Tyers Street Vauxhall Pleasure Gardens, London SE11 5HSwww.cabinet.uk.com Instagram: No Cabinet has remained enigmatically atypical… Read More
Paul’s Gallery of the Week: Annely Juda
23 April 2025 • Paul Carey-Kent
The space has spectacular glass-roof light on the upper level, with crane access that has made it possible to show monumentally heavy sculptures
Paul’s Gallery of the Week: Tiwani
17 April 2025 • Paul Carey-Kent
The programme concentrates on artists from Africa and the Diaspora, with an emphasis on painting
Paul’s Fairs: My Art from miart
7 April 2025 • Paul Carey-Kent
My choices seem to concentrate largely on Italian artists & galleries, which does reflect the participant demographic. Let’s start with water…
Paul’s Gallery of the Week: Pangolin London
2 April 2025 • Paul Carey-Kent
Pangolin London is unusual in being a gallery specialising in sculpture, and in being connected with a leading foundry
Paul’s Fairs: London Original Print Fair 2025
24 March 2025 • Paul Carey-Kent
In chronological order, are eight items I like at Somerset House. The fair isn’t restricted to editions, incidentally: five of these are unique works
Paul’s Gallery of the Week: Canada Gallery
19 March 2025 • Paul Carey-Kent
Several of London’s embassies and consulates have hosted art exhibitions from time to time, but Canada has had the most consistent programme
Paul’s Gallery of the Week: IMT GALLERY
13 March 2025 • Paul Carey-Kent
This is the 20th year of IMT, quite an achievement for a small not-for-profit space that favours boundary-pushing collaborative approaches, workshopping and experimental writing
Paul’s Gallery of the Week: Coleman Projects
5 March 2025 • Paul Carey-Kent
Artist Frances Coleman lives above Coleman Projects, placing her well to act as the public face of the programme that she has directed for over two decades