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Paul’s Book of the Month: Goethe and Prostitution

11 March 2026 • Paul Carey-Kent

If that seems a surprising subject, I should mention that I’m dealing with two books

Paul’s Fairs: collect 2026

5 March 2026 • Paul Carey-Kent

The ‘collect’ fair, organised by the Crafts Council at Somerset House, ran 27th Feb – 1st March. There were plenty… Read More

Paul’s Gallery of the Month: Sprovieri

25 February 2026 • Paul Carey-Kent

Niccolo Sprovieri was maintaining a tradition when he opened a gallery in 2000, as the original Sprovieri Gallery was founded in Rome in 1913

Paul’s Work of the Month – Morpho, Blood & Water – No. I by Alexander James Hamilton

18 February 2026 • Paul Carey-Kent

Three constants have run through Alexander James Hamilton’s life and work over four decades.

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Paul’s Show of the Month: Lineages at October Gallery

11 February 2026 • Paul Carey-Kent

What makes a good group show?

Paul’s Fairs: BRAFA 2026

4 February 2026 • Paul Carey-Kent

Perhaps the late conclusion influenced me, as I found myself drawn towards rather dark art…

Paul’s Book of the Month: Peter Peri

28 January 2026 • Paul Carey-Kent

My ‘Book of the Month’ may seem at the high price end, but is arguably cheap given the production values of an outstanding monograph on Peter Peri

Paul’s Fairs: London Art Fair 2026

21 January 2026 • Paul Carey-Kent

Now, for ten works I discovered and appreciated while actually strolling around the fair

Paul’s Work of the Month– ‘Hot Love’ by Glenn Brown

14 January 2026 • Paul Carey-Kent

Glenn Brown employs strategies of appropriation, but with two twists.

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AI: from aid to auteur / from art to industry

13 January 2026 • Toby Üpson

I am suspicious of the raison d’être guiding art tech collaborations

Paul’s Gallery of the Month: Danielle Arnaud

7 January 2026 • Paul Carey-Kent

set up her gallery in 1995, with the idea of encouraging artists ‘to develop their practice without the constraints of market or trends’.

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17 December 2025 • Paul Carey-Kent

This is from White Cube Bermondsey’s comprehensive account of pioneering black American artist Howardena Pindell’s practice

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Media Art?

12 December 2025 • Toby Üpson

Three days immersed in all things ‘Media Art’.

Paul’s Gallery of the Week: James Freeman

10 December 2025 • Paul Carey-Kent

Founded in 2003, James Freeman operates with invariable good cheer in Islington

Paul’s Show of the Month

3 December 2025 • Paul Carey-Kent

It is certainly worth paying £10 to see The Photographers’ Gallery’s retrospective of the influential Ukrainian artist Boris Mikhailov

Paul’s Gallery of the Week: Perrotin

26 November 2025 • Paul Carey-Kent

Emmanuel Perrotin famously founded his original Paris gallery in 1990 at the age of just twenty-one

Paul’s Work of The Month. Dana Schutz: The Kiss, 2025

19 November 2025 • Paul Carey-Kent

In the simpler composition of ‘The Kiss’, just two figures become one in an embrace that seems equally readable as sex, violence or dance.

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