Paul’s Shows: Say It With Flowers
31 October 2024 • Mark Westall
But enough of that: ‘Say It With Flowers’ sees a dozen artists tackle other subjects through flowers: sex, fertility, menopause, economics, culture, shyness, ageing, darkness…
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Excellent work, 60+ & no gallery – ADVANCED CONTEMPORARIES.
12 July 2024 • Mark Westall
That makes it, in effect, an ‘advanced version’ of the well-known Bloomberg New Contemporaries.
St Leonards meets The World
14 May 2024 • Mark Westall
For ‘St Leonards meets The World’, curator Paul Carey-Kent – whose home town is St Leonards – has
matched six artists based there with six UK-based artists who bring an international dimension.
Paul’s Gallery of the Week: Grosvenor Gallery
17 April 2024 • Paul Carey-Kent
Historically Grosvenor Gallery – which deals principally in South Asian art – is connected to the Estorick Collection – which concentrates on Italy. How so?
Paul’s Gallery of the Week: Mimosa House
3 April 2024 • Paul Carey-Kent
Daria Khan started Mimosa House in 2017 in the back of a half-abandoned office building on Hanover Square, eccentric in layout but handily close to Oxford Circus.
Amelia Bowles in conversation with Paul Carey-Kent
25 March 2024 • Paul Carey-Kent
Amelia Bowles’ first solo show is at Ione & Mann to 18th April. Her work sits between sculpture, painting and… Read More
Multimedia at Art Rotterdam 2024
2 February 2024 • Paul Carey-Kent
This year marks the 25th anniversary of Art Rotterdam (1-4 Feb), and the last before it moves from the iconic… Read More
Paul’s Galleries of the Week: London Art Fair special
17 January 2024 • Paul Carey-Kent
London Art Fair special: I guess everyone knows that the standard of the London Art Fair is – to put… Read More
Surprised by Art Cologne
18 November 2023 • Paul Carey-Kent
Art Cologne 2023 (16-19 November) features some 200 galleries: it’s not particularly international, but that doesn’t matter much, as there are so many high-quality German and Austrian galleries. Walking around an art fair is a blend of the familiar and the surprising. Here are ten things that surprised me:
Paul’s Gallery of the Week: Alison Jacques
25 October 2023 • Paul Carey-Kent
Alison Jacques’ new space is directly opposite Waddington Custot – where she had her first permanent gallery job.
Paul’s Gallery of the Week: Stephen Friedman Gallery
18 October 2023 • Paul Carey-Kent
Cork Street has its mojo back, with new arrivals Alison Jacques, Tiwani and Stephen Friedman adding substantially to what’s on view.
FRIEZE MASTER SURPRISES
15 October 2023 • Paul Carey-Kent
Frieze Masters (to 15 Oct, viewing rooms online to 18 Oct) may have plenty of relatively familiar types of work… Read More
Paul’s Gallery of the Week: Tension Fine Art
6 September 2023 • Paul Carey-Kent
Tension Fine Art has operated since 2019 in the somewhat unlikely locality of Penge in South-East London.
‘After the Performance’ at Tension Fine Art
4 September 2023 • Mark Westall
‘After the Performance’ at Tension Fine Art – It’s tempting to contrast object and performance, but a physical object often… Read More
Paul’s Gallery of the Week: White Cube
9 August 2023 • Paul Carey-Kent
Jay Jopling set up White Cube in a small space on Duke Street, St. James’s, where 75 shows by 75 different artists were presented between 1993-2001, including several by the YBAs with whom the gallery become closely associated.
Paul’s Gallery of the Week: Sadie Coles HQ
2 August 2023 • Paul Carey-Kent
Ask London artists who they would most like to show with, and the answer is often ‘Sadie Coles’
Paul’s Gallery of the Week: Lehmann Maupin
26 July 2023 • Paul Carey-Kent
Lehmann Maupin, though, has had a permanent presence since October 2020, when Cromwell Place became the London location of the gallery founded by Rachel Lehmann and David Maupin in New York in 1996
Paul’s Gallery of the Week: Ben Brown Fine Arts
19 July 2023 • Paul Carey-Kent
Ben Brown’s background was in the secondary market – he spent ten years at Sotheby’s, taking a particular and ongoing interest in Italian art – before he opened his eponymous gallery in London in 2004
Paul’s Gallery of the Week: Purdy Hicks
12 July 2023 • Paul Carey-Kent
The gallery was established in East London in 1995, and for much of this century was on Hopton Street, conveniently close to Tate Modern.
Paul’s Gallery of the Week: The Mayor Gallery
5 July 2023 • Paul Carey-Kent
Tracking back, The Mayor Gallery was actually the first to open on the street, when founded by Fred Mayor (1903-73) in 1925.
Paul’s Gallery of the Week: Skarstedt
31 May 2023 • Paul Carey-Kent
Skarstedt originated in New York and now operates in Paris and London as well. It was founded in 1994 by Swedish-born Per Skarstedt
Action to Australia, Rain to Iran: Photo London 2023
12 May 2023 • Paul Carey-Kent
This year’s Photo London is above average, with two excellent special exhibitions (of Martin Parr’s recent work and ‘Writing her… Read More
Paul’s Gallery of the Week: Castor
10 May 2023 • Paul Carey-Kent
When I first met Andy Wicks, he was an artist (and I liked his work). But his role arranging artist-run pop-ups led him to morph towards gallerist, and Castor Projects was born in 2016.