The New Courtauld
26 January 2022 • Paul Carey-Kent
Some galleries – the Hayward is exemplary in this regard – close for years to refurbish, only to leave re-visitors… Read More
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Art at UCL, Japanese special
19 January 2022 • Paul Carey-Kent
I hadn’t clocked University College London as much of an art destination until recently: sure, the campus between Euston and Warren Street boasts the agreeably off-beat Grant Museum of Zoology and Petrie Museum of Egyptian Archaeology, but art?
Paintings on the Radio
12 January 2022 • Paul Carey-Kent
It may not sound logical, but not only are there many interesting podcasts that talk to artists, but radio can… Read More
The Top 5 Exhibitions to see in 2022
1 January 2022 • Tabish Khan
Tabish Khan the @LondonArtCritic picks his favourite exhibitions to see as we head into a new year. Each one comes with a… Read More
On with the Not-So New
29 December 2021 • Paul Carey-Kent
It’s not entirely out with the old in the gallery world. Here’s a choice of ten free-to-visit London shows which… Read More
Art of Glass
22 December 2021 • Paul Carey-Kent
The old distinctions between ‘art’ and ‘craft’ have reduced sufficiently in recent years that ceramics and textiles can now be… Read More
Art for Christmas?
15 December 2021 • Paul Carey-Kent
A seasonal tradition has developed of showing works small and affordable enough that they could plausibly make gifts. Flowers Gallery have the longest-running current exhibition with such a premise: this is the 39th year of ‘Small is Beautiful’
Radical Art at the Royal Academy
1 December 2021 • Paul Carey-Kent
There’s still plenty of time to see this winter’s edition of the RA Summer Show, which runs on past Christmas…. Read More
The (Biased) Best of Bournemouth
24 November 2021 • Paul Carey-Kent
Tessa Farmer: detail of Swarming Fever, 2021 Bournemouth rose to prominence as the favoured Victorian tourist destination by the sea,… Read More
London’s No. 1
17 November 2021 • Paul Carey-Kent
People quite often ask me what galleries I recommend. For the last few weeks, and quite possibly the next few… Read More
NATUREMAX: a new way of seeing nature?
16 November 2021 • Mark Westall
The next exhibition at GIANT is the group show NATUREMAX, curated by Paul Carey-Kent, featuring work by: Saelia Aparici, Rebecca… Read More
Ten Choices from the ING Discerning Eye Exhibition
9 November 2021 • Paul Carey-Kent
The ING Discerning Eye Exhibition is an annual show of small-scale works chosen by a panel of six prominent art world figures – two artists, two collectors and two critics.
Covidous Drawings
27 October 2021 • Paul Carey-Kent
Drawing has an immediacy suited to responding to current events, so – although the entry and judging process naturally takes… Read More
Painting at Frieze London
20 October 2021 • Paul Carey-Kent
Painting is always the dominant medium in art fairs, and despite all the talk of NFTs and new media, that… Read More
Frieze Masters is back
14 October 2021 • Paul Carey-Kent
Enough of the crowding and superficiality of Frieze London’s opening day, this year I opted for the more measured pace… Read More
Review: The Factory Project
13 October 2021 • Paul Carey-Kent
If you are wondering whether to visit The Factory Project, you’ll want to know about the practicalities, and the quality… Read More
Sculpture Outside the Gallery
6 October 2021 • Paul Carey-Kent
There’s plenty of sculpture lying around outside in London now: not just the permanent stuff dotted about or combined into… Read More
Not Quite What We Were Meant To See
29 September 2021 • Paul Carey-Kent
When wondering what artists are seeking to express, it is worth remembering that we may not be looking at what they intended us to see. That struck me as I strolled around the Ashmolean in Oxford – not a bad place to wander, of course.
On the Up in St Leonards
22 September 2021 • Paul Carey-Kent
I grew up in St Leonards-on-Sea, the 19th century addition to Hastings. The two towns suffered a 50 year decline… Read More
Liv Fontaine: The Performance of Drawing
15 September 2021 • Paul Carey-Kent
Performance art had an increasingly high pre-pandemic profile, but the curtailment of live events affected that – and even in… Read More
Art Meets Poetry
28 July 2021 • Paul Carey-Kent
Poetry was good in lockdown, being better suited to the screen than most literature or art. That makes it timely that two ambitious London shows currently combine art with poetry
A Fine Day for Seeing a group exhibition presenting ten pairs of artists & poets.
20 July 2021 • Mark Westall
‘A Fine Day for Seeing’ takes its title from the New York School poet and curator Frank O’Hara, who bridged… Read More
Outposts of Art
7 July 2021 • Paul Carey-Kent
I visited three places not so typically associated with art last weekend: Beckenham, Penge and Reading. But all had their points:
Art, Life and Everything
23 June 2021 • Paul Carey-Kent
In ‘Art, Life and Everything’, Julie Umerle chronicles her life as an artist from 1978-2010. She hasn’t had an easy ride – for example, she’s never been represented by a mainstream gallery – but…