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16 September 2020 by Paul Carey-Kent in Art Reviews., EXHIBITIONS, Paul's Art Stuff

A Big Hand for Baselitz

The past few years have tended to see Georg Baselitz in fine, adventurous form, at least in the studio (less so in the interview room, where his ludicrous generalisations about female painters have tended to put people off). And you have to hand it to him here: well into his ninth decade, Baselitz has come up with a series of works quite unlike anything he has done before – a whole show of hands, many of them monumental

8 July 2020 by Paul Carey-Kent in NEWS

Running Around the Park with Richard Schur, John Peter Askew and Emma Cousin

Three artists mentioned that they liked the poems, and Richard Schur titled a painting after one of them. Then I asked the other two if they would like to link a work to a poem, so here I am virtually running around with three of my favourite artists, replacing my photos of the park with their art:

1 July 2020 by Paul Carey-Kent in FEATURES, Paul's Art Stuff

Surprises from Art UK

Art UK is the online home for every public art collection in the UK, recently represented to make 250,000 works easily searchable with a facility to curate your own show. Faced with so many options, I took took the simple approach of looking for less usual examples from some of my favourite C20th artists.

21 June 2020 by Paul Carey-Kent in NEWS, Paul's Art Stuff

Trouble Online at Art Basel

Art Basel’s online viewing rooms can be visited until 26 June. There is plenty of trouble in the world for that art to reflect: not just the virus, the economy, wars, terrorism and global warming but also bad attitudes. Here’s my selection of work which addresses the anti-discriminatory agenda so effectively foregrounded by ‘Me Too’ and ‘Black Lives Matter’…

17 June 2020 by Paul Carey-Kent in ART, Paul's Art Stuff

3 from The #artistsupportpledge

Perhaps the most heartening coronavirus development in art has been the development of the Artist Support Pledge, whereby works are offered for sale for up to £200, and when an artist sells £1,000-worth they pledge to spend £200 supporting another artist. Over 250,000 works have now been posted on Instagram at #artistsupportpledge, generating over £20m! Naturally, quality is variable at that quantity, but it is easy enough to access artists you like through their own Instagram accounts. I posted some examples in my 22 April column. Here are three more who appealed to me…

10 June 2020 by Paul Carey-Kent in EXHIBITIONS, Paul's Art Stuff

The Way Mark Manders Thinks

Mark Manders makes striking work which originates in a unique way of thinking. Antwerp’s Zeno X Gallery is currently showing two typical pieces in the online version of Art Brussels.

3 June 2020 by Paul Carey-Kent in Paul's Art Stuff

Abstract Rainbows

Here are three rainbow-channelling works which I like: superficially similar concatenations of rectangular blocks which have many underlying differences.

27 May 2020 by Paul Carey-Kent in FASHION, FEATURES, Jewellery, Luxury, Paul's Art Stuff, Watches

On Kawara on 27 May

Everyone knows the ‘date paintings’ of On Kawara (1933-2014), collectively known as ‘Today’. 0r do they? Can you answer the following questions?

20 May 2020 by Paul Carey-Kent in FEATURES, Paul's Art Stuff

Creative on Instagram

Instagram has become the default means for artists to present themselves online. Mostly, that’s to show new work, how it comes about, inspirations, recommendations – all of which can be interesting. But some go further: their Instagram account becomes, in effect, the platform for creating new work, perhaps at a slant from the work for which they’re best known. Here are four artists whose posts I look forward to from that less usual angle.

12 May 2020 by Paul Carey-Kent in FEATURES, Paul's Art Stuff

What are artists doing during lockdown?

What are artists doing during lockdown? Here are some further examples, following on from last week.