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Sarah Kent

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Sarah was the visual arts editor art of Time Out, the ICA’s Director of Exhibitions, has served on Turner Prize and other juries, and has written catalogues for the Hayward, ICA, Saatchi Gallery, White Cube and Haunch of Venison and books such as Shark-Infested Waters: The Saatchi Collection of British Art in the 90s.

Articles By Sarah Kent

Bill Viola/Michelangelo: Life Death Rebirth, Royal Academy review - empty rhetoric versus focused intensity

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Edwin Landseer / Rachel Maclean, National Gallery review - a juxtaposition of opposites

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Lost Treasures of Strawberry Hill review - a brave attempt to recreate an important collection

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Modern Couples, Barbican review - an absurdly ambitious survey of artist lovers

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Elmgreen & Dragset, Whitechapel Gallery review – when is a door not a door ?

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Kusama - Infinity review - amazing tale of survival against the odds

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The Everyday and the Extraordinary, Towner Art Gallery, Eastbourne review - the ordinary made strange

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Space Shifters, Hayward Gallery review - seeing is not always believing

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Turner Prize 2018, Tate Britain review - a shortlist dominated by political issues

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Renzo Piano, Royal Academy review - worth the effort

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Under the Wire review - risking everything to tell the world the truth

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The New Royal Academy and Tacita Dean, Landscape review - a brave beginning to a new era

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Formosa, Cloud Gate Dance Theatre of Taiwan, Sadler’s Wells review - perfect in every detail

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Shape of Light, Tate Modern review - a wasted opportunity

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Leaving Home, Coming Home: A Portrait of Robert Frank review - the artist puts himself in the frame

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Taryn Simon: An Occupation of Loss, Islington Green review - divine lamentation

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