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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

Basquiat: Boom for Real, Barbican review - the myth explored

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Rachel Whiteread, Tate Britain review – exceptional beauty

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Final Portrait review - utterly convincing portrayal of an artist at work

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Trajal Harrell: Hoochie Koochie, Barbican review - flamboyant and mesmerising

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Rose Finn-Kelcey: Life, Belief and Beyond, Modern Art Oxford review - revelation and delight

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Portraying a Nation, Tate Liverpool review – an inspired juxtaposition

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The Seasons in Quincy: Four Portraits of John Berger review - voyages round a giant

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Fahrelnissa Zeid, Tate Modern review - rediscovering a forgotten genius

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A Handful of Dust, Whitechapel Gallery review - grime does pay

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Grayson Perry: The Most Popular Art Exhibition Ever! Serpentine Gallery

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Geta Bratescu, Camden Arts Centre

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Mary Magdalene: Art's Scarlet Woman, review - 'lugubrious'

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How To Be a Surrealist with Philippa Perry, review - 'exhilarating'

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DVD: Revolution - New Art for a New World

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Paula Rego: Secrets and Stories review - 'in pictures you can let all your rage out'

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Gillian Wearing and Claude Cahun, National Portrait Gallery

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