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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

The Story of Looking review – bedside musings on how and what we see

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The Lost Leonardo review - an incredible tale as gripping as any thriller

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Sophie Taeuber-Arp, Tate Modern review - a creative talent that knew no bounds

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El Father Plays Himself review – a roller coaster ride of mixed emotions

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The Most Beautiful Boy in the World review - a harrowing tale vividly told

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Afterness, Orford Ness review - a breath of fresh air, literally

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Bank Job review - an inspirational look at finance

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Matthew Barney: Redoubt, Hayward Gallery review - the wild west revisited

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David Hockney / Michael Armitage, Royal Academy review - painting with an iPad vs brushes and paint

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Eileen Agar, Whitechapel Gallery review - a free spirit to the end

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The Human Voice review - an intense half-hour that pulls no punches

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Stray review - a delightful portrait of a dog named Zeytin

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Sing Me a Song review - beautiful but devastatingly sad

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Lynette Yiadom-Boakye, Tate Britain review - enigmatic figures full of life

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Tracey Emin / Edvard Munch, Royal Academy review - juxtapositions that confuse rather than clarify

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Zanele Muholi, Tate Modern review - photography as protest

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