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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

Eco-Visionaries, Royal Academy review - wakey, wakey!

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Lucian Freud: The Self-Portraits, Royal Academy review - mesmerising intensity

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Pre-Raphaelite Sisters, National Portrait Gallery review – a fascinating glimpse behind the scenes

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Great Women Artists review - the book we have been waiting for

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Anna Maria Maiolino: Making Love Revolutionary, Whitechapel Gallery review – a gentle rebellion

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Into the Night: Cabarets and Clubs in Modern Art, Barbican review - great theme, disappointing show

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Kara Walker: Fons Americanus, Tate Modern review – a darkly humorous gift

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Beuys' Acorns, Bloomberg Arcade London review – not much to look at, but important all the same

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Olafur Eliasson: In Real Life, Tate Modern review – beautiful ideas badly installed

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Félix Vallotton: Painter of Disquiet, Royal Academy review – strange and intriguing

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Kiss My Genders, Hayward Gallery review – a shambles

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Eating Animals review - a compelling tale of imminent disaster

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Natalia Goncharova, Tate Modern review - a prodigious talent

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Lee Krasner: Living Colour, Barbican review - jaw-droppingly good

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Mike Nelson, The Asset Strippers, Tate Britain review – exhilarating reminder of industrial might

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The Thread, Russell Maliphant & Vangelis, Sadler’s Wells review – an inspiring marriage of old and new

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