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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

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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Dorothea Tanning, Tate Modern review – an absolute revelation

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Ray & Liz review - beautifully shot portrait of poverty

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Franz West, Tate Modern review - absurdly exhilarating

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Bon Voyage, Bob, Tanztheater Wuppertal Pina Bausch, Sadler's Wells review - interminable ennui

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Phyllida Barlow: Cul-de-sac, Royal Academy review - unadulterated delight

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Don McCullin, Tate Britain review - beastliness made beautiful

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América review - a joyous portrait of young men caring for their aged grandmother

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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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