Welcome to this series of monthly artist interviews by the art critic Paul Carey-Kent. Paul is the former editor of Art World magazine and has written for Art Monthly, Frieze, and Photomonitor, among others. He is also an editor for Seisma Magazine, where art meets science. His interviews for this series include Ibrahim Mahama, Paulina Olowska, Callum Innes, and Shirin Neshat. Over the last decade, he has become increasingly involved in freelance curatorial projects, putting on some 50 shows.
![Permindar Kaur in her salon hang](http://artlyst.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/20240607_154158-pk-u.jpg)
Permindar Kaur: Interview of the Month June 2024 – Paul Carey-Kent
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Trish Morrissey: Interview of the Month, May 2024 – Paul Carey-Kent
![Darren Almond](http://artlyst.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/Darren-Almond-Portrait_Feb-2024.jpg)
Darren Almond: Interview of the Month April 2024 – Paul Carey-Kent
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Shuvinai Ashoona: Interview of the Month March 2024 – Paul Carey-Kent
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Emma Cousin: Interview of the Month February 2024 – Paul Carey-Kent
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Roland Hicks: Interview of the Month, January 2024 – Paul Carey-Kent
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Paulina Olowska: Interview of the Month December 2023 – Paul Carey-Kent
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Ghislaine Leung: Interview of the Month November 2023 – Paul Carey-Kent
![Shirin Neshat: The Fury – installation view, courtesy Goodman Gallery](http://artlyst.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/lfTTfsrQ.jpeg)
Shirin Neshat: Interview of the Month, October 2023 – Paul Carey-Kent
![William Cobbing](http://artlyst.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/will.ni_.naiz-2022.jpg)
William Cobbing: Interview of the Month, September 2023 – Paul Carey-Kent
![Nick Hornby_Power over others is Weakness disguised as Strength, Westminster, June 2023_© Nick Hornby FRONT](http://artlyst.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/Nick-Hornby_Power-over-others-is-Weakness-disguised-as-Strength-Westminster-June-2023_©-Nick-Hornby-FRONT.jpg)
Nick Hornby: Interview of the Month, August 2023 – Paul Carey-Kent
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Mark Godfrey on Alighiero Boetti: Interview of the Month, July 2023 – Paul Carey-Kent
![Callum Innes,Paul Carey-Kent,Frith Street Gallery](http://artlyst.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/Callum-Innes-installation-5-L.jpg)
Callum Innes: Interview of the Month June 2023 – Paul Carey-Kent
![Sabine Moritz](http://artlyst.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/20211013_PILARCORRIAS_Portrait1_SabineMoritz_388_1.jpg)
Sabine Moritz: Interview of the Month May 2023 – Paul Carey-Kent
![Carey Young](http://artlyst.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/11.-Still-from-Palais-de-Justice.jpg)
Carey Young: Interview of the Month, April 2023 – Paul Carey-Kent
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Haroon Mirza: Interview of the Month, March 2023 – Paul Carey-Kent
![Jonathan Baldock with 'Mother Flower' 2022, photo Paul Carey-Kent](http://artlyst.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/baldock-mother-flower-.jpg)
Jonathan Baldock: Interview of the Month, February 2023 – Paul Carey-Kent
![Jonny Briggs with ‘Window (ear in glass)’, 2022 - Photo Paul Carey-Kent](http://artlyst.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/jonny-briggs-20221207_161522-briggs.jpg)
![Photo Courtesy of the Artist Kristin Hjellegjerde Gallery](http://artlyst.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/Richard-Schur-Photo-Courtesy-of-the-Artist-Kristin-Hjellegjerde-Gallery.jpeg)
![Romuald Hazoumè](http://artlyst.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/Romuald-Hazoumè.jpg)
Romuald Hazoumè: Interview of the Month, November 2022 – Paul Carey-Kent
![Wolfgang Laib](http://artlyst.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/GHE4029_300dpi-jpg-1.jpg)
![Charmaine Watkiss](http://artlyst.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/Lead-Charmaine-Watkiss--e1659365194630.jpg)
Charmaine Watkiss: Interview of the Month August 2022 – Paul Carey-Kent
![EDITORIAL USE ONLY British artist Mali Morris RA during the unveiling her new specially designed flag installation on London’s Bond Street, as part of Art in Mayfair, an annual six-week celebration of art and culture that runs alongside the Royal Academy of Art’s Summer Exhibition 2022. Picture date: Monday June 20, 2022. PA Photo. Photo credit should read: Doug Peters/PA Wire](http://artlyst.com//wp-content/uploads/2022/06/MayfairFlagsEdit_03.jpg)
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Peter Buggenhout: Interview of the Month, June 2022 – Paul Carey-Kent
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Martin Parr: Interview of the Month May 2022 – Paul Carey-Kent
![Oak, Beech, Ash, 2017 - Pigment on paper stencil print, 76 x 57 cm, Edition of 19](http://artlyst.com//wp-content/uploads/2022/04/david-nash-lead-artlyst.jpg)
David Nash: Interview of the Month April 2022 – Paul Carey-Kent
![Rana Begum with mesh cloud No.1048, 2020 (all images: Angus Mill photography)](http://artlyst.com//wp-content/uploads/2022/03/Image-1.jpg)
Rana Begum: Artist Interview of the Month March 2022 – Paul Carey-Kent
![Alisson Katz in the studio with what will become a ‘mouth painting’](http://artlyst.com//wp-content/uploads/2022/02/allison-katz-camden-arts-centre-artlyst-lead.jpg)
Allison Katz: Interview of the Month February 2022 – Paul Carey-Kent
![Jyll Bradley](http://artlyst.com//wp-content/uploads/2022/01/JyllBradley.Pardes2.jpg)
Jyll Bradley: Interview of the Month January 2022 – Paul Carey-Kent
![Magnus Plessen,](http://artlyst.com//wp-content/uploads/2021/11/Magnus-Plessen-2021-portrait-shoot-©-White-Cube-Theo-Christelis.jpg)
Magnus Plessen: Artist Interview of the Month December 2021 – Paul Carey-Kent
![‘The Divers’, 2019 – installation view of Oceanic at Parafin Gallery, photography by Peter Mallet](http://artlyst.com//wp-content/uploads/2021/10/P2-001-sRGB-lowres.jpg)
Tania Kovats: Artist Interview of the Month November 2021 – Paul Carey-Kent
Ibrahim Mahama: Interview of the Month, October 2021 – Paul Carey-Kent
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Alexandre da Cunha: Interview of the Month September 2021 – Paul Carey-Kent
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Rosie Gibbens: Interview of the Month August 2021 – Paul Carey-Kent
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Spencer Finch: Interview of the Month July 2021 – Paul Carey-Kent
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Ena Swansea: Interview of the Month June 2021 – Paul Carey-Kent