Kelly Grovier

Kelly Grovier

Kelly Grovier is an American poet, historian, and art critic. Author of a dozen books, he is a regular contributor on art and literature to the

Grovier is the author of three collections of poetry, A Lens in the Palm (2008), The Sleepwalker at Sea (2011), and The Lantern Cage (2014), all published by Carcanet Press.^[6] On 19 September 2008, Grovier recorded a reading of his poems for the historic online Poetry Archive.^[7] His poems frequently appear in literary journals, including Poetry Review,^[8] P. N. Review, Poetry London, New Welsh Review, Planet, Quadrant, and Stand, and have been anthologized in the Forward Books of Poetry, as well as The Best British Poetry, edited by Roddy Lumsden. Reviewers of his work have variously described him as "a poet of both truth and beauty" (The Times Literary Supplement, 30 March 2012) and "a sort of William Blake for the twenty-first century" (Planet, Autumn 2008).

In the field of literary criticism, Grovier has written widely on the British Romantic poets, especially

His narrative history of London's notorious Newgate Prison, The Gaol, was published in July 2008 and was broadcast by BBC Radio as Book of the Week from 14–18 July. The abridgement was read by the classical stage actor Jasper Britton. The Gaol was "Pick of the Week" for both the Radio Times (14 July) and BBC (20 July), and "Pick of the Day" for The Guardian (12 July).

Grovier's art and literary reviews have appeared in

Grovier has written extensively on leading contemporary artists, notably the

• A Lens in the Palm (2008)
  ISBN 978-1903039885
• The Gaol: The Story of Newgate – London's Most Notorious Prison (2009)
  ISBN 978-0719561320
• The Sleepwalker at Sea (2011)
  ISBN 978-1906188009
• Scully: Luz Del Sur (2012), catalogue text, TF Editores
  ISBN 978-84-15253-44-0
• Sean Scully: Doric (2012), exhibition catalogue text, Oliver Wood
  ISBN 978-0-9572303-0-9
• Liliane Tomasko: Vestige (September 2013), exhibition catalogue text, Timothy Taylor Gallery, London
• 100 Works of Art That Will Define Our Age (September 2013 UK; November 2013 U.S.)
  ISBN 978-0500239070
• Sean Scully Encounters: A New Master Among Old Masters (May 2014), exhibition catalogue text in verse, Christ Church Picture Gallery, Oxford University
  ISBN 9780955943119
• The Lantern Cage (2014)
  ISBN 978-1906188139
• Art Since 1989 (World of Art series) (2015) Thames & Hudson (publisher)
• A New Way of Seeing: The History of Art in 57 Works (2019)
  ISBN 978-0500239636
• The Art of Colour: The History of Art in 39 Pigments (2023) Yale University Press ISBN 978-0300267785

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