• Home
  • Reviews
  • Conversations
  • Archive
  • About

The Penitent Review

  • Conversations Crystal Bennes & Tom Jeffreys Featured

    The state of arts funding in Scotland

    February 24, 2025 Read More
  • Featured Reviews Tom Jeffreys

    Bianca Hlywa, ‘Mute Track’ at St Chad’s, London

    February 17, 2025 Read More
  • Crystal Bennes Featured Reviews

    We Move As A Murmuration at Timespan, Helmsdale

    September 4, 2024 Read More
  • Crystal Bennes Reviews

    Edith Dekyndt at Bourse de Commerce, Paris

    Crystal talks through some ethical concerns with the work of Edith Dekynd in Paris …

    February 22, 2023
  • Reviews Tom Jeffreys

    Bloomberg New Contemporaries

    Tom heads to the South London Gallery for the annual celebration of recent graduates.…

    February 5, 2023
  • Conversations Crystal Bennes & Tom Jeffreys Featured

    ‘Hinterlands’ at BALTIC, Newcastle

    Crystal and Tom discuss Hinterlands, a group exhibition on relationships between people and place at the BALTIC…

    February 4, 2023
  • Reviews Tom Jeffreys

    Giorgio Morandi at Estorick Collection, London

    How will taking painting classes affect Tom's response to Morandi's classic still-lifes?…

    February 3, 2023
  • Crystal Bennes Featured Reviews

    ‘Recycling Beauty’ at Prada Foundation, Milan

    Crystal visits Milan to explore how works of art have been transformed, deformed and reformed over time.…

    January 17, 2023
  • Archive Crystal Bennes Reviews

    ‘Fragile Earth’ at MIMA, Middlesbrough

    From the archives: Crystal reviews Fragile Earth at MIMA in 2019.…

    November 26, 2022
  • Archive Crystal Bennes Reviews

    Museums as History Makers

    From the archives: Crystal on the role that museums play in collecting contemporary design.…

    November 26, 2022
  • Archive Conversations Crystal Bennes & Tom Jeffreys

    Conversations on Art and Science, part 4

    From the archives: Crystal and Tom discuss the key ideas, challenges, and possibilities of art-science collaboration. Part 4: Finding a Home…

    November 26, 2022
  • Archive Conversations Crystal Bennes & Tom Jeffreys

    Conversations on Art and Science, part 3,

    From the archives: Crystal and Tom discuss the key ideas, challenges, and possibilities of art-science collaboration. Part 3: Transforming research into art.…

    November 26, 2022
  • Archive Conversations Crystal Bennes & Tom Jeffreys

    Conversations on Art and Science, part 2

    From the archives: Crystal and Tom discuss the key ideas, challenges, and possibilities of art-science collaboration. Part 2: Producing New Knowledge…

    November 26, 2022
Older Posts
Newer Posts

About TPR

About TPR

The Penitent Review is Dr. Crystal Bennes and Tom Jeffreys. Together, and sometimes separately, they converse on art, artists and, occasionally, the art world.

Read More

Subscribe & Follow

Newsletter

Must-Read Articles

1

The state of arts funding in Scotland

February 24, 2025
2

Bianca Hlywa, ‘Mute Track’ at St Chad’s, London

February 17, 2025
3

We Move As A Murmuration at Timespan, Helmsdale

September 4, 2024

Reviews

Conversations

Archives

  • Archive (12)
  • Conversations (16)
  • Crystal Bennes (6)
  • Crystal Bennes & Tom Jeffreys (16)
  • Featured (8)
  • Reviews (18)
  • Tom Jeffreys (6)