Hyperallergic Yau, John, A Painter Suspended Between Beauty and Waste, Hyperallergic, March 2024
Hyperallergic Yau, John, Phillip Allen’s Astonishing Achievement, June 2020
Artforum Long, Declan, Phillip Allen: Kerlin Gallery, May 2017
The Irish Times Dunne, Aidan, Deepdrippings: Painterly explorations that are both object and surface, 21 February 2017
Frieze Herbert, Martin, Mind’s Eye, May 2009, p. 82–85
Artforum Wilson, Michael, Reviews: Phillip Allen, March 2009
www.frieze.com Holmgren, Katherine, Current Shows: Phillip Allen, December 2008
Frieze Verhagen, Marcus, Phillip Allen, issue no. 83, May 2004, p. 94
Artforum Archer, Michael, Phillip Allen: The Approach, vol. XL, no. 9, May 2002, p. 193–194, illus.