Articles
Australia
RA Recommends
4 years ago
Sidney Nolan: “citizen of the planet”
A symposium at the RA celebrates the centenary of the birth of Sidney Nolan RA, one of Australia’s greatest painters. But the artist had an international identity, argues Anthony Plant.
Our Collection
7 years ago
Special delivery
Helen Valentine, our Senior Curator, and Edwina Mulvany, our Registrar, have just returned from Australia where they were installing the exhibition ‘Genius and Ambition’.
Opinion
7 years ago
RA down under
Charles Saumarez Smith, our Secretary and Chief Executive, was recently in Australia to visit ‘Genius and Ambition’, an exhibition of works from our collection on show at Bendigo Art Gallery.
Artists
> 7 years ago
Timothy Hill: architecture in Australia
Architect Timothy Hill discusses his current projects and reflects on the conditions of architecture in Australia.
Artists
> 7 years ago
Tim Winton: the island seen and felt
Author Tim Winton explores his belief that ‘Australia the place is constantly overshadowed by Australia the national idea.‘
Artists
> 7 years ago
Shaun Gladwell: performance landscapes
Internationally acclaimed Australian contemporary artist Shaun Gladwell discusses his video ‘performance landscapes’.
RA Exhibitions
> 7 years ago
The Antipodean dream
Catch up on our fascinating event with ‘Australia’ exhibition artist Imants Tillers.
RA Exhibitions
> 7 years ago
Land and landscape: the colonial encounter
A lecture by Ron Radford, Director of the National Gallery of Australia.
RA Exhibitions
> 7 years ago
A tale of two countries
Catch up with the podcast of our lecture with Dr Sarah Scott, from the Australian National University.
Artists
> 7 years ago
Fire and water
The RA’s Australia show has three rooms dedicated to Aboriginal art. Wally Caruna celebrates this rich vein of indigenous culture by exploring a key work in the show that evokes the ancestral origins of the great bush fire.