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Bob And Roberta Smith RA

Bob and Roberta Smith RA

Opinion

3 years ago

“The 21st century is proving pretty nasty. Let’s reflect on art’s relationship with our times.”

A hundred years on from the Russian Revolution and the Great Depression, should artists get involved in politics like the Constructivists? Or should they remain distant like Thomas Hart Benton? Having the choice is fortune indeed, says artist Bob and Roberta Smith.
RA Magazine's pick of children's art books this Christmas

RA Recommends

> 3 years ago

The best art books for kids

Eight gift ideas to awaken the imagination and dazzle the senses… Bob and Roberta Smith RA chooses the best children’s books about art and design.
Paul Winstanley, Art School 35 (detail)

Opinion

4 years ago

Watch these spaces: the future of art schools

As Britain’s art schools experience an era of radical change, what do students stand to gain and lose? Anna Coatman explores the past, present and future of art education.
Bob and Roberta Smith RA with his campaign van, outside the William Morris Gallery in Walthamstow, London

Artists

> 4 years ago

Bob and Roberta Smith RA at the William Morris Gallery

Bob and Roberta Smith’s exhibition of his recent campaigning art finds a natural home at the London gallery dedicated to designer and radical socialist William Morris.
Merete Rasmussen, Yellow Open Form

Opinion

> 4 years ago

RA Recommends: this autumn in Yorkshire

From the Yorkshire Sculpture Park to the newly opened Centre of Ceramic Art, the county hosts some outstanding shows this autumn.
Bob and Roberta Smith RA in front of his work 'Interview with David Nott by Eddie Mair'

Opinion

< 5 years ago

Podcast: Bob and Roberta Smith RA on printmaking and art education

Famous for his letter to Michael Gove, the artist Bob and Roberta Smith RA talks about the value of art in the school curriculum and the importance of visual communication since the beginning of civilisation.
Art and politics illustration

Opinion

5 years ago

Should art be more political?

Should art have politics at the forefront of its agenda? Artist Bob and Roberta Smith RA and critic Kelly Grovier go head to head.
Bob and Roberta Smith and Tim Newton in the RA Schools for the first UK screening of 'Art Party'

Artists

> 5 years ago

Art Party: coming to a cinema near you

A new film by Bob and Roberta Smith RA and Tim Newton has its first screening at the RA.
Bob and Roberta Smith RA in front of his work 'Interview with David Nott by Eddie Mair'

Artists

< 6 years ago

Bob and Roberta Smith’s guide to the Summer Exhibition

Art now is more popular than it ever has been. We are in an era where art is at the centre of a public conversation about who we are, and where we want to go.