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Sidney Nolan RA visits Poulnabrone dolmen at The Burren, County Clare, Ireland, in 1971

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.
Installation View, 'David Hockney RA: 82 Portraits and 1 Still-life'.

RA Exhibitions

5 years ago

The Portrait: a short story inspired by Hockney

How can a portrait describe the relationship between an artist and a sitter? How does that differ in a written portrait? In our creative writing course, participants were asked to take inspiration from our current Hockney Portraits exhibition to create a short story.