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RA Exhibitions
2 years ago
In pictures: Summer Exhibition Preview Party 2016
The official launch of the Summer Exhibition 2016 welcomed some of London’s most celebrated artists and art lovers to Burlington House.
RA Exhibitions
> 2 years ago
Ai Weiwei: podcast round-up
From a curator’s introduction to the work of Ai Weiwei, to Cornelia Parker RA discussing the artist’s destructive techniques, we present a round-up of podcasts on our blockbuster exhibition.
RA Exhibitions
3 years ago
In pictures: Summer Exhibition Preview Party
The Summer Exhibition Preview Party is one of the most glamorous events in the London calendar – and a major fundraiser for the RA.
RA Exhibitions
> 3 years ago
Podcast: Art critic Jonathan Jones discusses Moroni’s portrait ‘The Tailor’
Jonathan Jones of The Guardian explores the reasons why Giovanni Battista Moroni’s portrait ‘The Tailor’ is one of the greatest paintings in London.
RA Exhibitions
> 3 years ago
Podcast: Anselm Kiefer’s Heroic Symbols
A panel discussion reconsiders Anselm Kiefer’s 1969 book ‘Heroic Symbols’ which documented his provocative performance art project known as ‘Occupations’.
RA Exhibitions
> 3 years ago
Podcast: An introduction to Moroni by curator Arturo Galansino
From the small northern Italian town of Bergamo emerged one of the greatest portraitists of the 16th-century. Who was Giovanni Battista Moroni?
Inside the Academy
< 4 years ago
The Swinging Sixties come to the RA
Last weekend saw a ‘groovy’ Late event at the RA, in collaboration with University of the Arts London, inspired by ‘Dennis Hopper: The Lost Album’.
Opinion
< 4 years ago
‘A smorgasboard of delights’: Ideas for Reimagining Mayfair
Planning expert Matthew Carmona, a panellist at the public presentation of our Reimagining Mayfair project, reflects on the intriguing ideas that arose from it.
RA Exhibitions
< 4 years ago
Podcast: Curator Kathleen Soriano on Kiefer’s iconography
How does artist Anselm Kiefer use mythology, history, literature, philosophy and science in his work? What meanings do lead, straw, fire, earth, and water hold for him?
Inside the Academy
< 4 years ago
Short stories with Lionel Shriver
Orange Prize-winning novelist Lionel Shriver treats us to a short story reading.
Inside the Academy
< 4 years ago
Short stories with Tim Winton
Internationally esteemed novelist Tim Winton reads from his collection of short stories ‘The Turning’.
Inside the Academy
4 years ago
Out and about with the Friends of the RA
Friends Events Coordinator Courtney Cooke explains how her team formulates ideas for events, and how you can join us on one of these exclusive trips.
Opinion
4 years ago
What makes a city work?
Imogen Willetts, of the RA’s Architecture Programme, reports on our recent event in which Charles Leadbeater discusses his book ‘The London Recipe: How Systems and Empathy make the City’.
Inside the Academy
4 years ago
Summer comes alive at our Midsummer Night’s Fête
Celebrate the Solstice with the RA. We’ve got blues, burlesque and barnstorming yarns for you at our very special late night event.
RA Exhibitions
4 years ago
Opening the Summer Exhibition in style
The Summer Exhibition Preview Party is one of the most glamorous events in the London calendar - and a major fundraiser for the RA.
Inside the Academy
4 years ago
Family fun: time to rhyme at the RA
If you came down to the RA last Sunday, you were sure of a big surprise…
RA Exhibitions
4 years ago
Experimentations in Chiaroscuro: Beccafumi’s Prints, Oil Sketches and Marble Intarsia
National Gallery curator, Dr. Jennifer Sliwka, discusses the works of Domenico Beccafumi.
Inside the Academy
> 4 years ago
A summer of architecture
Hot on the heels of ‘Sensing Spaces’ we have an exciting programme of architecture events and exhibitions coming up this summer.
Opinion
> 4 years ago
Wandering Words
‘Sensing Spaces’ was a transformative exhibition for the RA in lots of ways and from the beginning we wanted to break new ground in the types of events we organised for it.
Inside the Academy
> 4 years ago
How do you see me?
This Friday, we welcome the theatre company Small Things, who will present a performance that challenges perceptions of age and ageing.
RA Exhibitions
> 4 years ago
Short stories with William Boyd and Ed Stoppard
William Boyd and Ed Stoppard read short stories in the galleries of ‘Sensing Spaces’.
Opinion
> 4 years ago
In the Company of the Courtesan
Beth Schneider, Head of Learning, delves between the pages of ‘In the Company of the Courtesan’ by Sarah Dunant, our RA Book Club novel of the month.
Inside the Academy
> 4 years ago
Happy birthday Sydney Smirke
A special late opening of ‘Sensing Spaces’ as part of our attRAct programme.
Inside the Academy
> 4 years ago
Lost and found
A mysterious artwork at this year’s Summer Exhibition is not to be missed.
Opinion
> 4 years ago
Trading in splendour
Veronese’s dazzling paintings belied the demise of the Venetian empire.
RA Exhibitions
> 4 years ago
Becoming an architect
Ivan Harbour and Tracy Meller of Rogers Stirk Harbour + Partners discuss what attracted them to architecture as a career
RA Exhibitions
> 4 years ago
Honoré Daumier and Quentin Blake
Illustrator Quentin Blake is in conversation with arts educator Ghislaine Kenyon to discuss Daumier’s journalism.
Artists
> 4 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
> 4 years ago
Shaun Gladwell: performance landscapes
Internationally acclaimed Australian contemporary artist Shaun Gladwell discusses his video ‘performance landscapes’.
RA Exhibitions
> 4 years ago
The Antipodean dream
Catch up on our fascinating event with ‘Australia’ exhibition artist Imants Tillers.
RA Exhibitions
> 4 years ago
Land and landscape: the colonial encounter
A lecture by Ron Radford, Director of the National Gallery of Australia.
RA Exhibitions
< 5 years ago
A tale of two countries
Catch up with the podcast of our lecture with Dr Sarah Scott, from the Australian National University.