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6 months ago
David Hockney: to Normandy via Yorkshire
Edith Devaney, curator of our upcoming David Hockney exhibition, explores how the artist harnessed springtime to explore the drama of nature, the process of grief – and the power of hope.
Artists
7 months ago
“Like a portrait painter with their sitters, I have the feeling of a real relationship with the flowers I paint”
100-year-old artist Diana Armfield RA writes about the joy of painting the flowers in her garden.
Opinion
7 months ago
“It has never been more important that we play our part in the art community and the recovery ahead”
Covid-19 has pushed arts institutions to their limits. President of the Royal Academy, Rebecca Salter, and our Secretary and Chief Executive, Axel Rüger, reflect on the challenges faced by the RA.
Opinion
> 1 year ago
“Who knows how many new talents will pick up a pencil, brush or iPad in isolation?”
These are difficult times for everyone – but art thrives in a crisis, says Rebecca Salter PRA, as we launch a new series of artists and architects documenting their creativity in isolation.
Inside the Academy
< 3 years ago
From dawn to dusk at the New RA
With new spaces to encounter art – and places to eat or drink in between – you can easily spend a whole day at the Academy. RA Magazine sent its new deputy editor Sarah Handelman to discover how to do it well
Inside the Academy
> 3 years ago
249 years of teaching artists in the RA Schools
At the heart of the Royal Academy, you can find Britain’s longest-running art school, which has been training artists since 1769. As soon-to-be graduates present their final year show, Skye Sherwin speaks to students and tutors to find out what’s changed in the last quarter millennia.
Opinion
< 6 years ago
What meetings are like inside the RA
In the latest in his blog series, our Head of Collections invites you to come along to some of his meetings around the Academy – from formal proceedings in the grand Fine Rooms, to a chat in the staff kitchen.
Inside the Academy
> 6 years ago
Podcast: Howard Jacobson’s Annual Dinner speech
Man Booker Prize-winning author Howard Jacobson on the “urgent necessity of play” at the Royal Academy’s Annual Dinner 2015.