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James Ensor
RA Exhibitions
< 2 years ago
Intrigue: James Ensor by Luc Tuymans: podcast round-up
Three podcasts explore the work and life of James Ensor, with the RA’s Senior Curator, Adrian Locke, contemporary Belgian painter, Luc Tuymans, and conservator Herwig Todts offering a closer look at Ensor’s eclectic career.
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< 2 years ago
Dreams, demons and seismic doodling: Timothy Hyman RA on James Ensor
In this extract from his new book, Timothy Hyman explores how the visionary Belgian painter remade figurative painting in his own macabre manner.
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< 2 years ago
“I’m a creampuff gone rotten” – James Ensor on art and life
An anti-establishment artist with plenty to say, James Ensor’s scribblings are just as eccentric as his paintings. As an insight into his whimsical works, here’s a selection of Ensor’s inner musings – on art, critics and his naughty pug.
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< 2 years ago
Inside the show: James Ensor by Luc Tuymans
Take a look at some of the key works in ‘Intrigue: James Ensor by Luc Tuymans’ in these short videos.
RA Exhibitions
2 years ago
Luc Tuymans on Brexit, Ensor and the establishment
Belgium’s leading contemporary painter, who curates the RA’s James Ensor exhibition, tells Sam Phillips why it is time to reassess Ensor’s art.
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2 years ago
James Ensor: A man of many masks
The Belgian artist James Ensor painted life through the lens of the carnival, creating unsettling and often satirical works. Michael Prodger searches for the man behind these intriguing images.
RA Exhibitions
3 years ago
James Ensor: A beginner’s guide
In 2016 the RA celebrates the life and work of James Ensor, whose macabre paintings of crowds and carnivals made him one of Belgium’s most prominent artists of the early twentieth century.
RA Exhibitions
3 years ago
From Monet to Hockney: 2016 at the Royal Academy
The Royal Academy’s Artistic Director explains what’s in store in for the next year as we launch our 2016 exhibition programme.