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RA Recommends
3 months ago
Doughnuts, art and sake: a London tour of Japanese delights
From a noh theatre festival to centuries-old arts and crafts, via the best of East Asia’s doughnuts, Rebecca Salter PRA’s route round the capital includes cultural and culinary treats.
RA Exhibitions
4 months ago
Jock McFadyen RA: postcards from a post-apocalyptic future
Far from evoking the past, Jock McFadyen RA’s eerie paintings imagine a dystopian future, writes Matthew Beaumont, as he prepares to meet the artist for his RA show, ‘Tourist without a Guidebook’.
Artists
> 5 years ago
Podcast: Yinka Shonibare MBE RA and David Shrigley in conversation with Dr Gilda Williams
In conversation with the art critic and lecturer, Gilda Williams, the two artists discuss their new work, as well as experiences creating pieces for the Fourth Plinth in Trafalgar Square.
RA Recommends
> 5 years ago
This week: five top art shows to see
From the reconstruction of human faces through prosthetic advancements during WWI, to the reconstruction of farmyard animals’ faces using marble dust and resin, we take in the best shows to see this week.
Opinion
> 6 years ago
The month in architecture
The top five architecture news stories, the most exciting new projects and the latest prizes – rounded up into one handy post each month.
RA Recommends
> 6 years ago
A walking tour of London’s must-see public art
From Ai Weiwei in the City to Barbara Hepworth in Battersea, we take you across London on a tour of the city’s best outdoor art to see for free. Realistically, dip in and out – or it’s one long hike.
Opinion
> 6 years ago
The month in architecture
The biggest architecture news, the weirdest new projects and the latest prizes – rounded up into one handy post each month.
Opinion
> 6 years ago
The month in architecture
The biggest architecture news, the weirdest new projects and the latest prizes – rounded up into one handy post each month.
RA Exhibitions
7 years ago
Video: exploring Stanley Anderson’s London
Stanley Anderson’s etchings of London in the 1920s show a city in the throes of dramatic change.
Opinion
< 8 years ago
A breath of fresh air: Fred Cuming RA on Constable
Ahead of an exhibition at the Victoria and Albert Museum, Fred Cuming RA pays tribute to his work, and his lasting influence.
Inside the Academy
< 8 years ago
Reimagining Mayfair
Owen Hopkins reports on the culmination of a project that invited design teams to propose new and speculative ideas of what Mayfair could look like in the future.
Opinion
< 8 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’.
RA Exhibitions
8 years ago
Dennis Hopper: Icon of Oblivion
In celebration of the RA’s forthcoming exhibition ‘Dennis Hopper: The Lost Album’ the BFI is launching a Dennis Hopper retrospective in July, showcasing a selection of Hopper’s finest films.
Opinion
8 years ago
Apichatpong Weerasethakul at Anthony Reynolds Gallery
The Thai director presents a series of video installations in his first solo show at the gallery.
Opinion
8 years ago
The forces shaping London’s skyline
In light of the recent launch of the ‘Skyline’ campaign and the publication of the Farrell Review, Owen Hopkins discusses the effects on London of the deficiencies of our current planning system.
Opinion
8 years ago
Pangaea: New Art from Africa and Latin America
The Saatchi Gallery’s latest exhibition brings together the work of 16 contemporary South American and African artists, connecting the two continents by reminding us of the supercontinent they once comprised over 200 million years ago, before continental drift: Pangaea.
Opinion
8 years ago
Valerie Snobeck at Simon Lee
We visited the Valerie Snobeck exhibition at Simon Lee Gallery, where a new series of the American artist’s ‘peels’ are on display.
Artists
8 years ago
Phyllida Barlow at Tate Britain
Phyllida Barlow RA has unleashed seven playful giants into Tate Britain’s Duveen Galleries.
RA Recommends
> 8 years ago
Peter Doig, Rachel Howard, and the architect of Georgian Britain
From Freudian installations to Georgian architecture: everything worth seeing in the world of art this week.
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RA Recommends
> 8 years ago
Viennese Actionism, Haim Steinbach at the Serpentine and an Academician abroad
From ‘60s performance art to scenes of everyday life in New York; everything worth seeing in the world of art this week.
RA Recommends
> 8 years ago
‘Ruin Lust’ at Tate Britain, Ryan Gander and Art14
From Romantic landscapes to video installations; everything worth seeing in the world of art this week.
RA Recommends
> 8 years ago
The Chapmans, Laure Prouvost, and John Craxton RA
From the art of glass to theatrical environments: everything worth seeing this week.
RA Recommends
> 8 years ago
Hans Josephsohn, Florian Hecker, and House of Voltaire
From Seventies abstract art to a pop-up print shop in Mayfair: everything worth seeing this week.
RA Recommends
> 8 years ago
Sofas, science, and Richard Deacon RA
From found objects to Neo-Gothic interiors: everything worth seeing this week.
Opinion
> 8 years ago
Martin Creed: What’s the point of it?
Deafened by a choir of incessant metronomes, almost decapitated by a huge swinging sign shouting ‘mothers’, nearly floored by a leather sofa blocking the entrance – the first three seconds of the Hayward Gallery’s latest show threatens to overwhelm (and injure).
RA Recommends
> 8 years ago
Charlie Billingham, Sarah Lucas and Ann Christopher RA
From contemporary maritime art to disemboweled books: everything worth seeing this week.
RA Recommends
> 8 years ago
Liu Wei, van Gogh, and Maurice Cockrill RA
From iconic sunflowers to architectural installations: everything worth seeing this week.
RA Recommends
> 8 years ago
Warhol, Burroughs and Lynch, Jeremy Deller and Basil Beattie RA
‘Hiker Meat’, Venice in Walthamstow and collage at the Whitechapel: everything worth seeing this week.
RA Recommends
> 8 years ago
Gifted, Victor Burgin, and Sean Scully RA
From 100 works on paper to Asian art in London: everything worth seeing this week.
RA Recommends
> 8 years ago
Stanley Spencer, Frank Gehry, and Alison Wilding RA
From Tate Liverpool’s new Duveen commission to the World Press Photo Exhibition: everything worth seeing this week.
RA Recommends
> 8 years ago
Kevin Francis Gray, Taylor Wessing, and Antony Gormley RA
From photographic portraits to artists’ museums: everything worth seeing this week.
Opinion
> 8 years ago
The hottest tickets for 2014
London plays host to some giants of the art world over the next year. The Chairman of the RA’s Exhibition Committee, Stephen Farthing RA, picks his top five upcoming shows and celebrates innovations born of great skill and maturity.