Royal Academy of Arts

Gillian Ayres RA: colour dancing across the canvas

Mali Morris RA pays tribute to the inspirational life and work of the painter and printmaker Gillian Ayres RA, who passed away earlier this year.

Friends and colleagues remember the exceptional life and career of the painter Gillian Ayres RA, who passed away on 11 April 2018 aged 88.

From a curator’s introduction to reflections on 1950s New York, catch up on discussions surrounding our Abstract Expressionism exhibition.

Painting and printmaking often feed into each other, as the first in a series of RA selling shows reveals.

Redefining the best of British cuisine with the Academician, who herself is as a conjuror in the world of colour.