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Michelangelo

RA Exhibitions

9 months ago

What would Michelangelo make of Bill Viola?

With the work of contemporary artist Bill Viola on show alongside works by Michelangelo, the exhibition’s co-curator imagines what the Renaissance master might have had to say about it, in a fictional letter to his nephew…

Bill Viola, Nantes Triptych

RA Exhibitions

11 months ago

Bill Viola / Michelangelo: scenes from the extremities of life

We asked four writers to respond to key themes in ‘Bill Viola / Michelangelo’. On the subject of birth, art historian Ingrid Rowland reveals how both artists confront the particular and the universal in the cycle of life.
Helene Schjerfbeck, Self-Portrait, Black Background (detail)

RA Exhibitions

1 year ago

Introducing our 2019 exhibitions at the Royal Academy of Arts

From the genius of the Renaissance to immersive new work created specially for our galleries, next year’s exhibitions promise to exhilarate and inspire. The RA’s Artistic Director, Tim Marlow, introduces our packed programme for 2019.

Installation view of the ‘Michelangelo & Sebastiano’ exhibition at the National Gallery, London, featuring the tondo

RA Recommends

> 2 years ago

The RA’s Michelangelo Tondo takes centre stage at the National Gallery

It may be only a short step from the RA to the National Gallery, but the loan of the Academy’s rarest treasure to the Michelangelo and Sebastiano show is a triumph of technical skill.

Our Collection

> 2 years ago

How to read it: Michelangelo’s Taddei Tondo

The Virgin and Child with the Infant St John, known as the Taddei Tondo, is the only marble sculpture by Michelangelo Buonarroti in a UK collection.

Sonny Malhotra, Sea is for Cookie (detail)

RA Exhibitions

> 2 years ago

10 of the most parodied artworks of all time

With ‘American Gothic’ in the UK for the first time, we take a look at some of the other iconic works that have attracted moustaches, Muppets and other mimicry across art history.