Results for tag 'painting'
RA Exhibitions
5 days ago
Painting on the threshold: Ian McKeever RA on Diebenkorn and abstraction
As the Academy celebrates the American master, painter Ian McKeever RA explores Richard Diebenkorn’s profound inquiry into the nature of abstraction.
RA Exhibitions
9 days ago
Barbara Rae RA on Richard Diebenkorn
Richard Diebenkorn has long been hailed as a ‘painter’s painter’. Here, Barbara Rae RA reflects on the impression he made upon her when they met.
RA Exhibitions
25 days ago
Richard Diebenkorn: a beginner’s guide
This March the RA celebrates the fascinating career of Richard Diebenkorn, one of the great twentieth-century masters of American painting.
Artists
2 months ago
Remembering Ivor Abrahams RA
Past President of the RA Phillip King pays tribute to his friend and colleague Ivor Abrahams RA, who has died aged 79.
RA Exhibitions
3 months ago
Rubens: a beginner’s guide
In January the RA opens a groundbreaking exhibition dedicated to Peter Paul Rubens – not only his great paintings, but his lasting legacy too.
Artists
3 months ago
The wizard of Oxfordshire: in the studio with Mick Rooney RA
Behind garage doors at his Cotswolds home, Mick Rooney RA conjures a magical world on canvas.
Opinion
4 months ago
Grayson Perry RA’s portraits of Britain
The Royal Academician’s major exhibition in London turns to us, the people of modern Britain, unveiling 14 new portraits that spotlight the complexities behind our identity.
Artists
5 months ago
Tess Jaray RA reads from ‘The Blue Cupboard’
The Royal Academician shares a chapter from her new memoir.
Our Collection
5 months ago
Explore the John Madejski Fine Rooms rehang
Learn more about some of the highlights of our Collection that have recently gone on show in the John Madejski Fine Rooms.
RA Exhibitions
5 months ago
Rubens and His Legacy: the story so far
Our upcoming Rubens show is the first major exhibition to look at the Flemish master’s influence on four centuries of art history. We caught up with curator Arturo Galansino to learn about the genesis of the show.
Artists
6 months ago
10 minutes with… Frank Bowling RA
Each month, we have a quick chat with one of our Academicians to find out what they’re up to and what the RA means to them.
Opinion
6 months ago
Painting the mystery
We take a look at the latest work from the President of the RA, whose paintings embrace the transcendent powers of abstraction.
Artists
7 months ago
Behind the scenes: Anselm Kiefer’s studio at Barjac
In the lead-up to his major RA exhibition this autumn, we take a look inside the artist’s huge “gesamtkunstwerk” in the south of France.
RA Exhibitions
8 months ago
Carlos Cruz-Diez in conversation
The legendary Venezuelan artist Carlos Cruz-Diez discusses his experiments with colour and movement, and how he engages viewers with his art.
Opinion
9 months ago
Mondrian squared
Two shows shine a new light on the Dutch modern master’s work.
RA Exhibitions
9 months ago
Modern Art of South America comes to the RA
How does an art movement travel to a new continent? As the RA’s ‘Radical Geometry’ opens, Gabriel Pérez-Barreiro maps the cultural and political changes that were crucial to the development of abstraction in South America.
Article
1 year ago
Living colour
We visit the converted stable where the nonagenarian artist Alan Davie RA creates his jewel-like paintings.
Our Collection
1 year ago
Object of the month: February 2014
Terry Setch painted ‘Smoked Out’ for the exhibition Images of Paradise held at Harewood House, Yorkshire, in 1989. The exhibition was organised by Survival International, a group dedicated to protecting the lives, culture, and land of tribal peoples.
Our Collection
1 year ago
Artist of the month: February 2014
George Frederic Watts RA was an influential and pre-eminent painter during his own lifetime. He became known for his portraiture and his Symbolist allegorical paintings, frequently depicting scenes from mythology, history, literature, and the Bible.
Opinion
1 year ago
Making Painting
A new exhibition at Margate’s Turner Contemporary pairs Abstract Expressionist Helen Frankenthaler with JMW Turner
Our Collection
1 year ago
Object of the month: January 2014
Joseph Farquharson RA was a landscape painter who was celebrated for his winter scenes, which he infused with a strong sense of atmosphere and mood.
Our Collection
1 year ago
Artist of the month: January 2014
Robert Anning Bell presented ‘The Women Going to the Sepulchre’ to the Royal Academy as his diploma work on his election as a Royal Academician in 1922.