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Articles

RA Magazine Summer 2016

Elizabeth Fullerton, Artrage! The Story of the? BritArt Revolution

RA Recommends

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The best new art books for summer

Michael Prodger heads for the beach with his pick of the best holiday reads on artists – in fact and fiction.
Etel Adnan , Untitled

RA Recommends

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The poetry of paint: an interview with Etel Adnan

For Etel Adnan, art world success came late – in her eighties. Anna Coatman met the writer and painter in Paris ahead of a major show in London.
Kira Freije in her studio at the RA Schools

RA Exhibitions

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Great expectations: students of the RA Schools prepare for their final show

The stage is set and the pressure is on as third-year students from the RA Schools prepare work for their final show, which opens to the public this summer in the studios of the RA. Jonathan P. Watts goes behind the scenes to meet the artists at this critical point.
Bill Jacklin RA

RA Exhibitions

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Bill Jacklin RA on New York, his home for two decades

No one captures New York quite like Bill Jacklin RA, who moved to the Big Apple in the 1980s and never looked back. Nancy Campbell caught up with him ahead of his show of prints and drawings at the RA.

Artist Diana Taylor leads a workshop for college students as part of the RA’s hoardings project

Inside the Academy

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Art on the streets: students create designs for the hoardings of the RA

Students have created a giant collage to greet passers-by while restoration work takes place at the RA’s Burlington Gardens building. Harriet Baker finds out how they made it.
View of the new Tate Modern extension site, 2016

RA Recommends

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Turning to Tate Modern: Royal Academicians reflect on the Switch House

As Tate puts the finishing touches to its monumental new extension, architect Eric Parry RA considers its aesthetic and cultural impact, while painters Gillian Ayres RA and Timothy Hyman RA preview accompanying retrospective shows of Khakhar and O’Keeffe.
Ron Arad RA in his studio

Artists

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In the studio with Ron Arad RA

There is barely a straight line to be found in the north London studios of artist, designer and architect Ron Arad RA. Fiona Maddocks meets the maverick whose life and art is always on the move.
Jake and Dinos Chapman

RA Exhibitions

< 3 years ago

Seeing double: artist duos in the Summer Exhibition

Artist duos are challenging the concept of individual authorship. Now they are celebrated at this year’s Summer Exhibition. Fiona Maddocks asks four pairs of artists how they collaborate.

Debate: what is the role of the critic?

Opinion

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Debate: Should critics ever savage the work of artists?

Without the contrast to harsh judgements, does praise have any meaning? Or is the role of the critic to simply inform and encourage readers to go and see for themselves? Jonathan Jones and Simon Wilson go head to head. Vote on the winner below.