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Articles

Richard Cork

Illustration by Yukai Du

Opinion

5 years ago

Debate: Is originality in art overrated?

Should artists bow to tradition, or should they break all the rules? Martin Gayford and Richard Cork go head to head. Vote on the winner below.
Eduardo Paolozzi, Designs for the mosaics on the Central Line station platforms at Tottenham Court Road

Opinion

> 6 years ago

Paolozzi’s threatened Tottenham Court Road mosaics

As parts of Eduardo Paolozzi RA’s mosaics are removed from Tottenham Court Road tube station ahead of Crossrail, Richard Cork hopes that Transport for London will honour its promises.

Frank Bowling RA, Traingone (Mahaicony Abary)

Artists

7 years ago

Black artists in British art

An insight into Eddie Chambers’s ‘Black Artists in British Art: A History from 1950 to the Present’, the first comprehensive study on the topic.
Fiona Rae RA, See your world

Artists

> 7 years ago

Two artist couples display together this summer

Two Academicians take the rare step of showing alongside their partners this summer, reports Richard Cork.
Still from 'Will You Dance For Me', 2011, by Ori Gersht

Opinion

> 7 years ago

Lest we forget

Two new exhibitions of war art provide grave testament to the extent of human tragedy in world conflict.

Artists

< 8 years ago

B is for Bill

As Bill Woodrow RA prepares for his major retrospective at the Academy, Richard Cork talks to him about the extraordinary range of his sculpture and how one recurring theme has grown into a love of beekeeping.
Timothy Hyman RA

Artists

9 years ago

In conversation with Timothy Hyman RA

As artist in residence at Maggie’s Cancer Caring Centre, the Academician is a healing presence.