RA Exhibitions
13 days ago
Whistler’s whites: creating presence with a pared down palette
The colour white can be as challenging for the painter as the blank white sheet of paper is for the writer. Ian McKeever RA reflects on James McNeill Whistler’s ability to create form using one of the most elusive colours.
Artists
14 days ago
In memoriam: Richard Rogers RA
Norman Foster RA remembers his friend, fellow student, Team 4 partner and pioneer of inside-out buildings.
Artists
17 days ago
Step into the wonderful world of children’s art
As we get ready for the Young Artists’ Summer Show 2022, we’re taking a look back at just a few of the incredible artworks from last year’s exhibition.
RA Recommends
23 days ago
10 artist movies and docs to watch on Netflix, Amazon Prime and more
When you can’t go to the art, let the art come to you. Here’s our pick of the best artist biopics and documentaries available to stream.
Artists
29 days ago
In memoriam: Chris Wilkinson RA
Nicholas Grimshaw PPRA pays tribute to the architect’s innovative designs for visitor attractions, as well as his great service to the Royal Academy.
RA Exhibitions
1 month ago
Meet everyone in ‘Whistler’s Woman in White’
You’d be forgiven for thinking our exhibition ‘Whistler’s Woman in White’ was all about Whistler, but there’s a whole host of artists, models and writers in the show. Get to know them here…
RA Exhibitions
1 month ago
Frogs and Fart Battles: Kyōsai in 60 seconds
Meet one of the most exciting Japanese painters of the 19th century.
RA Exhibitions
1 month ago
Wilkie Collins, Whistler and the Victorian craze for women in white
We’ve filled our galleries with Whistler, Klimt, and Rossetti’s paintings of women wearing white gowns, but what started this trend in the 1860s? Professor Lara Feigel explores the literary origins of this aesthetic moment.
RA Exhibitions
1 month ago
8 questions to ask yourself about Kawanabe Kyōsai
Wondering what you need to know about Kawanabe Kyōsai before you visit the exhibition of his work at the RA? Here are some questions to ask yourself about the artist’s life and work.
RA Exhibitions
1 month ago
Francis Bacon: “I’m always labelled with horror”
Listen to Francis Bacon talk about how he paints and how his images form.
RA Exhibitions
2 months ago
On safari with Francis Bacon
Francis Bacon’s family links with Africa and his enduring friendship with photographer Peter Beard drew the artist’s eye to the animal kingdom and its killing grounds, writes Philip Hoare.
Our Collection
2 months ago
RA Collections Decolonial Research Project
Over the past year, our team has been investigating the links between the RA and its colonial past. In our first post on this subject, we offer an update on this work, and capture how we’re documenting associations between 18th- and 19th-century Royal Academicians and colonial activities
RA Exhibitions
2 months ago
The fantastical world of John Hejduk and the ‘Widow’s House’
An ambitious architectural installation is coming to the RA. Here, Kester Rattenbury sheds light on American architect John Hejduk and his visionary constructions.
RA Recommends
2 months ago
Doughnuts, art and sake: a London tour of Japanese delights
From a noh theatre festival to centuries-old arts and crafts, via the best of East Asia’s doughnuts, Rebecca Salter PRA’s route round the capital includes cultural and culinary treats.
RA Exhibitions
2 months ago
Who was Whistler’s Woman in White?
Take a tour of the exhibition ‘Whistler’s Woman in White: Joanna Hiffernan’ with its curators, and delve into the life of the artist’s principal model.
Artists
3 months ago
Five minutes with Sonia Boyce RA
From her creative upbringing to a 20-year long art project, get to know the artist representing Britain at the 2022 Venice Biennale.
RA Exhibitions
3 months ago
Kawanabe Kyōsai: the demon with a brush
Kyōsai blurred the divide between the popular and elite art of 19th-century Japan. Christopher Harding introduces the master of satirical and traditional painting as a rare collection of Kyōsai’s art comes to the RA.
RA Exhibitions
3 months ago
Inside ‘Francis Bacon: Man and Beast’ with co-curator, Michael Peppiatt
We spoke to Francis Bacon’s friend, Michael Peppiatt, about the exhibition ‘Man and Beast’ and how Bacon’s vision of humanity was shaped by his interest in animals.
RA Exhibitions
3 months ago
Quiz: which artist are you?
Are you the sort who goes to a calligraphy party and comes home with a raging hangover, or are you more likely to nip down the road for a seance with friends?
RA Exhibitions
3 months ago
Jock McFadyen RA: postcards from a post-apocalyptic future
Far from evoking the past, Jock McFadyen RA’s eerie paintings imagine a dystopian future, writes Matthew Beaumont, as he prepares to meet the artist for his RA show, ‘Tourist without a Guidebook’.
RA Exhibitions
3 months ago
“To be a good model, you have to give yourself up”: Celia Paul on Joanna Hiffernan and sitting for Lucian Freud
Ahead of our exhibition exploring James McNeill Whistler and Joanna Hiffernan’s relationship, Celia Paul, artist and sitter for Lucian Freud, meditates on what it takes to be painted.
RA Exhibitions
3 months ago
13 things to know about Francis Bacon
Think you know Bacon? Here’s our guide to the life of the 20th-century master.
RA Exhibitions
4 months ago
Animals, humans and violence: Frederick Douglass and Francis Bacon
Ahead of ‘Francis Bacon: Man and Beast’, Isaac Julien RA explores how the violence of slavery equated humans and animals.
Artists
4 months ago
In memoriam: Phillip King PRA
Painter Paul Huxley RA and sculptor William Tucker RA pay tribute to the former President of the RA who expanded the language of 20th century sculpture.
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