Artists
9 days 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.
RA Exhibitions
27 days ago
John Constable’s struggle to become a Royal Academician
If you have ever struggled for the acceptance and glory you obviously deserve, take heart from this story of John Constable RA’s decades-long struggle to become a member of the Royal Academy of Arts.
RA Recommends
1 month ago
The great art quiz of 2021
Gather round, art lovers – because it’s time for our annual art-related quizzing! Play with the family, test your know-it-all neighbours, or just take the blimmin’ thing right now!
RA Exhibitions
1 month ago
“She has brought to architectural photography a mysterious dimension”: Daniel Libeskind on Hélène Binet
We’ve filled our galleries with Hélène Binet’s stunning photography. Here, the architect of the Jewish Museum in Berlin and many other wonders details what sets Binet’s timeless, elusive images apart.
Artists
1 month ago
How to: paint with words like Patrick Moses
Try making a painting inspired by words like Summer Exhibition 2021 artist Patrick Moses.
Artists
1 month ago
In memoriam: Dame Elizabeth Blackadder RA
Victoria Crowe remembers the Scottish painter’s elegant and analytical style.
Artists
1 month ago
Starr Fellow Kevin Gallagher on Rodin, rural Illinois, and his RA Schools residency
The Starr Fellowship provides a bursary and a studio at the RA Schools for a U.S. artist to develop their practice – we met 2021 Starr Fellow Kevin Gallagher.
RA Recommends
1 month ago
Filmmaker Horace Ové’s powerful depictions of 1970s Black British life
Horace Ové’s work has influenced John Akomfrah RA, Isaac Julien RA and countless others. Ahead of Tate Modern’s group show, ‘Life Between Islands: Caribbean-British Art 1950s-Now’, artist Hurvin Anderson looks back at Ové’s films and the stories they tell.
RA Exhibitions
1 month ago
Late Constable Tour with Curator Anne Lyles
Explore the exhibition of late works by one of Britain’s best-loved artists.
RA Exhibitions
1 month ago
Documentary: inside ‘Gauguin and the Impressionists’ exhibition
Our sold-out exhibition, ‘Gauguin and The Impressionists’, makes its big screen debut this winter thanks to our friends at ‘Exhibition on Screen’. Experience the show from home with this exclusive 10-minute clip, featuring curator Anna Ferrari and Secretary and Chief Executive, Axel Rüger.
RA Exhibitions
1 month ago
Video: Annette Fernando at the Summer Exhibition 2021
Annette Fernando – a first-time exhibitor at the Summer Exhibition – talks us through her work, ‘Stop being so damn understanding’ which is so intricate, it’s often mistaken for a photo.
RA Exhibitions
2 months ago
Linton Kwesi Johnson on poetry as an act of resistance
Yinka Shonibare RA invited the renowned Brixton-based reggae poet Linton Kwesi Johnson to bring his powerful words to the Summer Exhibition. Caleb Azumah Nelson sits down with him to discuss the poetry of resistance.
RA Recommends
2 months ago
Lubaina Himid’s five must-read books by artists
Ahead of her Tate Modern show, Lubaina Himid RA selects artists in print whose words she admires.
RA Exhibitions
2 months ago
Light Lines Tour with Hélène Binet
Explore the exhibition of stunning architectural photographs.
RA Exhibitions
2 months ago
Five works to know in the 2021 Summer Exhibition
We enlisted art historian and founder of @ablackhistoryofart, Alayo Akinkugbe, to uncover five gems in this year’s show that capture Yinka Shonibare RA’s vision to ‘Reclaim Magic’.
RA Exhibitions
2 months ago
The truth in Francis Bacon’s work
Ahead of the exhibition ‘Francis Bacon: Man and Beast’ Jenny Saville RA reflects on the profound impact Bacon has had on her life and work.
RA Exhibitions
2 months ago
The Artists of the Summer Exhibition 2021
Meet some of the artists on show at the Summer Exhibition.
RA Recommends
2 months ago
Laura Knight RA’s compelling Gypsy paintings
Poet Sasha Dugdale reflects on Laura Knight RA’s evocative Gypsy portraits ahead of a major retrospective of the artist’s work in Milton Keynes.
RA Exhibitions
3 months ago
Summer Exhibition 2021 Tour with Yinka Shonibare RA
Explore our most diverse and inclusive Summer Exhibition ever.
RA Exhibitions
3 months ago
Harry Hill at the Summer Exhibition 2021
Comedian and amateur artist Harry Hill talks us through his artworks at the Summer Exhibition 2021.
RA Exhibitions
3 months ago
John Constable’s last decade
Constable didn’t know he was entering his ‘late’ period, but in the last ten years of his life he sought truth in nature, and created landscapes infused with timeless imagination.
RA Exhibitions
3 months ago
Step inside Hélène Binet’s London studio
We meet the photographer in her studio to discuss her upcoming exhibition ‘Light Lines’, her love of music, and her ability to ‘draw’ with light.
RA Exhibitions
3 months ago
Hélène Binet’s otherworldly photographs
As Hélène Binet’s enigmatic photographs of buildings go on show at the RA, Fiona Maddocks asks the artist about the meeting between light and line, and mood and memory in her works.
RA Exhibitions
3 months ago
Appetite and decay: the animal instincts in Bacon’s paintings
Author Colm Tóibín traces the conflation of the animal and human condition in 20th-century art and literature.
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