March 2015
Our Collection
2 days ago
“Striving after excellence”: Victorian women and the fight for arts training
Amy Bluett discovers how 19th-century women aspiring to be artists had an uphill struggle to get equal access to training at the Royal Academy Schools.
Our Collection
3 days ago
Artist of the month: March 2015
A key figure in the revival of line engraving in the 1920s, Stanley Anderson RA (1884–1966) is best known for his series of prints memorialising England’s vanishing rural crafts.
Our Collection
3 days ago
Object of the month: March 2015
As a new exhibition of paintings by Sir Joshua Reynolds opens at the Wallace Collection, we take a look at one of his more experimental pieces in the RA Collection.
Our Collection
4 days ago
Mary Moser and Angelica Kauffman: the RA’s founding women
Amy Bluett discovers how women at the Royal Academy have fought for equality from 1768 up to the present, beginning with a closer look at founding Members Angelica Kauffman and Mary Moser.
RA Exhibitions
4 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.
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February 2015
RA Recommends
7 days ago
Our pick of this week’s art events: 27 February – 6 March
From a kayak at The Barbican to sex shop objects at Transition Gallery.
Artists
7 days ago
10 minutes with… Rebecca Salter 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.
Artists
8 days ago
Cornelia Parker’s poppies at the Whitworth
A survey of work by Cornelia Parker RA is the opening show at Manchester’s newly renovated Whitworth Gallery – featuring a room hung with the negatives from a poppy factory.
Opinion
8 days ago
Should art be more political?
Should art have politics at the forefront of its agenda? Artist Bob and Roberta Smith RA and critic Kelly Grovier go head to head.
RA Exhibitions
8 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.
Our Collection
9 days ago
On the Reynolds trail in the RA archive
On the eve of a major exhibition London dedicated to Sir Joshua Reynolds, we delve into the RA’s archive to learn more about the Academy’s founding president.
Opinion
9 days ago
Jennifer Durrant RA on the richness of Sonia Delaunay’s life and art
As Sonia Delaunay’s paintings, textiles and murals come to London, painter Jennifer Durrant RA explores her vibrant work.
Opinion
9 days ago
A visit to the refurbished Musée National Picasso-Paris
Sarah Whitfield visits the newly refurbished château in Paris housing the world’s finest collection of Picasso, a tour de force in the City of Light.
RA Recommends
14 days ago
Our pick of this week’s art events: 20 – 26 February
From sublime salt prints at Tate Britain to textile sculptures at the Hayward Gallery.
Inside the Academy
17 days ago
Behind the scenes of ‘Premiums: Interim Projects’
We went behind the scenes in the RA Schools to follow the progress of second-year students putting together their interim exhibition.
RA Exhibitions
18 days ago
Podcast: An introduction to ‘Rubens and His Legacy’
Curator Arturo Galansino considers the artistic legacy of Peter Paul Rubens in this introductory lecture.
RA Recommends
21 days ago
Our pick of this week’s art events: 13 – 19 February
From the scattered wild waters of Scotland to knick-knacks collected by artists.
Artists
21 days ago
The story behind John Singer Sargent RA’s ‘Carnation, Lily, Lily, Rose’
With an exhibition of paintings by John Singer Sargent at the National Portrait Gallery, we take a look at one of this Royal Academician’s most famous works.
RA Exhibitions
23 days ago
Podcast: Charles Stewart lunchtime lecture
Curator Amanda Doran, in conversation with Sue Bradbury, former editorial director of the Folio Society, discusses the illustrator Charles Stewart.
RA Exhibitions
24 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.
Opinion
24 days ago
Podcast and video: Rubens and body image in art
Professor Germaine Greer, Dr Tom Shakespeare, Grayson Perry RA and Professor Mary Beard discuss the role art plays in creating and communicating body image.
RA Exhibitions
25 days ago
A dating guide to Rubens
Date this weekend? Rubens is open on Friday and Saturday evenings. Here are the works not to miss – and what (not) to say about them.
RA Recommends
28 days ago
Our pick of this week’s art events: 6 – 12 February
From Peruvian Huacos and Japanese netsuke to the portraits of Marlene Dumas.
Our Collection
1 month ago
Artist of the month: February 2015
The illustrator Charles Stewart’s preoccupation with the past suggests he lead an unusual life.
Artists
1 month ago
Chantal Joffe RA at Jerwood Gallery
We speak to painter Chantal Joffe RA in her new exhibition at Jerwood Gallery in Hastings.
Our Collection
1 month ago
Object of the month: February 2015
A trip to Pompeii in Italy ignited a preoccupation with Classicism that spanned Sir Lawrence Alma-Tadema RA’s career.