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WEBThe Royal Academy of Arts, located in the heart of London, is a place where art is made, exhibited and debated.
Exhibitions & Events - Royal Academy of Arts
WEBFriday night life drawing: Renaissance figures. 15 November 2024. Event sold out. The Royal Academy of Arts, located in the heart of London, is a place where art is made, exhibited and debated.
10 works on grief and loneliness by Tracey Emin and Edvard Munch
WEBNov 20, 2020 · How to revisit a work. Emin created I am The Last of my Kind in 2019 whilst preparing for the RA exhibition The Loneliness of the Soul.Built up in pale pink and bluish hues, this almost sketch-like painting portrays a naked female figure – arms hanging limply and head looking downwards, avoiding the gaze of the viewer.
13 things to know about Francis Bacon | Royal Academy of Arts
WEB4. He was allergic to animals. Bacon was fascinated by animals (over his career he painted monkeys, baboons, chimpanzees, dogs, owls, bulls, elephants, rhinos) but he was effectively allergic to most of them. Dogs and horses were a trigger for his asthma and although he painted dogs, horses are notably absent in his work.
A beginner’s guide to Lucian Freud | Royal Academy of Arts
WEBOct 21, 2019 · He is one of art’s most influential portraitists. Lucian Freud (1922–2011) changed how we look at people. He filled his canvases with bodies rarely given space elsewhere: fat bodies, ageing bodies, queer bodies, exhausted bodies. Some have described his portraits as ruthless, pitiless, clinical and cruel; others see them as …
Ai Weiwei: 13 works to know | Royal Academy of Arts
WEBSep 14, 2015 · Ai Weiwei has worked in everything from paint to readymades. As our landmark exhibition examines work from 1993 up to the present day, we take a look at some of the key works to know from across Ai's career. In Ai Weiwei’s work, there is no division between art and politics. Throughout his career, the …
Jasper Johns: 10 works to know | Royal Academy of Arts
WEB4. Painting with Two Balls, 1960 “At once, Johns extinguished speculation about the meaning of individual paintings and directed attention to them as objects among other objects”, wrote the critic Harold Rosenberg. Painting with Two Balls proclaims its own “objectness” by revealing the apparatus of its canvas panels …
The life-drawing class you can take from home - Royal Academy …
WEBFeb 13, 2018 · It's a free online life drawing class you can take from anywhere! Life drawing is the artistic tradition of drawing the human body from a live model – something that the likes of Turner and Constable would have studied at the Royal Academy, and which still takes part in our Life Room today. Life drawing can be an important way for artists to ...
How to read it: our copy of Leonardo's Last Supper
WEBLeonardo’s composition is clearer in the RA copy. The RA copy is believed to be the most accurate record of the original, even though it is missing the top part of the painting. It was painted c.1515-20, before the most serious deterioration of the original had happened. In fact, the RA copy was lent to Milan to help with the conservation of ...
Plan your visit - Royal Academy of Arts
WEBEveryone is welcome at the RA. No food and drink in the galleries. Keep phones on silent. Be considerate when taking photos. Speak to staff if you feel unwell. Inappropriate behaviour will not be tolerated. Take care when navigating our building. We are now cashless. Monday: closed Tuesday–Sunday: 10am–6pm Friday: 10am–9pm Find out all ...