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.
Royal Academy of Arts
WEBThe Royal Academy of Arts, located in the heart of London, is a place where art is made, exhibited and debated.
Flaming June - Royal Academy of Arts
WEBFeb 17, 2024 · Originally exhibited at the Royal Academy in 1895, Flaming June is one of the most important works by Frederic, Lord Leighton PRA (1830–1896). Now, almost 128 years after it was first shown at the RA, Leighton’s masterpiece returns to Piccadilly, on loan from the Museo de Arte de Ponce, Puerto Rico. Flaming June will be displayed alongside ...
10 works to know by William Kentridge | Royal Academy of Arts
WEBOct 17, 2022 · 4. Black Box / Chambre Noire . Set inside a miniature wooden theatre run by motors and wheels – something between a puppet show and a mechanical theatre – Black Box / Chambre Noire solidified Kentridge’s interest in entwining opera, art, theatre and film within immersive, ambitious productions. The work examines Germany’s colonial force and genocide in South West Africa (now Namibia ...
Michelangelo, Leonardo, Raphael | Royal Academy of Arts
WEB9 November 2024 - 16 February 2025. The Gabrielle Jungels-Winkler Galleries | Burlington Gardens. Tues–Sun: 10am–6pm Fri: 10am–9pm. Tickets £19–21 (including donation) Book now. Friends of the RA go free. Join now. At the turn of the 16th century, three titans of the Italian Renaissance – Michelangelo, Leonardo and Raphael ...
13 things to know about Francis Bacon | Royal Academy of Arts
WEBFeb 14, 2022 · 4. 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.
Jasper Johns: 10 works to know | Royal Academy of Arts
WEBPublished on 1 November 2017. Over the past six decades, Jasper Johns’s paintings, sculptures, drawings and prints have left an indelible mark on art. With the RA showing a major survey of his practice to date, here’s a closer look at ten of his key works. Jasper Johns - Flag, 1958 More. Encaustic on canvas. 104.4 x 153.7 cm.
Strike a pose: 250 years of life drawing at the RA
WEBPublished on 6 February 2018. As our 'From Life' exhibition explores the past, present and future of representing bodies in art, we look back at the Royal Academy's 250-year tradition of drawing nude models. Charles West Cope RA ’s depiction of a life class taking place at the Royal Academy in 1865 is an evocative image that seems to sum up ...
Creative tips for still life drawing | Royal Academy of Arts
WEBMay 7, 2021 · 8. Seek out the core shapes. Getting started on a drawing is often the hardest aspect. A good way to begin is to search out the basic forms that best describe the shapes of the objects you are observing. Think of these as building blocks. Look for the core shapes; circles, squares, rectangles and triangles.
Art and artists | Royal Academy of Arts
WEBOur Collection spans 250 years of British art, from Constable and Turner to Hockney and Emin. It now contains about 935 paintings, 350 sculptures, 700 plaster casts, 25,000 prints and drawings and 5,000 historic photographs. Some were acquired as teaching materials for the RA Schools, or simply to inspire the next generation of artists.