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.
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.
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 ...
David Hockney: The Arrival of Spring, Normandy, 2020
WEB11 August - 26 September 2021. The Gabrielle Jungels-Winkler Galleries, Burlington Gardens, Royal Academy of Arts. In the midst of a pandemic, David Hockney RA captured the unfolding of spring on his iPad, creating 116 new and optimistic works in praise of the natural world. • We have prioritised access for Friends and supporters but cannot ...
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.
Francis Bacon: Man and Beast | Royal Academy of Arts
WEB29 January - 17 April 2022. Main Galleries, Burlington House, Royal Academy of Arts. Explore Francis Bacon’s profound and moving paintings, where the line between human and animal is constantly blurred, reminding us that our primal instincts lie just below the surface. Irish-born artist Francis Bacon was the horse-breeder’s son who became ...
Renzo Piano: 8 buildings to know | Royal Academy of Arts
WEBSep 11, 2018 · 4. The Menil Collection, Houston (1987) Piano’s first building in the USA houses the art collection of Dominique and John de Menil. Alongside spaces designed to house their collection of ancient, African and surrealist modern art, the building also includes a picture frame workshop, a studio for restoration and study, and a winter garden.
Marina Abramović - Royal Academy of Arts
WEBMarina Abramović Hon RA has earned worldwide acclaim as a performance artist. She has consistently tested the limits of her own physical and mental endurance in her work, subjecting herself to exhaustion, pain and even the possibility of death. In her early work Rhythm 0, Abramović invited audiences to freely interact with her however they ...
About the RA - Royal Academy of Arts
WEBA brief history of the RA. The RA was founded in 1768 by a group of 40 artists and architects who became the first Royal Academicians. The first president was Sir Joshua Reynolds, whose statue now stands outside Burlington House. Over the past 250 years, we've moved house several times, elected hundreds of new RAs and even survived the …