The Roberts Institute of Art

Name: The Roberts Institute of Art
Address: London, GB
Telephone: +442073833004

Home
United Kingdom
London
The Roberts Institute of Art

The Roberts Institute of Art is a non-profit contemporary arts organisation. We commission performanc

07/04/2026

We are excited to welcome Elinor Stanley to the Roberts Institute of Art Residency in Scotland today as our first resident of 2026.    Elinor is a London-based painter and a graduate of the Glasgow School of Art and the Royal Academy Schools. Her practice uses painting to amplify and heighten psychological experience; the figurative focus of a painting shifts as a confused eye might. Colour is pitched at a high frequency, huge heads swim, perspective lurches, bodies repeat. Dynamics between subjects are played by peculiar instruments of scale, perspective and speed.
 During the residency, Elinor plans to develop a new body of work. With interests in economy, angels, narrative and humour, she will visit the National Library of Scotland to explore the Muriel Spark archive and will also spend time at the National Galleries of Scotland, developing her interest in storytelling through painting. She will also spend time meeting students and staff at Gray’s School of Art.

   Elinor Stanley, ‘That Ancient Night, The Recent Night’, 2025. © Elinor Stanley. Courtesy the Artist

31/03/2026

Welcoming to the with the recent acquisition of ‘Shell Flex (Porthmeor)’ (2025)

Kuschke’s abstract painting practice gives form to a confluence of cultures, migratory patterns and memory - her works evolving through a process of layering and revision to reflect lived experience.

Rooted in her time during a two-month residency at Porthmeor Studios in St Ives, Cornwall, the work draws on Porthmeor’s tidal landscape and its shifting light, rhythms and traces, where marks emerge and dissolve like the movement of sea and sand.

We are delighted to be welcoming Gina to the Roberts Institute of Art Residency this May, where she will spend time developing her practice in Scotland.

📸 Michael Brzezinski

10/12/2024

📢️ NOW BOOKING

RIA Presents: Simeon Barclay, ‘The Ruin’ — a new performance commission.

📆 16 January 2025
📍 The ICA, London
⏰ Two performances: 6.30pm & 8.30pm
🎟️ https://www.ica.art/ria-presents-simeon-barclay-the-ruin

We are thrilled to announce the premiere in London of our new performance commission by Simeon Barclay presented in partnership with the ICA, London.

‘The Ruin’ is the first performance work by the British artist and will see him perform himself for the first time alongside musicians within a work he has conceived to address British identity, particularly in relation to masculinity and class.

The performance will combine spoken word written by Barclay with live percussion by James Larter and horn by Isaac Shieh to question a mythic idea of Britain through a personal lens.

Simeon Barclay is known for his sculptural and installation practice which is rooted in material histories. He uses pop cultural references to explore personal and cultural memory and to navigate imposed and self-created identities.

The commission is part of our Practising Performance programme which debuted in 2023 with an operatic work developed with artist Rachel Jones.

05/12/2024

📢 Exhibition announcement

In Attendance: Paying Attention in a Fragile World
at the Fitzrovia Chapel
8 January – 9 February 2025

Join us in the new year at the historic Fitzrovia Chapel for an exhibition that asks us to reimagine the idea of attention as a practice tied to compassion, curiosity and care.

‘In Attendance’ is curated by the Roberts Institute Of Art, and presents a selection of paintings, sculptures and video by UK and international contemporary artists from the David and Indrė Roberts Collection, including Etel Adnan, Phyllida Barlow, Miriam Cahn and Paula Rego.

Also included are early-career artists Emmanuel Awuni and Gabriella Boyd, both of whom have been in residency with RIA this year.

Drawing on the Fitzrovia Chapel’s heritage as a place of sanctuary and reflection, ‘In Attendance’ explores how artists respond to materials, the challenges of human experience and find new ways through their practice to connect to others and the world around us.

There will also be an exciting public programme alongside the exhibition – find out more through the link below.

https://www.therobertsinstituteofart.com/programme/exhibitions/fitzrovia-chapel-in-attendance

8 January – 9 February 2025
Daily 11 am to 6 pm (closed Monday)
Sunday 12 pm to 5 pm
Free exhibition admission

Image:
Rachel Kneebone
‘Trilogy (1) Silence cannot do away with things that language cannot state’ (2006)

17/10/2024

🍎🥚 NOW OPEN!

Immortal Apples, Eternal Eggs
at Hastings Contemporary
Until 16 March 2025

A major new exhibition exploring the rich and complex genre of still life.

Immortal Apples, Eternal Eggs is a meeting of two of the UK’s most significant collections — The Ingram Collection and the David and Indrė Roberts Collection — and includes work from artists including Phyllida Barlow, Anthony Caro, Patrick Caulfield, Elisabeth Frink, Sarah Lucas, Henry Moore, Ben Nicholson and Ai Weiwei.

Find out more:
https://www.therobertsinstituteofart.com/programme/exhibitions/hastings-contemporary

Address

London

Telephone

+442073833004

Website

http://www.therobertsinstituteofart.com/

Alerts

Be the first to know and let us send you an email when The Roberts Institute of Art posts news and promotions. Your email address will not be used for any other purpose, and you can unsubscribe at any time.

Contact The Museum

Send a message to The Roberts Institute of Art:

Shortcuts

Want your museum to be the top-listed Museum in London?