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Now open: Impressionists on PaperExperience rare works by Degas, van Gogh, Cézanne, Morisot and more. These artists chan...
25/11/2023

Now open: Impressionists on Paper

Experience rare works by Degas, van Gogh, Cézanne, Morisot and more. These artists changed the status of works on paper from preparatory sketches to artworks in their own right.

See these radical and vibrant drawings, pastels, watercolours and gouaches now at the RA: https://roy.ac/6ejela

Supported by Gide Loyrette Nouel and the Huo Family Foundation with additional support from Kathryn Uhde.

📷 Installation view of 'Impressionists on Paper: Degas to Toulouse-Lautrec' at the Royal Academy of Arts, London, 25 November 2023 – 10 March 2024, showing 'After the Bath, Woman Drying Herself', c. 1890-95, by Edgar Degas. Photo: Royal Academy of Arts, London / David Parry. Artwork: The National Gallery, London

21/11/2023

The House with the Ocean View, first performed over 12 days by Marina Abramović in 2002, is an experiment in purification and connection.

Experience the connection for yourself as the work is performed by Kira O'Reilly in the Royal Academy from now until 2 December.

https://roy.ac/m7r339

It’s your last chance to own a piece of art from this year's Summer Exhibition, like this dreamlike print by Jane Ward 🌿...
20/11/2023

It’s your last chance to own a piece of art from this year's Summer Exhibition, like this dreamlike print by Jane Ward 🌿

Sales close on 24 November: https://roy.ac/7w3z6u

Jane Ward, ‘Away Across the Universe’, print

On this autumn morning we present 'Autumn Morning' by George Vicat Cole RA.This tranquil painting is part of the RA Coll...
19/11/2023

On this autumn morning we present 'Autumn Morning' by George Vicat Cole RA.

This tranquil painting is part of the RA Collection, which contains over 40,000 artworks, including paintings, sculptures, prints, drawings, and architectural designs.

The RA Collection is supported by Viking

George Vicat Cole RA, 'Autumn Morning', 1891. Oil on canvas. 815 mm x 1328 mm x 22 mm. © Photo: Royal Academy of Arts, London. Photographer: John Hammond.

Read our insider's guide on our upcoming exhibition: Impressionists on PaperLet us introduce you to some of the key ways...
18/11/2023

Read our insider's guide on our upcoming exhibition: Impressionists on Paper

Let us introduce you to some of the key ways artists, such as Degas, van Gogh and Monet, used new materials and techniques to elevate the status of works on paper.

Read now: https://roy.ac/jqjq11x3

Edgar Degas, 'Dancers on a Bench,' c. 1898. Pastel on tracing paper, 53.7 × 75.6 cm. Lent by Glasgow Life Museums on behalf of Glasgow City Council. Bequeathed by William Mcinnes, 1944. Photo: © CSG CIC Glasgow Museums Collection

16/11/2023

Have attitudes to nudity in art changed much over the last 40 years?

Marina Abramović reflects on 'Imponderabillia', a work first performed by Abramović and Ulay in 1977. Now, you can see this groundbreaking work for yourself, reperformed at the RA.

🎟️ https://roy.ac/m7r339

Happiness is walking down a sunlit street ☀️Ciara, age 18, said this painting was inspired by “a photograph that I took ...
13/11/2023

Happiness is walking down a sunlit street ☀️

Ciara, age 18, said this painting was inspired by “a photograph that I took on my 18th birthday, a pivotal moment in my life. The name for this piece is inspired by how now, being an adult, I may begin to see my life in a different light than before.”

Ciara’s artwork was selected for this year’s Young Artists’ Summer Show. The display is now closed but the exhibition continues online: https://roy.ac/4nijye

It's Friday, anyone going down the pub? 🍺Ruskin Spear RA often painted the regulars in his local pubs - the Hampshire Ho...
10/11/2023

It's Friday, anyone going down the pub? 🍺

Ruskin Spear RA often painted the regulars in his local pubs - the Hampshire Hog and the Ravenscourt Arms in Hammersmith. The angle of the picture, the subject partly hidden behind the beer taps, gives the impression it was not a formally posed composition but a small surreptitious sketch.

Ruskin Spear RA, 'Man in a Pub', 1960s. Oil on canvas on board. 134 mm x 150 mm x 5 mm. © Royal Academy of Arts. © Photo: Royal Academy of Arts, London. Photographer: John Hammond.

In 1975, Marina Abramović met fellow artist Ulay (Frank Uwe Laysiepen).In Ulay, she found a partner equally interested i...
09/11/2023

In 1975, Marina Abramović met fellow artist Ulay (Frank Uwe Laysiepen).

In Ulay, she found a partner equally interested in pushing the body’s limits to create art. The fusion of their creative energies gave rise to an entity, which they named ‘That Self’, which was expressed through works they created together for more than a decade.

See Abramović and Ulay’s iconic limit-pushing performances in our 'Marina Abramović' exhibition: https://roy.ac/m7r339

Ulay / Marina Abramović, 'Light Dark', 1977. Performance, 20 minutes, Internationale Kunstmesse, Cologne. 16 mm film transferred to digital video, with sound, 9 minutes 15 seconds. Courtesy of the Marina Abramović Archives. © Ulay / Marina Abramović

Ulay / Marina Abramović, 'Relation in Time', 1977. Performance, 17 hours, Studio G7, Bologna. Courtesy of the Marina Abramović Archives. © Ulay / Marina Abramović

It’s your last chance to see 'Catherine Opie: Portraits of Artists' before it closes on 3 December 📷This free display in...
06/11/2023

It’s your last chance to see 'Catherine Opie: Portraits of Artists' before it closes on 3 December 📷

This free display in the Collection Gallery shows stunning portraits of five contemporary British artists by internationally renowned photographer Catherine Opie. These include Royal Academy Schools graduate Lynette Yiadom-Boakye and Royal Academicians David Hockney and Gillian Wearing.

Opie uses high-contrast lighting to render her subjects in dramatic detail and sets each sitter against a solid black backdrop, drawing on the theatricality of 17th-century Baroque painting.

Catherine Opie, 'Lynette', 'David', 'Gillian', 2017. Pigment print. 83.8 x 63.5 cm. © Catherine Opie. Courtesy the artist, Regen Projects, Los Angeles and Thomas Dane Gallery.

Let’s take a ride on the Tube 🚇Leo, age 17, made this oil painting on a sphere. It's based on a photo taken on the Londo...
04/11/2023

Let’s take a ride on the Tube 🚇

Leo, age 17, made this oil painting on a sphere. It's based on a photo taken on the London Underground with an "omnidirectional" camera.

See all the amazing artworks from this year's Young Artists’ Summer Show in the online exhibition: https://roy.ac/4nijye

01/11/2023

"I screamed at the top of my lungs, shrieking out all my frustration with everything: Belgrade, Yugoslavia, my mother, my entrapment. I screamed until my voice was gone- three hours later."

Marina Abramović's 1976 performance 'Freeing the Voice' saw her lie on her back and scream continuously until she completely lost her voice. Freeing the Voice was one of three performances where Abramović used exhaustion to cleanse her mind of the three main modes of expression: voice, language, and body.

See more of Abramović's limit-pushing performance: https://roy.ac/m7r339

Marina Abramović, Freeing the Voice, 1975. Performance, 3 hours, Student Cultural Centre, Belgrade. Courtesy of the Marina Abramović Archives. © Marina Abramović

Quote from ‘Walk Through Walls: A Memoir’, by Marina Abramović, published by Penguin Books Ltd. With permission from Marina Abramović Archives.

Happy Halloween! 🎃👻Take some costume inspo from these unpublished gothic illustrations by Charles Stewart, created for t...
31/10/2023

Happy Halloween! 🎃👻

Take some costume inspo from these unpublished gothic illustrations by Charles Stewart, created for the Gormenghast series of novels by Mervyn Peake.

Stewart's interest in the gothic is rooted in his childhood spent in a Victorian mansion in Scotland, which he described as "lit by oil lamps and candles … to a small child it seemed a giant's castle… ghosts were largely taken for granted by the inhabitants."

Charles W. Stewart, 'The Apparition', 1973. Illustration from ‘Titus Groan’ by Mervyn Peake. Pencil, black pen, wash and gouache. 22.2 cm x 15.4 cm. ©Royal Academy of Arts, London

Charles W. Stewart, 'The Hall of Spiders', 1973. Illustration from ‘Titus Groan’ by Mervyn Peake. Pencil, black pen, wash and gouache. 22.6 cm x 15.6 cm. ©Royal Academy of Arts, London

Charles W. Stewart, 'On the Way to the Doctor', 1974. Illustration from ‘Gormenghast’ by Mervyn Peake. 23.2 cm x 16 cm. ©Royal Academy of Arts, London

Messing about on the river 1950s style ⛵️This print of the Thames Regatta by Julian Trevelyan RA was one of a series of ...
29/10/2023

Messing about on the river 1950s style ⛵️

This print of the Thames Regatta by Julian Trevelyan RA was one of a series of colour lithographs published for the Festival of Britain in 1951.

Julian Trevelyan RA, 'Thames Regatta'. Offset lithograph. 385 mm x 477 mm. © Royal Academy of Arts. © Photo: Royal Academy of Arts, London. Photographer: John Hammond.

What's on your breakfast table? 🥐😋Sophie, age 13, made this mixed media project in class based on Tom Wesselmann: “I cho...
28/10/2023

What's on your breakfast table? 🥐😋

Sophie, age 13, made this mixed media project in class based on Tom Wesselmann: “I chose to draw croissants as they are my favourite breakfast food. I made the table full, like a celebration breakfast at home.”

This year's Young Artists’ Summer Show display is now closed but the exhibition continues online: https://roy.ac/4nijye

Coming soon: Impressionists on PaperVan Gogh, Cézanne, Morisot, Degas and more; you know their paintings, but have you s...
25/10/2023

Coming soon: Impressionists on Paper

Van Gogh, Cézanne, Morisot, Degas and more; you know their paintings, but have you seen their works on paper? In this not-to-be-missed exhibition, see rare works by more than 20 of the most significant Impressionist and Post-Impressionist artists.

Opening November 25th. Book your tickets now: https://roy.ac/6ejela

Image: Federico Zandomeneghi, Study of a Woman from Behind (detail), 1890-97. Pastel on cardboard, 48 x 38 cm. Galleria d'Arte Moderna, Milan. Photo: © Comune di Milano – All Rights Reserved

'I wanted to test the limits of how far the public would go if I didn't do anything at all. If someone wanted to put the...
24/10/2023

'I wanted to test the limits of how far the public would go if I didn't do anything at all. If someone wanted to put the bullet into the pistol and use it, I was ready for the consequences.'

In this 1974 work, Rhythm 0, Marina Abramović placed herself as a passive "object" before her audience. Confronted with 72 different tools representing pleasure and pain, participants were invited to use them on her body. The performance lasted six hours, with the audience’s actions escalating to humiliating and hurting the artist.

Our exhibition features archival footage of Rhythm 0 alongside a table recreating the 72 tools used in the performance. Book your tickets now: https://roy.ac/m7r339

Images 1-3: Marina Abramović, Rhythm 0, 1974. Performance, 6 hours, Studio Morra, Naples. Courtesy of the Marina Abramović Archives. © Marina Abramović. Photo: Donatelli Sbarra

Image 4: Gallery view of the Marina Abramović exhibition © Marina Abramović. Photo © Royal Academy of Arts, London / David Parry

Opening quote from Marina Abramović's 2016 memoir 'Walk Through Walls'.

Weekend outfit inspiration with Lisa Milroy RA’s floral dress, trench coat, and accessories 🕶👜Summer and our Summer Exhi...
22/10/2023

Weekend outfit inspiration with Lisa Milroy RA’s floral dress, trench coat, and accessories 🕶👜

Summer and our Summer Exhibition maybe over but you can still see this work, and 1,600 others, online - https://roy.ac/7w3z6u

Lisa Milroy RA, ‘Outfit no 4’. Oil, collage, 175 x 144 cm. Courtesy of the artist. Photo: Angus Mill

Sir John Akomfrah RA created his film ‘Mnemosyne’ using archival material of the West Midlands to retell the experience ...
21/10/2023

Sir John Akomfrah RA created his film ‘Mnemosyne’ using archival material of the West Midlands to retell the experience of post-war immigrants to the UK.

The title refers to the mother of the Nine Muses and the personification of Memory in Greek mythology, while the soundtrack mixes music with voiceovers of literary texts such as Homer's ‘Odyssey’.

John Akomfrah, 'Mnemosyne', 2010 (film still), Single channel HD colour video, 5.1 sound, 45 minutes 6 seconds © Smoking Dogs Films, courtesy Lisson Gallery.

19/10/2023

Marina Abramović has been an inspiration to many over her 50-year career.

Experience the power of performance, book your tickets now: https://roy.ac/m7r339

Dominic Mallin & Laura McEwen’s print of this Italian Delicatessen is making us crave Italian cured meats and cheeses to...
18/10/2023

Dominic Mallin & Laura McEwen’s print of this Italian Delicatessen is making us crave Italian cured meats and cheeses today 😋

There's still time to browse and buy this work and many others from this year’s Summer Exhibition online: https://roy.ac/7w3z6u

Dominic Mallin & Laura McEwen, ‘Lina Stores, Soho’, print

“Dogs shaking water are fun to look at because their tongues and ears go everywhere. This painting is going on my wall f...
16/10/2023

“Dogs shaking water are fun to look at because their tongues and ears go everywhere. This painting is going on my wall forever.” – Katelyn, age 8.

We could not agree more.

Katelyn’s painting was selected for this year’s Young Artists’ Summer Show. The display is now closed, but you can still see the amazing artworks in the online exhibition: https://roy.ac/4nijye

"Amazing to see the reiterations each design goes through... You rarely get to see the sketches and sketch models associ...
15/10/2023

"Amazing to see the reiterations each design goes through... You rarely get to see the sketches and sketch models associated with an architectural project - I feel like I’ve been let into some little secrets." - exhibition visitor

Today we say goodbye to our Herzog & de Meuron exhibition. From intricate models to augmented reality, visitors were offered a chance to look behind the scenes of this world-leading architecture practice.

📸 Photo © Royal Academy of Arts, London / David Parry. © Herzog & de Meuron

Supported by Stefan Bollinger with additional support from Laura and Scott Malkin and the Swiss Arts Council Pro Helvetia.

10/10/2023

Enter the captivating world of Marina Abramović.

Relive defining moments from Abramović’s remarkable 50-year career through sculpture, video, photography, archive material, installation and live performance.

25 & under? Tickets are half-price: https://roy.ac/m7r339

This photograph captures part of Sonia Boyce RA’s multi-media installation ‘We move in her way’, which took place at the...
09/10/2023

This photograph captures part of Sonia Boyce RA’s multi-media installation ‘We move in her way’, which took place at the Institute of Contemporary Arts in 2017.

The multi-media installation was created from documentary film and photography of an open-ended live performance which Boyce staged in collaboration with performers and dancers.

Boyce describes the process of reshaping documentary material as ‘recouping the remains’.

Sonia Boyce RA, ‘We Move in Her Way: After Lygia Clark and Sophie Taeuber-Arp’, 2017. Photograph. 950 mm x 750 mm x 30 mm. © The Artist. Photo: Royal Academy of Arts, London.

“High attendance is fantastic for a museum but not always for you as a visitor... sometimes you need to be more quiet an...
08/10/2023

“High attendance is fantastic for a museum but not always for you as a visitor... sometimes you need to be more quiet and peaceful."- Pierre de Meuron

From galleries to hospitals, Herzog & de Meuron have been creating buildings that enrich public life for over 40 years.

With just one week left of our exhibition, don't miss your opportunity to see the inner workings of one of the most admired architecture practices in the world: https://roy.ac/hsk1fm

📸 Herzog & de Meuron, Tate Modern, London, 1995-2000, 2005-16. Photo © Iwan Baan

Bear v squirrel 🐻🐿️Izzy, age 17, trekked through Canada’s Yukon region last summer. The artist explains: “One morning, w...
07/10/2023

Bear v squirrel 🐻🐿️

Izzy, age 17, trekked through Canada’s Yukon region last summer. The artist explains: “One morning, we woke up to odd sounds near the tents and thought it was a bear but, on further investigation, it was a group of squirrels fighting aggressively.” Her ‘Yukon Bear’ print shows what might have been!

Luckily, Izzy wasn't eaten by a bear (or an angry squirrel) and her print was selected for this year’s Young Artists’ Summer Show. See all the amazing artworks in the online exhibition: https://roy.ac/4nijye

06/10/2023

No talking. No food. No reading. No writing.

This week we present 'The House with the Ocean View' where performance artist Elke Luyten will live in three constructed units - a bathroom, a living room and a sleeping room – in the Main Galleries in this 12-day performance. This work was originally performed by Marina Abramović in 2002.

The performance invites the audience to establish a silent dialogue with the performer and witness and share in the simple act of living.

See this performance live, get your tickets now: https://roy.ac/m7r339

04/10/2023

Bob and Roberta Smith RA takes us on a journey through the pages of his colourful sketchbook, and shows us how to create a visual poem 📖

Does it inspire you to pick up a pencil (or pen) and draw those around you?

Is the moon one of your muses? 🌙Harvest moons were one of John O'Connor’s favourite subjects to paint in his Suffolk lan...
03/10/2023

Is the moon one of your muses? 🌙

Harvest moons were one of John O'Connor’s favourite subjects to paint in his Suffolk landscapes of the 1950s and 60s, along with sunsets, marshes, ponds, and rivers.

John O'Connor, 'Moon and Round Pool', ca. 1960. Oil on canvas. 770 mm x 1020 mm x 24 mm. © Royal Academy of Arts. © Photo: Royal Academy of Arts, London. Photographer: John Hammond.

Six year old Iris Lilian's beautiful ‘Fox in Flowers’ was selected for this year’s Young Artists’ Summer Show. 🦊🌷She pai...
01/10/2023

Six year old Iris Lilian's beautiful ‘Fox in Flowers’ was selected for this year’s Young Artists’ Summer Show. 🦊🌷

She painted it after being inspired by a photograph in a Countryfile calendar. Mixing paint colours is one of her favourite things to do!

The display is now closed but the exhibition continues online: https://roy.ac/4nijye

The National Stadium in Beijing, China, nicknamed the 'Bird’s Nest', is one of Herzog & de Meuron's most recognisable bu...
30/09/2023

The National Stadium in Beijing, China, nicknamed the 'Bird’s Nest', is one of Herzog & de Meuron's most recognisable buildings.

The 2008 Olympic Stadium was designed to have a life beyond the Games. Restaurants, bars, and shops surround the interior, inviting visitors to experience the space even when there are no sporting events happening.`

View models, videos, and drawings of this and other iconic buildings in our Herzog & de Meuron exhibition: https://roy.ac/hsk1fm

📸 Herzog & de Meuron National Stadium, Beijing, 2003-08

Marina Abramović's 'Balkan Baroque' was an immensely powerful work, created in response to the Yugoslav wars of the 1990...
28/09/2023

Marina Abramović's 'Balkan Baroque' was an immensely powerful work, created in response to the Yugoslav wars of the 1990s. The artist performed a ritual act of cleansing the horrors of war, sitting on a heap of stinking, bloody cow bones for four days, crying and singing Balkan folksongs, while attempting to wash each bone individually. The work won Abramović the Golden Lion at the Venice Biennale in 1997.

See this work strikingly recreated through sculpture and video, as part of the 'Marina Abramović' exhibition. Find out more https://roy.ac/m7r339

Image caption: Marina Abramović, 'Balkan Baroque', June 1997. Performance, 4 days, 6 hours, XLVII Biennale, Venice. Courtesy of the Marina Abramović Archives, and Sean Kelly Gallery, New York/Los Angeles. © Marina Abramović

Question: is this a toaster covered in bread or a loaf of bread with two slices of toast in it and a plug to make it loo...
26/09/2023

Question: is this a toaster covered in bread or a loaf of bread with two slices of toast in it and a plug to make it look like a toaster? 🍞

You can see (and buy, if you like) this sculpture in our online Summer Explorer: https://roy.ac/7w3z6u

Helga Stentzel, ‘Burnt Out’, sculpture

For  , here's our River Thames by John Constable RA 🌊In this rapidly painted study, the Thames is busy with the activiti...
24/09/2023

For , here's our River Thames by John Constable RA 🌊

In this rapidly painted study, the Thames is busy with the activities. Can you spot Somerset House, St Paul's Cathedral, and (the newly opened) Waterloo Bridge in the distance?

John Constable RA, 'Waterloo Bridge from the left bank of the Thames', ca. 1820. Oil on paper laid on canvas. 223 mm x 327 mm. © Photo: Royal Academy of Arts, London. Photographer: John Hammond.

Now open: Marina AbramovićThe wait is finally over. Immerse yourself in key moments from Abramović's career and experien...
23/09/2023

Now open: Marina Abramović

The wait is finally over. Immerse yourself in key moments from Abramović's career and experience live performances of some of her work, strikingly re-staged.

Don't miss out. Book your tickets now, link in bio.

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📷 © Royal Academy of Arts, London / David Parry

When boredom makes you more creative🍴Daniel, age 11, started colouring wooden cutlery to fight boredom after his parents...
21/09/2023

When boredom makes you more creative🍴

Daniel, age 11, started colouring wooden cutlery to fight boredom after his parents banned him from computer games for a week. “I realised how the individuality of the patterns in the cutlery showed how all people are different and unique.”

This year's Young Artists’ Summer Show display is now closed but the exhibition continues online: https://roy.ac/4nijye

Last night, we celebrated Marina 👑The wait is almost over: ‘Marina Abramović’ opens to the public on Saturday ❤️‍🔥Experi...
20/09/2023

Last night, we celebrated Marina 👑

The wait is almost over: ‘Marina Abramović’ opens to the public on Saturday ❤️‍🔥

Experience if for yourself – get your tickets now: https://roy.ac/m7r339

Laban Dance Centre is a performance space in South East London designed by architects Herzog & de Meuron in collaboratio...
19/09/2023

Laban Dance Centre is a performance space in South East London designed by architects Herzog & de Meuron in collaboration with Michael Craig-Martin RA.

During the day, the building's plastic walls let you see glimpses of dancers moving inside. At night, the building glows with Craig-Martin's bold and playful colour scheme.

Discover the design process behind this and more iconic buildings in our Herzog & de Meuron exhibition: https://roy.ac/hsk1fm

📸 Herzog & de Meuron, 'Laban Dance Centre,' London, 1997-2003. Photo © Margherita Spiluttini

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