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Ian Mc Keever RA

Helene Schjerfbeck, Self-portrait, a Study (detail)

RA Exhibitions

> 3 years ago

Artist Ian McKeever RA on the raw power of Helene Schjerfbeck’s self-portraits

As we introduce the Finnish artist Helene Schjerfbeck to British audiences, painter Ian McKeever RA reflects on her searing self-portraits; works that changed the way he viewed both art and himself.

Richard Diebenkorn in his Hillcrest Road studio, Berkeley, California, in 1959

RA Exhibitions

8 years ago

Painting on the threshold: Ian McKeever RA on Diebenkorn and abstraction

As the Academy celebrates the American master, painter Ian McKeever RA explores Richard Diebenkorn’s profound inquiry into the nature of abstraction.