Articles

RA Magazine Autumn 2019

William Hogarth, The Humours of an Election, II: Canvassing for Votes

Artists

> 3 years ago

Reflecting on Hogarth’s political prints from Brexit Britain

William Hogarth revelled in the vanity and corruption of London’s rakes and harlots. But his Comic History paintings also draw sobering parallels with Britain’s political climate today, writes Simon Wilson.

, Antony Gormley in his London studio

RA Exhibitions

> 3 years ago

Behind the scenes of our Antony Gormley exhibition

Six tonnes of steel mesh, eight kilometres of coiled tubing, a gallery flooded with sea water and a body that can be walked through: this autumn Antony Gormley RA transforms the Academy’s Main Galleries into a sequence of experiences that challenge the viewer. The show’s co-curator takes us behind the scenes.

Lucian Freud, Reflection with Two Children (Self-portrait) (detail)

RA Exhibitions

> 3 years ago

Lucian Freud in five self-portraits

From the focused, linear depictions in his early works, to the triumphant naked portrait painted at the top of his game, Lucian Freud’s self-portraits are a testament to the artist’s indefatigable journey. Friend and art critic Martin Gayford selects five works from our forthcoming exhibition ‘Lucian Freud: The Self-portraits’.