Articles

RA Magazine Spring 2015

Henry Moore’s ‘Draped Seated Woman’ (1957-58) in its original site at Stifford Estate, Stepney Gren, c.1962

Opinion

< 8 years ago

The precarious future of public art

As the local government funding gap grows, councils will cash in on their art collections, warns Louisa Buck
'Art and Infrastructure', Illustration by Miguel Montaner, 2015

Opinion

< 8 years ago

Three ways art could change Britain

Visual art can shape approaches across public policy. Here are three unlikely areas where art and artists can make a difference.
Jenny Saville with 'Voice of the Shuttle (Philomela)'

RA Exhibitions

< 8 years ago

A conversation with Rubens: Tim Marlow interviews Jenny Saville RA

Rubens’s influence on painting extends right up to today, as a room curated by Jenny Saville RA for ‘Rubens and His Legacy’ reveals. Tim Marlow asks the painter about her response to the Flemish master as both artist and curator.
An RA volunteer works with a child to make a ‘forest in a box’ in response to the RA’s recent Kiefer show, at a family workshop for children with special educational needs

Inside the Academy

< 8 years ago

All for art: an introduction to the RA’s Access programme

How do you break the barriers that stop people coming to an art institution? Caroline Bugler gets some first-hand experience of the RA’s creative sessions that encourage access for everyone.
Sargy Mann, Lucas Gardens

Artists

< 8 years ago

Chantal Joffe: Me and my mentors

In the latest in our series on turning points in artists’ careers, Chantal Joffe RA tells Sam Phillips about the impact two teachers had on her work.
Lill Tschudi, Village Fair I

Opinion

< 8 years ago

How to shop the London Original Print Fair

As the fair celebrates its 30th birthday, we give one of our printmaker Academicians an imaginary cheque to spend…
Francisco de Goya, Nightmare

Opinion

< 8 years ago

Drawing on our fears: Timothy Hyman RA on Goya

Timothy Hyman RA ponders the dark and visionary nature of Goya’s drawings, as an entire album of his sheets come together in a rare reunion.
Tom Phillips RA in his studio

Artists

< 8 years ago

House of curiosities: in the studio with Tom Phillips RA

When Tom Phillips RA rented a room in a south London house 50 years ago, little did he know the entire house would become his studio.

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.
War Room 2015 by Cornelia Parker RA

Artists

8 years ago

Cornelia Parker’s poppies at the Whitworth

A survey of work by Cornelia Parker RA is the opening show at Manchester’s newly renovated Whitworth Gallery – featuring a room hung with the negatives from a poppy factory.

Art and politics illustration

Opinion

8 years ago

Should art be more political?

Should art have politics at the forefront of its agenda? Artist Bob and Roberta Smith RA and critic Kelly Grovier go head to head.
Sonia Delaunay, Electric Prisms

Opinion

8 years ago

Jennifer Durrant RA on the richness of Sonia Delaunay’s life and art

As Sonia Delaunay’s paintings, textiles and murals come to London, painter Jennifer Durrant RA explores her vibrant work.
Installation view of the Musée National Picasso-Paris

Opinion

8 years ago

A visit to the refurbished Musée National Picasso-Paris

Sarah Whitfield visits the newly refurbished château in Paris housing the world’s finest collection of Picasso, a tour de force in the City of Light.