Articles

RA Magazine Spring 2020

Tom Hammick, Night and Day

Artists

< 3 years ago

Woodwork: how does it work?

The centuries-old techniques of woodcut and wood engraving are alive and well today, holding an enduring appeal for contemporary artists. But what are these processes and what is the difference? Fiona Maddocks investigates.
Installation view of the RA’s ‘Exhibition of Italian Art 1200-1900’ in 1930

RA Exhibitions

< 3 years ago

Mussolini and the Royal Academy: a 90-year-old controversy

In 1930, the greatest works of the Italian Renaissance drew half a million visitors to the Academy. But there was a darker, political undercurrent to this blockbuster show, explains Katherine Jane Alexander…
Arthur Rothstein, Sewing a quilt. Gees Bend, Alabama. Jennie Pettway and another girl with the quilter Jorena Pettway

Opinion

< 3 years ago

Quilting from the Deep South: a lesson in creativity your way

Rooted in folk traditions, quilts from the Alabama hamlet of Gee’s Bend have long been prized by museums in the States. Now, their unbounded creativity has arrived in the UK.