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Tag: Royal Academy of Arts
Marina Abramovic finally gets her show at the Royal Academy.
Marina Abramovic finally gets her show at the Royal Academy after it was delayed twice by COVID. The show will… Read More
The Royal Academy of Arts to host a major exhibition of the work of South African artist William Kentridge.
In autumn 2022, the Royal Academy of Arts will host a major exhibition of the work of the internationally celebrated… Read More
The Top 5 Museum Exhibitions to see in London: Spring 2022
Tabish Khan the @LondonArtCritic picks his favourite exhibitions to see right now in museums and institutional art galleries. Each one comes with a… Read More
So This Is Permanent
It’s easy to find that, because there’s a time limit on changing exhibitions, you concentrate on those becasue you might miss them and never quite get round to looking at institutions’ permanent holdings, deep in the memory as they may be. So on visiting major new shows recently, I’ve also thought: let’s take a ride out, see what we can find…
The Top 5 Exhibitions to see in London right now
Carnival, femininity, landscapes, art history & fire.
Kyosai: The Israel Goldman Collection at the Royal Academy of Arts
I must admit that before I visited the Kawanabe Kyosai exhibition at the Royal Academy of Arts, I wasn’t familiar with his work, and expected to see something in the vein of the revered Japanese artist Hokusai. Kyosai is considered to be a close successor of Hokusai, however, the exhibition felt more like looking at the work of an illustrator and satirist than a fine artist.
In the Shadows of Bacon
The Royal Academy’s ‘Man and Beast’ offers the chance to see many prime paintings by Bacon
Francis Bacon ‘Man and Beast’ at the Royal Academy of Arts
For the first time in a decade, a major retrospective of paintings by 20th Century master Francis Bacon (1909-1992) is on display in London.
Royal Academy of Arts has elected three new Royal Academicians & a couple of Honorary Fellows.
At a recent General Assembly meeting, the Royal Academy of Arts elected three new Royal Academicians: Michael Armitage, in the… Read More
RA to present an exhibition of Kawanabe Kyosai one of the most exciting & popular Japanese painters of the late 19th century.
Kawanabe Kyosai (1831–1889) was the most exciting and popular Japanese painter of the late 19th century. A child prodigy and… Read More
The Top Photography Exhibitions to see in London
Tabish Khan the @LondonArtCritic picks his top exhibitions to see right now – this week it’s a photography special. Each one comes… Read More
The Royal Academy of Arts to present Francis Bacon: Man and Beast.
In January 2022, the Royal Academy of Arts will present Francis Bacon: Man and Beast, the first exhibition to chart… Read More
The Top 5 Museum Exhibitions to see in September in London
A flickering crossing, a bejewelled oil barrel, intense emotions and activism.
Michael Armitage ‘Paradise Edict’ at the Royal Academy of Arts
The real gem of a show can be found upstairs in the Sackler Wing. Filling the walls of the Sackler galleries with a collection of huge, sumptuous paintings featuring a cacophony of colourful animals and characters, is Michael Armitage.
Michael Armitage: Paradise Edict
Potentially our favourite painting exhibition of 2021 opens at the Royal Academy of Arts to the public this Saturday 21st May. Michael Armitage: Paradise Edict spans the last seven years of Armitage’s work
The Top 7 Art Exhibitions to see when Museums open again
Rush out to the shows you’ve missed while museums have been closed.
David Hockney: The Arrival of Spring, Normandy,
The Royal Academy of Arts to open David Hockney: The Arrival of Spring, Normandy, 2020 comprising a new body of work created by David Hockney RA during a period of intense activity at his home in Normandy charting the unfolding and progression of Spring.
11 Art exhibitions to get excited about in 2021
What a year 2020 was! Glad to get that over but seems like the beginning of 2021 is going to… Read More
The Top 6 Exhibitions to see in London in late January
String Theory, Pre-Raphaelites, a black eye, Sultans, fashion and bright lights.
Antony Gormley at the Royal Academy of Arts
During the fall of 2019 Antony Gormley transforms the Royal Academy’s main galleries into a sequence of experiences that challenge and entices the viewer.
The Top 7 Art Exhibitions to see in London in August
A fun house, selfies, creepy vitrines, Smiths, a foil tiger and chunky sculpture.
The Top 7 Art Exhibitions to see in London in June
A mustachioed tiger, tied to a lamppost, heaven and hell, precarious sculpture, helmets, tarred toys and an immense painting.
The Top 5 Art Exhibitions to see in March
Flames, toys, the South coast, lights and a skip.