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100 Royal Academicians have joined forces to produce an historic portfolio to support the Royal Academy of Arts

For the first time in the history of the Royal Academy of Arts, 100 Royal Academicians have joined forces to produce a historic portfolio, Varnishing Day: A Moment in Time, which includes new artwork from artists and architects such as Chantal Joffe RA, Grayson Perry RA, Fiona Rae RA, Stephen Cox RA, Wolfgang Tillmans RA, Antony Gormley RA, Farshid Moussavi RA, Olywn Bowey RA, Alan Stanton RA, Anish Kapoor RA, Richard Long RA, Ed Ruscha RA and Michael Craig Martin RA.

Artist Portrait with a Candle (A)’, from the series With Eyes Closed I See Happiness, 2012

An evening with Marina Abromovic

It was a rainy night in March and thanks to typical London traffic, I was embarrassingly late for an evening with Marina Abromovic at the Royal Academy of Arts. The crowd was very small which made this mishap worse, but as Iopened the door and made my way to my seat, the artist flashed me a kind smile.

The Royal Academy of Arts to host a street party , the Burlington Gardens Festival

The Royal Academy of Arts has just announced that it will host a street party, the Burlington Gardens Festival on 4th July 2015 (during Brown’s London Art Weekend 3 – 5 July 2015), to celebrate the history and future of Burlington Gardens, on the eve of its redevelopment. Artist hosts will include Royal Academicians Will Alsop, Yinka Shonibare, Bob and Roberta Smith and Richard Wilson.

Hang On A Minute Lads, I’ve Got A Great Idea! Back for Art Basel in Hong Kong 2015

You may remember this coach from Richard Wilson’s installation at The De La Warr Pavilion
Now The Royal Academy of Arts, UK, and the Peninsula Hong Kong unveiled today a public art installation by leading British sculptor Richard Wilson RA. The first initiative in a three-year partnership between The Peninsula and the RA, Wilson’s work coincides with the third edition of Art Basel in Hong Kong.

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