Kerry James Marshall – Everyday Life As Epic History – RA – Oliver Malin
Kerry James Marshall has quietly glided into the RA on a red eye from Chicago O’Hare. Every blessed visitor who can make a pilgrimage…
24 September 2025
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Kiefer/Van Gogh: Unearthing Unfinished Business – Simon Schama – Artlyst Book Review
At seventeen, Anselm Kiefer embarked on a pilgrimage—funded by a travel grant—that would quietly shape his trajectory. He first followed… Read More
26 June 2025
Kiefer & Van Gogh: An Intimate Visual Dialogue – Artlyst
When Anselm Kiefer first traced Vincent van Gogh’s footsteps at 18, clutching a travel grant and a head full of visions, he found more than inspiration…
24 June 2025
Michael Craig-Martin’s New Royal Academy Exhibition – A Happy Place
The Royal Academy of Arts is presenting the most comprehensive retrospective of Michael Craig-Martin RA seen in the UK to date….
19 September 2024
Out of Oblivion: Documenting Ukrainian Modernism – Clare Finn
The publication accompanying the exhibition currently at London’s Royal Academy of Arts, has toured Europe, In the Eye of the Storm…
23 July 2024
In the Eye of the Storm Modernism in Ukraine 1900-1930s Royal Academy – Sue Hubbard
Ukraine has long held a fascination. Family lore has it that my great-grandfather left Odessa in the 1890s, driven out by pogroms, to settle in the East End of London.
1 July 2024
Critic’s Choice: The 256th Royal Academy Summer Exhibition – Paul Carter Robinson
The Royal Academy Summer Exhibition, a cornerstone of the British art scene, owes its rich history and success to the Royal Academy of Arts.
11 June 2024
In the Eye of the Storm: Modernism in Ukraine 1900–1930s – Royal Academy
An innovative exhibition is set to open at the Royal Academy of Arts this summer, exploring Modern art in Ukraine from 1900 to the 1930s.
13 March 2024
Entangled Pasts: Colonialism’s Unilluminated Histories Royal Academy – Lee Sharrock
Entangled Pasts, 1768–now. Art, Colonialism and Change’ takes over the main galleries of the Royal Academy of Arts from 3rd February to 28th April 2024.
1 February 2024
Ann Christopher RA To Lead Royal Academy Lineup for 256th Summer Exhibition
The Royal Academy of Arts has revealed the committee for the upcoming 256th Summer Exhibition, which is set to be coordinated by the renowned British artist and Royal Academician Ann Christopher.
5 December 2023
Impressionists on Paper: Royal Academy Explores Work Beyond The Canvas
The Royal Academy of Arts is hosting a compelling exhibition that delves into the groundbreaking era of late 19th-century France…
28 November 2023
Unfaltering Marina Abramović: RA Stages Largest Retrospective To Date
In 1973, Marina Abramović performed Rhythm 10 at the Edinburgh Theatre Festival. Sitting at a table with twenty knives and two tape recorders
24 September 2023
Marina Abramović Will Be Present At Her Royal Academy Retrospective
The artist Marina Abramović will attend the private view and some opening days of her highly anticipated retrospective exhibition at the Royal Academy
4 September 2023
Contemporary Artworks Given To Queen Elizabeth For Platinum Jubilee Exhibited
Works by twenty contemporary artists gifted by the Royal Academy of Arts to Queen Elizabeth II to mark the Platinum Jubilee have gone on display today at The Queen’s Gallery
12 January 2023
William Kentridge: Merging Politics With Aesthetics – RA – Revd Jonathan Evens
“Drawing is the starting point to nearly all of Kentridge’s work. He sees drawing as a testing of ideas, a slow-motion version of thought.”
9 October 2022
William Kentridge: A Forty-Year Career – Royal Academy
The Royal Academy of Arts is currently hosting a major exhibition of the work of the internationally celebrated South African artist
22 September 2022
Mali Morris: Interview of the Month, July 2022 – Paul Carey-Kent
Mali Morris is a popular and notably active member of the Royal Academy of Arts, making her an appropriate choice for the annual commission to make flags over Bond Street.
28 June 2022
Windrush Statue Unveiled – Uta Kögelsberger Wins RA’s Charles Wollaston Award – National Gallery Announces Van Gogh Show for Bicentenary
A group of people representing the Windrush generation joined HRH Duke and Duchess of Cambridge at London Waterloo Station (22 June 2022) to witness the unveiling of the first National Windrush Monument.
23 June 2022
Anish Kapoor: Svayambh – Significant Works – Sue Hubbard
In the fine elegance of Burlington House, with all its associations of white privilege, Anish Kapoor’s lumbering train conjured images of India’s overcrowded railway system
21 March 2022
Francis Bacon: Birth Copulation And Death – Royal Academy – Sue Hubbard
If there is one image that Bacon made his own above any other, it is the mouth contorted in a scream or grimace.
27 January 2022
Francis Bacon: RA Show Explores His Fascination With Animals
The Royal Academy of Arts is presenting Francis Bacon: Man and Beast, the first exhibition to chart the development of the artist’s work through the lens of his fascination with animals
13 October 2021
Royal Academy Piccadilly Art Takeover Unveiled – Largest Dame Laura Knight Exhibition – Oscar Murillo Hackney Secondary School Project
The Piccadilly Art Takeover is a partnership between the Royal Academy of Arts and Art of London along with Westminster City Council and the Mayor of London.
21 July 2021
Michael Armitage And The Power Of Art – Royal Academy – Revd Jonathan Evens
Meek Gichugu’s No Erotic Them Say, included in this show, traumatised the imagination of Michael Armitage as a child.
20 July 2021
Royal Academy Backdown Over Jess de Wahls Transphobia Row
The Royal Academy of Arts has backed down and apologised to the German textile artist Jess de Wahls over transphobic row.
23 June 2021
David Hockney: The Arrival of Spring, Normandy – Royal Academy
From June 2021, the Royal Academy of Arts will present David Hockney: The Arrival of Spring, Normandy, 2020
24 February 2021
Antony Gormley and Martin Gayford Present Visual Culture Throughout History – Edward Lucie-Smith
The big new Thames & Hudson book Shaping the World, by Antony Gormley and Martin Gayford, turns out to be a good deal better than the truly appalling plug for it recently published in The Sunday Times’ Culture Magazines, but it still exhibits a few problems.
25 November 2020
Royal Academy’s Free Of Bombast Summer/ Winter Exhibition – Sue Hubbard
The Royal Academy Summer Show has an unbroken record. Still, this year, due to the pandemic, it’s being held in the winter rather than the summer
8 October 2020
Royal Academy Contemplates Shedding 150 Jobs Due To COVID Impact
The Royal Academy has announced that they will be entering a period of consultation over staff redundancies at their London gallery. This is due to the impact of COVID on ticket sales, their catering facilities and gift shop.
22 September 2020
Gilbert & George Quit Royal Academy Over Cancelled Show
Gilbert & George have quit the Royal Academy over an alleged dispute involving a cancelled show promised before the change over of Administration, last winter. This included the departure of their friend Artistic Director Tim Marlow and the election of Rebecca Salter as new President (PRA).
12 July 2020
Leonardo’s Last Supper: Is The RA’s Copy Better? – Edward Lucie-Smith
Leonardo’s Last Supper is back on view at the RA. Or at least a copy of it is, made by his pupil Gianpetrino. And to celebrate the event, there’s now a website devoted to it – the copy not the original. You can find it Here
24 June 2020
Royal Academy Postpones Summer Exhibition Until Autumn
The 252nd Summer Exhibition, at the Royal Academy which was due to open in June, has been rescheduled for autumn 2020 due to the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic.
2 April 2020
Picasso Exhibition Triumphs With Rarely Seen Works On Paper – Edward Lucie-Smith
Wow! This show is a real blockbuster! Spread out in the main exhibition galleries of the Royal Academy. It gives an excellent idea of who Picasso was, what he did, and why he is so centrally important to the story of Modern and Contemporary art.
22 January 2020