Royal Academy of Arts
WEBOpening times. Monday: closed. Tuesday–Sunday: 10am–6pm. Friday: 10am–9pm. Burlington House entrance. Piccadilly, W1J 0BD. Burlington Gardens entrance. 6 Burlington Gardens, W1S 3ET. Located in the heart of London, the RA is a place where art is made, exhibited and debated.
Art and artists - Royal Academy of Arts
WEBOur Collection spans 250 years of British art, from Constable and Turner to Hockney and Emin. It now contains about 935 paintings, 350 sculptures, 700 plaster casts, 25,000 prints and drawings and 5,000 historic photographs. Some were acquired as teaching materials for the RA Schools, or simply to inspire the next generation of artists.
Ai Weiwei: 13 works to know | Royal Academy of Arts
WEBSep 14, 2015 · Ai Weiwei has worked in everything from paint to readymades. As our landmark exhibition examines work from 1993 up to the present day, we take a look at some of the key works to know from across Ai's career. In Ai Weiwei’s work, there is no division between art and politics. Throughout his career, the …
How to read it: our copy of Leonardo's Last Supper
WEBMar 22, 2019 · Leonardo da Vinci painted the Last Supper over 500 years ago between 1492 and 1497-48 in Santa Maria delle Grazie in Milan. The mural was painted in an experimental technique of tempera and oil on plaster, a kind of dry fresco, and its condition started deteriorating very soon after it was painted. In 1652, a door was inserted in the lower ...
Michelangelo, Leonardo, Raphael | Royal Academy of Arts
WEBAt the turn of the 16th century, three titans of the Italian Renaissance – Michelangelo, Leonardo and Raphael – briefly crossed paths, competing for the attention of the most powerful patrons in Republican Florence. On 25 January 1504, Florence’s most prominent artists met to advise on an appropriate location for Michelangelo’s nearly ...
Strike a pose: 250 years of life drawing at the RA
WEBPublished on 6 February 2018. As our 'From Life' exhibition explores the past, present and future of representing bodies in art, we look back at the Royal Academy's 250-year tradition of drawing nude models. Charles West Cope RA ’s depiction of a life class taking place at the Royal Academy in 1865 is an evocative image that seems to sum up ...
Sir Eduardo Paolozzi | Artist | Royal Academy of Arts
WEBPop Art pioneer Eduardo Paolozzi was a sculptor and printmaker whose large-scale public commissions transformed spaces including the British Library courtyard and the London Underground. Born in Edinburgh to Italian parents, Paolozzi grew up reading American magazines and pasting pictures he liked into a scrapbook; a habit that would eventually ...
J.M.W. Turner | Artist - Royal Academy of Arts
WEBA child prodigy who went on to become one of the stars of British art, Joseph Mallord William Turner began his formal training at the Royal Academy Schools aged just 14. Turner’s father was a Covent Garden barber who encouraged his son’s artistic ability, exhibiting and selling Turner’s early drawings in his shop.
José Pizarro | Royal Academy of Arts
WEBT: 020 7300 5912. José Pizarro at the RA is the acclaimed chef’s first restaurant in the heart of Mayfair, bringing together his two biggest loves – food and art. José has taken over the beautiful Senate Room located on the first floor of Burlington Gardens, the space is beautifully light and airy and is the perfect setting for our tapas ...
Ron Arad | Artist | Royal Academy of Arts
WEBRon Arad RA (b. 1951) Born in Tel Aviv in 1951, educated at the Jerusalem Academy of Art and later at the Architectural Association in London, Ron Arad co-founded with Caroline Thorman in 1981 the design and production studio One Off. Later, in 1989, Ron Arad Associates architecture and design practice was established, and from 1994 to 1999 Ron ...