Royal Academy
Mexico: A Revolution in Art 1910-1940, Royal AcademyThursday, 04 July 2013
Artists love a good revolution. The social upheaval, the bubbling up of new ideas and the breaking down of old ones, attracts them like flies to fly paper. The Mexican revolution was no exception. During the years 1910-1940, Mexico attracted large... Read more... |
George Bellows: Modern American Life, Royal AcademyWednesday, 13 March 2013
One can immediately see the influence of Manet and Whistler, especially Whistler, the fellow American who spent most of his life in Paris and London. George Bellows, the first quintessentially American artist of the 20th century, made famous in his... Read more... |
Manet: Portraying Life, Royal AcademyFriday, 25 January 2013
While any Manet survey, however compromised by a lack of significant loans, must be considered "an event", this is not quite the exhibition one might have hoped to see of a great artist. Taking up one vast floor of the Royal Academy with just over... Read more... |
Mariko Mori: Rebirth, Burlington Gardens, Royal AcademyWednesday, 12 December 2012
The Royal Academy’s spacious white galleries at Burlington Gardens are flooded with mystic light and filled with New Age baubles. You are bathed in a trippy purple haze as you enter one gallery which contains a giant glowing pod. The translucent pod... Read more... |
The Company of Strangers: How the Royal Academy Was FoundedTuesday, 09 October 2012
Since becoming Secretary and Chief Executive of the Royal Academy of Arts almost exactly five years ago, I have become increasingly interested in why it was established. In particular, I almost inevitably got interested in the so-called Laws which... Read more... |
Bronze, Royal AcademyMonday, 17 September 2012
A Dancing Satyr leaps into the air, his head thrown back in ecstasy. His alabaster eyes appear like two pinpoints of illumination in the dimly lit gallery. The bronze figure, which is the first work you encounter in an exhibition spanning 5,000... Read more... |
From Paris: A Taste for Impressionism, Royal AcademyFriday, 06 July 2012
As the clouds continue and the rain pours down, the Sackler Gallery at the Royal Academy is filled with sun-dappled scenes from France. The anthology is a potpourri of paintings culled from the remarkable collections put together by the millionaire... Read more... |
Wanderlust, Royal Court TheatreFriday, 17 September 2010
Middle-class family angst is this season’s theme at the Royal Court Theatre. And, in his new play about sex and intimacy, which opened last night, playwright Nick Payne puts the lust in Wanderlust and creates a contemporary tale of wandering hands... Read more... |
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