Royal Academy

George Bellows  Stag at Sharkey's, 1909. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Hinman B. Hurlbut Collection. © The Cleveland Museum of Art

Art Review: George Bellows @ Royal Academy

Plenty of bloodlust in paintings of boxing and war

Same old, same old by Blue Firth, 2013. Installation shot by Louise Haywood-Schiefer

Architecture Meets Magic At The Royal Academy

Performance and discussion to accompany installation “Same old, same old”.

Edouard Manet  The Railway, 1873. National Gallery of Art, Washington, Gift of Horace Havemeyer in memory of his mother, Louisine W. Havemeyer, 1956.10.1  Photo courtesy of the National Gallery of Art, Washington

Art Review: Manet – Portraying Life @ Royal Academy

Does the first blockbuster exhibition of the year live up to the hype?

George Bellows, New York, 1911.  National Gallery of Art, Washington, Collection of Mr. and Mrs. Paul Mellon  Image courtesy of the Board of Trustees, National Gallery of Art, Washington  Photograph Greg Williams

Preview: Top 10 Art Exhibitions In 2013

Our art highlights for the coming year.

Michael Angelo Rooker, A.R.A.  The Gatehouse of Battle Abbey, Sussex  1792. Photo credit: © Royal Academy of Arts, London

Art Review: Constable, Gainsborough, Turner @ Royal Academy

A history of British landscape painting, including its three most famous names.

Chimera of Arezzo, Etruscan. Soprintendenza per i Beni Archeologici della Toscana  Photo Antonio Quattrone, Florence

Exhibition Review: Bronze @ Royal Academy

Exquisite works from across the world show us that bronze is more than good enough.

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London Original Print Fair 2012

Sir Peter Blake to open the Royal Academy event.

Johan Zoffany. The Tribuna of the Uffizi, 1772-7. The Royal Collection, Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II. Photo The Royal Collection copyright 2011, Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II

Johan Zoffany @ Royal Academy

Neoclassical paintings filled with large casts of characters and plenty of satire.

Simon Callow in Being Shakespeare

Arts Ahead: What’s On In London 6–12 March

Fun-sounding theatre, opera, jazz, world music and art exhibitions opening this week

David Hockney, Pearblossom Highway, 11-18 April 1986 #1

Art Review: David Hockney RA: A Bigger Picture @ Royal Academy

Is the Hockney blockbuster everything it should be?

Hotel Acatlan: Second Day, 1984-85. Colour lithograph on two sheets of handmade paper. Paper and image 73.0 x 193.0cm. Edition of 98. Copyright: Courtesy of the Alan Cristea Gallery

Exhibition Preview: David Hockney Moving Focus @ Alan Cristea Gallery

Another David Hockey show: but this one’s free