Tag: Royal Academy
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Royal Academy Summer 2026
Kate and I had our annual visit to the show which this year seemed to have a better layout… more spacious and easier to move around. As usual it was a great mix of the interesting, amusing, thoughtful and pedestrian. It always provokes but this year I felt there were fewer standout pieces. Even the…
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Entangled Pasts … Art and Colonialism at the Royal Academy
As you enter the courtyard you are instantly arrested by First Supper by Tavares Strachan a reimagining of Leonardo’s Last Supper in black and gold portraying famous black historical figures. It’s a suitable introduction to this exhibition exploring art in the eighteenth century and beyond and its difficult, complex and often contentious relationship with slavery…
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A day at the Royal Academy … Impressionist drawings
A wonderful exhibition with some wonderful Degas pastels as well as Seurat,Van Gogh, Pissarro, Gaugin and Monet among many other great Impressionists. A real discovery for me was the Italian Zandomeneghi, a pupil of Degas and really accomplished. Some of the great women Impressionists were also well represented; Morisot, Gonzales and Cassatt. Its been a…
Escape to myself 