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Angelica Kauffman RA

Angelica Kauffman RA, Portrait of Emma, Lady Hamilton, as Muse of Comedy (detail)

RA Exhibitions

6 months ago

Video: Bridgerton’s Adjoa Andoh on 18th-century star Emma, Lady Hamilton

Watch Adjoa Andoh, Bridgerton’s Lady Danbury uncover the story behind Angelica Kauffman’s muse Emma, Lady Hamilton.
Angelica Kauffman, Eleanora Sucking the Venom out of the Wound of Her Husband, King Edward I (detail)

RA Exhibitions

8 months ago

Angelica Kauffman: Art History’s Heroine

In this long read from RA Magazine, Alexandra Harris argues that Angelica Kauffman’s depictions of women blazed a trail for the female gaze.
Angelica Kauffman RA, Portraits of Domenica Morghen and Maddalena Volpato as Muses of Tragedy and Comedy (detail)

RA Exhibitions

10 months ago

Start here: Angelica Kauffman

Meet Angelica Kauffman, founding member of the Royal Academy and one of the most celebrated artists of her day.

Angelica Kauffman, Self-portrait of the Artist hesitating between the Arts of Music and Painting

RA Exhibitions

11 months ago

The meteoric rise of Angelica Kauffman RA

Historian Jenny Uglow tells the story of how Angelica Kauffman became a founding Member of the RA and one of the most revered artists in Georgian Britain.
Colin Hayes RA, Interior, ca. 1961

RA Recommends

> 2 years ago

10 novels about art you won’t put down

For all your summer reading needs, we’ve picked 10 contemporary novels inspired by art and artists. Escape to the studios of 1970s New York, the courts of 15th-century Paris, or the deathbed of Francis Bacon…
Joe Lycett, Chris

RA Exhibitions

> 2 years ago

Nine eyebrow-raising moments from the Summer Exhibition

From the time we rejected Banksy to Turner’s “gunshot in the gallery”, the Summer Exhibition has regularly ruffled the feathers of British art in its 254 years. Here are some of our favourite moments!
Sarah Pickstone, The Rainbow

RA Exhibitions

6 years ago

My art agenda: Sarah Pickstone

Sarah Pickstone, alumna of the RA Schools, discusses the inspiration behind her new works in Burlington House, her co-operative studio and the democratic nature of drawing.
, Photographs of procedures for the Summer Exhibition, 1930

Our Collection

> 6 years ago

Quiz: which great British artwork are you?

To celebrate our 250th birthday, we’re finally putting the treasures of our Collection on free display all across the RA. Each artwork has its own unique character, so which one matches yours?
Angelica Kauffman RA, Design (detail)

Inside the Academy

> 6 years ago

A “female invasion” 250 years in the making

The RA started out with two female Academicians, then took over a century to elect any more. As we celebrate our 250th anniversary, we take a look back at the women who fought the odds to be a part of our history – and the ones helping to secure our future.

Johann Zoffany RA, The Academicians of the Royal Academy

Opinion

> 8 years ago

Hidden from history: the Royal Academy’s female founders

While the past decade has seen more female artists becoming Academicians, they have been a rare sight for much of the RA’s existence, and were even excluded from Zoffany’s famed painting of the Academy’s founders. Historian Amanda Vickery delves into the archives to discover the pioneering women who wielded the brush.