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Sam Phillips

The old town of Tammisaari (Ekenäs), where Schjerfbeck lived from 1925

RA Exhibitions

> 5 years ago

Exploring Finland in the footsteps of Helene Schjerfbeck

To coincide with our exhibition of works by Helene Schjerfbeck, Sam Phillips returned to the places the Finnish artist called home, and along the way saw what Finland’s art scene had to offer.
The new Bauhaus Museum Weimar

Artists

> 5 years ago

Travel: on the Bauhaus trail, from Weimar to Berlin

To mark 100 years of the legendary art school, Sam Phillips follows its fortunes from Weimar, via Dessau, to the German capital.
Francis Bacon, Francis Bacon in Monaco

RA Recommends

> 8 years ago

From Soho to sunshine: the Francis Bacon you never knew

We know him as the doyen of dingy 1960s Soho. But a major exhibition in Monaco reveals the British painter in a more Mediterranean light, showing how he drew inspiration from the French Riviera. The editor of RA Magazine takes a visit.
Ai Weiwei, He Xie

RA Exhibitions

> 9 years ago

Ai of the tiger: Sam Phillips meets Ai Weiwei in his Beijing studio

Fearless and uncompromising, Ai Weiwei’s art challenges cultural values, confronts injustices and pushes materials to their limit. Sam Phillips talks to the artist about his show at the RA, which he was not expecting to be able to attend.
Installation view at the Royal Academy of Arts of Anselm Kiefer’s Morgenthau series, 2013

RA Exhibitions

10 years ago

How to read an Anselm Kiefer

Rich in both material and meaning, the powerful paintings of the German artist reward repeated viewing. We take a deeper look at ‘Black Flakes’, one of the works in the show.
From left: Daniel Lipp, Aimee Parrott, Brian Griffiths, Marisa J. Futernick, Ellen Macdonald and Julie Born Schwartz, Coco Crampton, Phyllida Barlow RA, Alex Clarke, Ariane Schick, Gabriel Stones, Alice Theobold, Alex Chase White (seated), Hannah Perry, P

RA Exhibitions

> 10 years ago

RA Schools students discuss their upcoming final show

As students from the RA Schools prepare for their final show, what are their feelings about leaving after three intensive years of study? Some of them discuss the issues they face with Schools tutor Brian Griffiths and Phyllida Barlow RA, who has been involved in art education for 45 years.
Michael Craig-Martin RA, Objects of our Time – Memory Stick

RA Recommends

> 10 years ago

Lorna Simpson, Michael Craig-Martin and contortionist office workers

From Lorna Simpson’s photographic explorations of gender and race to hallucinogenic visions of deserts and streetscapes; everything worth seeing this week.
Seeing scents

RA Exhibitions

< 11 years ago

Seeing scents

Fragrance designer Jo Malone has a nose for architecture as well as scent, as we discovered on a visit Kengo Kuma’s aromatic installation in our ‘Sensing Spaces’ exhibition.
Giorgio Morandi, Still Life

Opinion

< 12 years ago

Giorgio Morandi at the Estorick Collection

Everyday items become remarkable at the hands of one of the great 20th century still life artists.