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Herbert Norville in Pressure, 1976, by Horace Ové

RA Recommends

3 years ago

Filmmaker Horace Ové’s powerful depictions of 1970s Black British life

Horace Ové’s work has influenced John Akomfrah RA, Isaac Julien RA and countless others. Ahead of Tate Modern’s group show, ‘Life Between Islands: Caribbean-British Art 1950s-Now’, artist Hurvin Anderson looks back at Ové’s films and the stories they tell.
Dora Maar, The Conversation (detail)

Opinion

5 years ago

Dora Maar: more than a muse

A Tate Modern survey show of the Surrealist Dora Maar reveals the artist’s questing imagination, writes Professor Dawn Adès.
Joy Labinjo, Untitled

RA Recommends

5 years ago

10 art exhibitions to see in November

From David Bomberg’s fascination with the Old Masters to Kiki Smith’s first solo show in the UK, here are 10 exhibitions not to miss this November.

Bridget Riley, High Sky

RA Recommends

> 5 years ago

10 art exhibitions to see in July

From Bridget Riley and the dazzling canvases of the Op-Art movement, to the culinary artefacts of the ancient world, here 10 shows across the UK that we recommend this month.
Wolfgang Tillmans in his studio, 2017

Artists

< 8 years ago

In the studio with Wolfgang Tillmans RA

The photographer’s workspace in a former Berlin department store houses giant printers, tropical plants and DJ turntables. Anna Coatman meets the acclaimed artist and EU campaigner.
Robert Rauschenberg, Monogram (detail)

RA Recommends

8 years ago

Rauschenberg and the most celebrated goat in art history

Simon Wilson deciphers the enigmatic work of American artist Robert Rauschenberg, as a major retrospective opens at Tate Modern.
Installation view of 'Marlene Dumas: The Image as Burden' at the Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam, from 6 Sep 2014 until 4 Jan 2015.

Opinion

10 years ago

The mythical women of Marlene Dumas Hon RA

Marlene Dumas Hon RA’s paintings elevate women to mythic status. Here we celebrate the vision of a major artist as her powerful Amsterdam show comes to London.
Zaha Hadid RA, The Peak Blue Slabs

Artists

> 10 years ago

Zaha Hadid RA on the influence of Malevich in her work

As a major Malevich show goes on view, Zaha Hadid RA reveals how her use of painting and drawing to develop buildings was inspired by the artist.
Pierre-Auguste Renoir, The Skiff (La Yole)

Opinion

> 10 years ago

Four major exhibitions with colour at their core open this summer

Simon Wilson surveys a slew of shows, in London, Liverpool and Margate, that reveal the changing roles colour has played in art history.
Mali Morris RA, Glide

Artists

< 11 years ago

Cutting it fine

As Tate Modern mounts a major show of Matisse’s cut-outs, painter Mali Morris RA pays tribute to the artist’s directness, inventiveness and exuberance