James Finch
@jamesfinch64.bsky.social
Senior Curator (Collections) at the Royal Academy of Arts and c19/20 art historian. Posts relating to the RA and its collections. 🖼📚🎨
The John Madejski Fine Rooms at the #royalacademyofarts, a beautiful suite of rooms not normally open, will be open 6 days a week from 16 Dec-1 Feb- please make the most of this opportunity to see work by Gainsborough, Lowry, Hockney and many more on display!
www.royalacademy.org.uk/exhibition/f...
www.royalacademy.org.uk/exhibition/f...
The John Madejski Fine Rooms | Royal Academy of Arts
Discover the historic Fine Rooms at the heart of Burlington House and see treasures from the RA Collection spanning more than 300 years.
www.royalacademy.org.uk
December 4, 2025 at 1:49 PM
The John Madejski Fine Rooms at the #royalacademyofarts, a beautiful suite of rooms not normally open, will be open 6 days a week from 16 Dec-1 Feb- please make the most of this opportunity to see work by Gainsborough, Lowry, Hockney and many more on display!
www.royalacademy.org.uk/exhibition/f...
www.royalacademy.org.uk/exhibition/f...
Several works by G.F. Watts from the #royalacademyofarts collection are in the Pattle Sisters exhibition at the Watts Gallery, including the drawing of Sara Pattle which features in the exhibition marketing
December 2, 2025 at 8:49 PM
Several works by G.F. Watts from the #royalacademyofarts collection are in the Pattle Sisters exhibition at the Watts Gallery, including the drawing of Sara Pattle which features in the exhibition marketing
Sheila Fell's 'Moorland at Night' (1979), a favourite work in the #royalacademyofarts collection. Recently shown in the Fell exhibition at Tullie House in Carlisle.
December 2, 2025 at 8:06 AM
Sheila Fell's 'Moorland at Night' (1979), a favourite work in the #royalacademyofarts collection. Recently shown in the Fell exhibition at Tullie House in Carlisle.
'Turner & Constable' at #Tate Britain- Turner's 'Dolbadern Castle' and Constable's 'A Boat Passing a Lock', both from the #royalacademyofarts collection, looking splendid in the first room!
November 26, 2025 at 11:50 AM
'Turner & Constable' at #Tate Britain- Turner's 'Dolbadern Castle' and Constable's 'A Boat Passing a Lock', both from the #royalacademyofarts collection, looking splendid in the first room!
'We Will Get Through This With Art'- painting by Bob and Roberta Smith on display at #royalacademyofarts as part of 'The Art Saleroom' this weekend.
November 22, 2025 at 9:31 AM
'We Will Get Through This With Art'- painting by Bob and Roberta Smith on display at #royalacademyofarts as part of 'The Art Saleroom' this weekend.
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We are delighted to announce that Hew Locke is the winner of the Apollo Artist of the Year award, which is supported by Whisky 1901
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November 20, 2025 at 8:43 PM
We are delighted to announce that Hew Locke is the winner of the Apollo Artist of the Year award, which is supported by Whisky 1901
apollo-magazine.com/apollo-award...
apollo-magazine.com/apollo-award...
#GertrudeHermes' 'The Warrior's Tomb' (1941) depicting a sinking submarine from above, is one of two works from the #RoyalAcademy collection currently on display in 'Artist as Witness' at the Russell-Cotes in Bournemouth russellcotes.com/event/artist...
November 19, 2025 at 11:50 PM
#GertrudeHermes' 'The Warrior's Tomb' (1941) depicting a sinking submarine from above, is one of two works from the #RoyalAcademy collection currently on display in 'Artist as Witness' at the Russell-Cotes in Bournemouth russellcotes.com/event/artist...
Reading about Carol Weight's work as a war artist in @britishartjournal.bsky.social- this brilliant Athens street scene (1946) is in the Imperial War Museum collection
November 17, 2025 at 4:19 PM
Reading about Carol Weight's work as a war artist in @britishartjournal.bsky.social- this brilliant Athens street scene (1946) is in the Imperial War Museum collection
04/1156 One of a group of preparatory studies by Leighton for his painting 'Captive Andromache' in the Manchester Art Gallery. #royalacademyofarts
November 11, 2025 at 11:32 AM
04/1156 One of a group of preparatory studies by Leighton for his painting 'Captive Andromache' in the Manchester Art Gallery. #royalacademyofarts
A favourite from the brilliant #royalacademyofart collection of #Hogarth prints is this woodcut copy of his own 'Cruelty in Perfection' that he had made to appeal to the market for woodcuts (sold more cheaply and in greater quantities than the copper engravings he made himself). RA 17/3881
November 4, 2025 at 11:37 AM
A favourite from the brilliant #royalacademyofart collection of #Hogarth prints is this woodcut copy of his own 'Cruelty in Perfection' that he had made to appeal to the market for woodcuts (sold more cheaply and in greater quantities than the copper engravings he made himself). RA 17/3881
Standout works by Academicians at the LAPADA fair on Berkeley Square- a brilliant Sickert, a tiny Constable sketch, an unusual Munnings, and an Augustus John drawing.
October 31, 2025 at 3:19 PM
Standout works by Academicians at the LAPADA fair on Berkeley Square- a brilliant Sickert, a tiny Constable sketch, an unusual Munnings, and an Augustus John drawing.
Last week to see Turner In Light and Shade at the Whitworth, Manchester, which includes a group of RA loans- my favourite is this annotated impression of 'The Lake of Thun'. www.whitworth.manchester.ac.uk/whats-on/exh...
October 30, 2025 at 1:46 PM
Last week to see Turner In Light and Shade at the Whitworth, Manchester, which includes a group of RA loans- my favourite is this annotated impression of 'The Lake of Thun'. www.whitworth.manchester.ac.uk/whats-on/exh...
Also a founding Member of the Royal Academy of Arts, where her work is on permanent display!
Angelica Kauffman was born #OnThisDay in 1741 – she was the equivalent of a rockstar in the eighteenth century!
Read more 👉 https://artuk.org/discover/stories/angelica-kauffmann-the-female-trailblazer-of-neoclassicism/
🧑🎨 Angelica Kauffmann (1741–1807) 📸 National Portrait Gallery
Read more 👉 https://artuk.org/discover/stories/angelica-kauffmann-the-female-trailblazer-of-neoclassicism/
🧑🎨 Angelica Kauffmann (1741–1807) 📸 National Portrait Gallery
October 30, 2025 at 8:47 AM
Also a founding Member of the Royal Academy of Arts, where her work is on permanent display!
Some wonderful images of the RA's 1935-6 International Exhibition of Chinese Art included, and its wider significance ('the first comprehensive global show of Chinese art'- 420k visitors in 14 weeks!) explored in a new Durham University resource stories.durham.ac.uk/journey-of-a....
October 20, 2025 at 10:10 AM
Some wonderful images of the RA's 1935-6 International Exhibition of Chinese Art included, and its wider significance ('the first comprehensive global show of Chinese art'- 420k visitors in 14 weeks!) explored in a new Durham University resource stories.durham.ac.uk/journey-of-a....
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Calling all c19 art and queer theory ppl! @frankiedytor.bsky.social and I are still welcoming proposals for our #AAH panel on c19 British art after trans studies: see CFP below. #c19 #lgbtqhistory
October 20, 2025 at 8:33 AM
Calling all c19 art and queer theory ppl! @frankiedytor.bsky.social and I are still welcoming proposals for our #AAH panel on c19 British art after trans studies: see CFP below. #c19 #lgbtqhistory
Beautiful Peter Coker etching of undergrowth in Epping Forest from the RA collection
October 11, 2025 at 12:03 PM
Beautiful Peter Coker etching of undergrowth in Epping Forest from the RA collection
Whistler's Mother in 'Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs 2'- is there *anywhere* this painting mightn't show up?
September 3, 2025 at 12:07 PM
Whistler's Mother in 'Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs 2'- is there *anywhere* this painting mightn't show up?
Burlington Magazine have temporarily removed paywall on this good article about DG Rossetti's ownership of Botticelli's 'Smerelda Brandini' now on the V&A issuu.com/burlington/d...
G. Rossetti’s ownership of Botticelli's ‘Smeralda Brandini’ by Gail S. Weinberg
When Herbert Horne published his pioneering biography of Sandro BotticeUi in 1908,1 he stressed that 'among the first to realise in some definite measure the peculiar character and charm of Botticelli...
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August 21, 2025 at 10:41 AM
Burlington Magazine have temporarily removed paywall on this good article about DG Rossetti's ownership of Botticelli's 'Smerelda Brandini' now on the V&A issuu.com/burlington/d...
Lovely video about gold in Duccio's Siena just posted by the National Gallery youtu.be/diJUaHMnazU?...
The story of gold in Duccio's Siena: The Chemistry of Colour | National Gallery
YouTube video by The National Gallery
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June 13, 2025 at 11:11 AM
Lovely video about gold in Duccio's Siena just posted by the National Gallery youtu.be/diJUaHMnazU?...
John Singer Sargent in Capri, Roger Fry in Rome, now on display at Tate Britain.
March 18, 2025 at 3:28 PM
John Singer Sargent in Capri, Roger Fry in Rome, now on display at Tate Britain.
Paul Maitland's work is too little-known but he was a wonderful painter of late 19th century London. His 'Factories bordering the River' recently went on display at Tate Britain.
February 19, 2025 at 12:42 PM
Paul Maitland's work is too little-known but he was a wonderful painter of late 19th century London. His 'Factories bordering the River' recently went on display at Tate Britain.
What paintings would you want for your artificial city? Turner's 'Peace-Burial at Sea', Sargent's 'Nonchaloir', and Vermeer's 'Girl with a Pearl Earring' in episode 2 of 'Paradise'
February 6, 2025 at 11:46 PM
What paintings would you want for your artificial city? Turner's 'Peace-Burial at Sea', Sargent's 'Nonchaloir', and Vermeer's 'Girl with a Pearl Earring' in episode 2 of 'Paradise'
Detail of Peter Kennard's 'Haywain with Cruise Missiles' in the exhibition at the Whitechapel Gallery. Great to see the original photomontage, so often reproduced.
January 18, 2025 at 8:06 PM
Detail of Peter Kennard's 'Haywain with Cruise Missiles' in the exhibition at the Whitechapel Gallery. Great to see the original photomontage, so often reproduced.
A favourite work by a favourite artist: George Clausen's portrait of his brother-in-law Alfred George Webster. It's in the Usher Gallery, Lincoln, along with a collection of Webster's own paintings.
January 17, 2025 at 10:01 AM
A favourite work by a favourite artist: George Clausen's portrait of his brother-in-law Alfred George Webster. It's in the Usher Gallery, Lincoln, along with a collection of Webster's own paintings.
Sir Joshua Reynolds' studio experiments on display at the Royal Academy of Arts
January 8, 2025 at 5:56 PM
Sir Joshua Reynolds' studio experiments on display at the Royal Academy of Arts