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The Royal Academy of Arts has championed art and artists since 1768. Join us every Friday for the #RAFridayDoodle challenge!
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we interrupt your doomscrolling to bring you this bird by a 5 year old
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A friendly reminder that even if you hate art, we do have air conditioning
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Polite reminder: just because you've had your Covid jab doesn't mean you can lick the paintings when we reopen.
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Mystery Dog.
‘Dog’ was anonymously submitted to the Young Artists’ Summer Show 2021. The elusive artist wrote: “This is my painting of a dog.” What more do you need to know?
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@choi_bts2
@BTS_twt
Due to popular demand the palette brooch will be back next month – and you can pre-order it now 🎨😎
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"Mog used to come and sit with me while I was working. She'd push the paintbrush with her nose. But she only did it when I was writing about her" – Judith Kerr speaking about her life and work last year. RIP to an incredible creative.
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So, weird day –
@elonmusk
poached our social media editor (absolute unit of a story, see
@guardian
,
@FT
,
@Telegraph
today). Anyway, would you like the job? Apply here:
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the closest Greggs is a 23-minute walk from the RA and we can only apologise for this
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Our boss:
Okay we need to share the joy of art while we’re closed, bring us the best content plan you’ve got.
Us:
*staring at our lunch*
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You can't come in to look at the art.
Show us the art on your walls instead.
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A little girl teaches her patient cats how to draw a flower.
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Who just wants to be back in a museum waiting patiently for someone to move out of the way of a label, quietly sighing, tapping feet
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For today's
#RAdailydoodle
, who can do a better job at restoring this copy of baroque artist Bartolomé Esteban Murillo’s 'The Immaculate Conception of Los Venerables'?
(you can also start from scratch)
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wow, Andrew, please tell us more about how painting is not David Hockney's thing
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@TheMERL
@britishmuseum
In true museum(ish) style we should prob say something about this lovely duck (ok, it's a goose, *probably* an ashy-headed goose, we understand). It's taken us all day making this lovely gif for you.
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Your irregular reminder that the Royal Academy is older than the United States
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@ginnersinner
To be able to capture such an appropriate expression of horror at such a young age is commendable
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Art can save lives.
For your
#RAdailydoodle
today, draw this derailed train in the Netherlands resting on a sculpture of a whale's tail.
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Just simply wonderful news.
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Say hello to the first female President of the Royal Academy of Arts in our 251-year history, Rebecca Salter.
Photo © Getty Images / Tristan Fewings
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Netflix and chill? What about art gallery and stand silently 2 metres apart?
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An engraving of Barnard Castle, after Turner, with figures on the riverbank.
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Maybe we should start cutting hair
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Tote bags are the Sports Direct mugs of the art world.
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We had to delete this on Instagram because of willies so here is some Exclusive Twitter Content.
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One of our colleague's children would like to submit, for your pleasure, 'a very naughty dragon'.
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Remember, it's legal to hug an art gallery from next Monday.
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The only thing non-essential is the moustache.
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@amberperrier1
Good, good try.
Cross that action out, and write beneath it:
'Please the Royal Academy'
and then cross that out.
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This little greyhound made it into the Summer Exhibition, picked from nearly 1600 artworks! What a good boy. What would you give him,
@dog_rates
?
#RASummer
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Our thoughts are with our Patron, Her Majesty The Queen, and the Royal Family as HRH The Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, is laid to rest today in St George’s Chapel, Windsor Castle.
May He rest in peace.
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Make the most of the sunny weather by booking a ticket to spend hours, indoors, under artificial lighting, looking at paintings of sunny weather.
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At least we get to look at the fancy gate more often in Tier 3 🤷♂️
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This is ‘Emotions on the Playground' by Oscar, age 5.
Oscar says “No one would play with me on the adventure playground.”
Please can we show Oscar that he's a superstar and his painting is absolutely magical💥
#RAYoungArtists
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Please don't bait us into trying to give a technical definition of art otherwise we'll all be here on Twitter debating for the next 50 years
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Cressida, aged 5, explains the motivation behind her artwork:
"I painted this picture after seeing a robin in the garden."
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Some people have posters of
@bastilledan
in their bedroom.
@bastilledan
has posters of us.
Played a few tunes last night including “Poet”, a cover of Kanye’s “Love Lockdown”, “Flaws” and this updated version of “Glory”. Cheers to everyone who tuned in. You can watch it all here
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We’ve brought Piccadilly Circus to a standstill, just to watch Picasso, and nothing else.
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We have posted this bird many times, and we will not stop.
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How you look coming out of your vaccination appointment.
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While at a restaurant, Picasso was asked by the owner to do him a doodle on a napkin in lieu of payment.
Picasso replied: "I want to pay the bill, not buy the restaurant."
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We ask people not to bring in large bags, food and drink to protect the artworks.
We ask that you wear a face covering to protect the human beings.
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We are officially open to the public!
You have no idea how satisfying it is to pull these gates open and welcome you back.
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We are aware of the bog roll on the floor.
For the avoidance of doubt, it is not art.
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We are saddened to hear that John Wragg RA has recently passed away.
These are two of the paintings he was working on before his death — he said they portrayed two sides of his personality. The first is titled 'The Returning', and the second 'The End of the Road'.
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"I think the world is mad and only if I work can I make some sense of it."
Happy Birthday, David Hockney!
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RIP to the wrap star, Christo.
"I make things that have no function – except maybe to make pleasure.”
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The Queen presented bronze acorns to five individuals, nominated by Royal Academicians for achievements in visual art or architecture.
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One day we'll open a Scratch 'n' Sniff exhibition, but it won't be this year.
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please can everyone tell our colleague Luna how great she looks in her RA uniform
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Draw the best duck you can in 5 seconds and then show us it.
Go.
#InternationalSolicitedDuckPicDay
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Andy Warhol was born on this day, so wear a wig and eat some soup or something.
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While we were closed due to coronavirus we made some changes and we're glad to reveal that it's all cake.
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Jeremy decides to make an impression in his first Zoom presentation
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Lockdown is getting dolled up just to stand by yourself in a field.
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We asked you to doodle bluebells for all those who can't get out to see them.
And you delivered:
#RAdailydoodle
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