Talk
Talk: From Reynolds to Le Brun: Making the Academy New Again
27 Sep 2018
The Arts Institute
Plymouth, United Kingdom
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Bob and Roberta Smith, Arts Council Collection, Southbank Centre, London © the artist
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The Arts Institute
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The Box
Exhibition
Great Artists | Great Teachers
17 Sep 2018 – 17 Nov 2018
Event times
Monday-Friday 10:00-17:00, Saturday 11:00-16:00
Cost of entry
Free admission
Address
- University of Plymouth
- Drake's Circus
- Plymouth
England - PL4 8AA
- United Kingdom
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Celebrating the 250th anniversary of the Royal Academy of Arts
About
Great Artists | Great Teachers brings together the work of some of the most significant artists/teachers working across the 20th Century and into the present. Selected as important artists in their own right, each of the artists are recognised as being hugely influential art teachers, helping to shape the direction of art education and inspiring the next generation of artists.
Featured artists:
Anthony Caro, Phyllida Barlow, David Batchelor, Michael Craig-Martin, Richard Hamilton, Lubaina Himid, Janice Kerbel, , Rosalind Nashashibi, Wendy Pasmore, Victor Pasmore, Carl Plackman, Bob and Roberta Smith, Jon Thompson and Richard Wentworth.
Great Artists | Great Teachers has been curated in response to the 250th anniversary of the Royal Academy of Arts, London, in Autumn 2018 and takes as its starting point the influence of Sir Joshua Reynolds, born in Plymouth (1723 –1792), one of the principal founders and first presidents of the Royal Academy of Arts. The exhibition includes a series of extracts from Reynolds’ Discourses on Art drawn from the city’s permanent collections
This is a partnership exhibition delivered by The Arts Institute and The Box, Plymouth.
Venue: The Levinsky Gallery, Roland Levinsky Building, University of Plymouth, PL4 8AA
