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RWA Masterpieces: 5 great artworks by women to see for free in Bristol this month

The RWA has played a key role in British art – including women’s art – for well over a century.   On show now at the Victoria Methodist Church on Whiteladies...

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Discover the RWA Collection with Alison Bevan and Art Unlocked

RWA Director, Alison Bevan delves into the history of the RWA and its permanent collection for Art Unlocked, Art UK's online talk series.

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Albert Irvin at the RWA

Amongst the gems on show at the RWA’s free Our Heritage, Our Future exhibition in Bristol this autumn are two extraordinary large-scale paintings by Albert Irvin.

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RWA Volunteer Geraldine Haberfield on Warren Story (PPRWA)

Guest writer Geraldine Haberfield was one of Warren Storey's students at Weston-super-Mare Art College in the 1960s. In this blog post, Geraldine studies two of the artist's works and offers her...

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The History Behind our Walter Crane Lunettes

Today marks the birthday of Walter Crane - the artist behind our four incredible lunettes situated above our landing and marble staircase. In this blog post we're going to take a...

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Art Appreciation Series: Lucy Pratt on Alistair Frederick Flattely

We asked our artists to share their favourite works from our Permanent Collection. Here is volunteer Lucy Pratt's pick

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