Best of the West – January 2023

The best art exhibitions and events in Bristol and the Westcountry – selected by the Friends of the RWA…

Best of the West – December 2022

The best art exhibitions and events in Bristol and the Westcountry – selected by the Friends of the RWA…

Friends of the Royal West of England committee members, Jane Boot and Laurel Smart, will be showing in this year’s North Bristol Art Trail

by David Evans In November the Friends Trips and Visits team went on a residential visit to Dorset, staying for…

Join fellow Friends in the RWA’s beautiful main galleries after-hours, to hear what your committee has been doing over the…

This year marks the 10th anniversary of the final issue of ART, the stunning magazine produced by the RWA

The best art exhibitions and events in Bristol and the Westcountry – selected by the Friends of the RWA…

Author Judy Darley explores the art of writing about art…

Lily McAuley uncovers the remarkable story of Dame Freya Stark

We are delighted to present a new series of free Wednesday evening Artist Talks, exclusively for Friends.

The best art exhibitions and events in Bristol and the Westcountry – selected by the Friends of the RWA…

Our exclusive Q&A with the founder of Artist Support Pledge…

Nicola Rigby reviews Human – a stunning visual retrospective of the work of sculptor Beth Caverner

The Friends were deeply saddened by the death of Her Majesty The Queen, Elizabeth II, on 8 September 2022.

Grace Hannell reviews a new feature-length documentary about the life of one of Britain’s greatest landscape artists