Varnishing Day: A Moment in Time is a collective artwork conceived by David Mach RA and Hughie O’Donoghue RA, featuring the work of 100 Royal Academicians—ranging from Antony Gormley RA to Yinka Shonibare RA.
In 2020, as the UK entered its first lockdown due to the Coronavirus pandemic, the Royal Academy Summer Exhibition was postponed for the first time in 252 years, along with Varnishing Day.
Traditionally, Varnishing Day is when Academicians whose works are featured in the Summer Exhibition gather to celebrate and add final touches to their pieces before the exhibition opens the following day. For Varnishing Day: A Moment in Time, 100 Academicians, all in isolation in their homes and studios, created an artwork on Varnishing Day 2020 to express their thoughts and feelings during this unprecedented period.
This work serves as a collective artistic response to the Coronavirus Pandemic and acknowledges the contribution made to the RA by the Friends of the Royal Academy.
Details
Collated as a set of 100 works presented in a gift box
Each work is 330 x 245 mm
Includes a letter from Queen Camilla.
Hurtwood will give £50.00 from every sale of the portfolio to The Friends of the Royal Academy (a registered charity in England and Wales no. 272926)
Artists included:
Norman Ackroyd, Sir David Adjaye OBE, Ron Arad, Diana Armfield, Fiona Banner aka The Vanit Press, Phyllida Barlow, Basil Beattie, Rana Begum, Gordon Benson, Tony Bevan, Olwyn Bowey, James Butler, John Carter, Brian Catling, Stephen Chambers, Ann Christopher, Peter Cook, Eileen Cooper, Richard Cork, Stephen Cox, Michael Craig-Martin, Fred Cuming, Gus Cummins, Trevor Dannatt, Spencer de Grey, Richard Deacon, Tacita Dean, Anne Desmet, Kenneth Draper, Tracey Emin, Anthony Eyton, Stephen Farthing, Normal Foster, Normal Freeth, Antony Gormley, Piers Gough, Anthony Green, Nigel Hall, Thomas Heatherwick, Ken Howard, Gary Hume, Louisa Hutton, Pual Huxley, Timothy Hyman, Bill Jacklin, Vanessa Jackson, Tess Jaray, Neil Jeffries, Eva Jiricna, Chantal Joffe, Allen Jones, Anish Kapoor, Philip King, Bryan Kneale, Richard London, David Mach, John Maine, Jock McFadyen, Ian McKeever, Niall McLaughlin, Lisa Milroy, Dhruva Mistry, Mick Moon, Mali Morris, Farshid Moussavi, David Nash, Mike Nelson, Hughie O’Donoghue, Humphrey Ocean, Chriss Orr, Cornelia Parker, Eric Parry, Grayson Perry, Tom Phillips, Cathie Pilkington, Fiona Rae, Barbara Rae, Peter Randall-Page, David Remfry, Ian Richie CBE, Mick Rooney, Eva Rothschild, Ed Ruscha, Michael Sandle, Terry Setch, Tim Shaw, Conrad Shawcross, Yinka Shonibare CBE, Bob & Roberta Smith, Kiki Smith, Alan Stanton, Emma Stibbon, Wolfgang Tillmans, Joe Tilson, Tohn Tusa, Anthony Whishaw, Alison Wilding, Chris Wilkinson, Richard Wilson, Bill Woodrow and Rose Wyle.
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