Grayson Perry, Steve McQueen, Peter Blake and Alison Wilding Create Postcards for Stewarts Law RCA Secret 2016

The Royal College of Art (RCA) is proud to reveal that works of art by a host of renowned artists and designers will feature in Stewarts Law RCA Secret 2016 exhibition and sale. Contributing artists and designers for this year include:

Peter Blake, Grayson Perry, Maggi Hambling, Marion Coutts, Lubaina Himid, Margaret Calvert, Frank Bowling, Steve McQueen, Jeremy Deller, Alison Wilding, Lawrence Weiner, Yinka Shonibare, Joseph Kosuth, Thomas Heatherwick, James Dyson, Zandra Rhodes and David Bailey.

Postcards have also been created by up-and-coming stars of the art world such as James Mylne, Henry Hudson, Basil Alkazzi and EwaWilczynsk, together with works by musicians Damon Albarn, William Orbit and Pete Fowler. The cards will be exhibited anonymously among hundreds of established artists, ceramicists, sculptors, cartoonists, illustrators and designers together with current students, alumni and friends of the RCA.

Almost 2,000 postcard-sized artworks have been created for Stewarts Law RCA Secret 2016, which will take place from 8 – 15 April at the RCA’s Kensington campus. Each of the postcards will be sold anonymously for a fixed price of £55, with the identity of the maker revealed only once the purchase is complete. Art enthusiasts and collectors take the challenge to crack the secret and guess the identity of the postcards’ creators.

Also on display at the 2016 edition of RCA Secret – now in its 22nd year – will be a series of 23 limited-edition prints as part of Shakespeare Lives, a year-long celebration organised by the British Council to mark the 400th anniversary of Shakespeare’s death. The prints will be available to purchase for £350 each and were originally produced by the RCA Print programme in 2011 to celebrate Shakespeare's quarto-centenary alongside 50 years of the RSC. 

All profits generated through the RCA Secret sale will go to the RCA Fund which supports emerging artists at a formative stage in their careers by funding scholarships to the College.

For the second year running, RCA Secret with Art Dubai will open to buyers at Alserkal Avenue, Dubai, on Monday 14 March and at Art Dubai on Thursday 17 March. Bespoke, postcard-sized artworks from the world’s leading creatives as well as RCA alumni, students and local artists and designers will be available to buy for 500 AED each.

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For further information or images please contact Charlotte Cowell, RCA Press Office on t: +44 (0) 1442 863646 / 0207 7590 4114 e: [email protected] / [email protected]

Notes to Editors

Website: http://london.secret.rca.ac.uk/2016/
RCA Secret Dubai website: http://dubai.secret.rca.ac.uk/2016/

Exhibition location: Royal College of Art, Kensington Gore, London SW7 2EU                                                          

Friday 8 April: Press view 9am – 12pm
Friday 8 – Saturday 9 April: Public exhibition open (no sales) 12pm – 6pm
Sunday 10 April: Sale open 8am – 6pm
Monday 11 – Friday 15 April: Sale open 11am – 6pm (late openings on Wednesday and Friday. Close at 8pm) 
Exhibition closes at 8pm on Friday 15 April
Saturday 16 April - Collection day for all buyers to collect their postcards only 9am – 5pm

Free admission                                                                                                             

Nearest Tube: South Kensington / Gloucester Road
Buses: 9, 10, 52, 70, 360, 452

To purchase a postcard, buyers must register for a buyer’s ID from the RCA website http://london.secret.rca.ac.uk/users/register/

Buyers will be able to purchase up to 4 cards each.

The Royal College of Art is the world’s leading university of art and design, placing at Number One in the 2015 QS World University Rankings. Specialising in teaching and research, the RCA offers the degrees of MA, MPhil, MRes and PhD across the disciplines of applied art, fine art, design, communications and humanities. There are over 1,500 Master’s and doctoral students and more than 1,000 professionals interacting with them – including scholars, art and design practitioners, along with specialists, advisers and distinguished visitors.

Stewarts Law Stewarts Law LLP is the proud to sponsor RCA Secret in their 25th anniversary year practising law. Stewarts Law is one of the UK’s leading litigation law firms.  They have built a strong reputation for innovative and ground-breaking dispute practice.

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