Royal West of England Academy — Attraction in Bristol

This is my second visit to the newly reopened RWA and the brilliant 'Me, Myself, I' exhibition.

This exhibition covers the art of the 'Self portrait' and its continuing place within art history with some amazing and surprising works.

Hung across 3 newly refurbished galleries, it combines works by leading contemporary artists such as Sarah Lucas, Gavin Turk and Gillian Wearing. Alongside the likes of Anthony Gormley, Lucian Freud and Elizabeth Frink. We also get to see pieces by RWA academicians Peter Randell- Page, Roz Cuthbert and Angela Lizon.

Spanning over 300years this exhibition definitely warrants more than one visit, or if you can't manage that, do it in 2 halves with break in the spacious new Spicer + Cole café with its magnificent Albert Irvin abstract. A...

On visiting today I was extremely disappointed with the attitude from the receptionist. On enquiring whether pensioners could purchase concession tickets she was patronising and quite frankly rude. She stated that 'old people' were their demographic and therefore would have to pay the full price. To be honest the price point was not my issue, it was the disparaging tone with which the information was delivered. Maybe your "receptionists' would benefit from some customer service training in at least...

There are several galleries and exhibitions going on. The second floor is usually thematic. When I went, there’s an exhibition about African art, renewal and refugee. There are works of Monet, Pissarro, Heartfield etc. Downstairs there’s a gallery on Brexit and illustrations of Brexit for children’s books. The admission is free for students. There’s also an academician gallery. Definitely worth a visit. Since the exhibition changes, it may be worth it to get a...