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The Royal Academy of Arts is closed. We intend to reopen 18 May when lockdown restrictions have lifted.
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What’s on
David Hockney: The Arrival of Spring, Normandy, 2020
23 May – 26 September
Last year, in the midst of a pandemic, David Hockney RA captured the unfolding of spring on his iPad, creating over 100 new and optimistic works.
Michael Armitage: Paradise Edict
22 May – 19 September 2021
Tracey Emin / Edvard Munch: The Loneliness of the Soul
18 May — 1 August 2021
Summer Exhibition 2021
22 September 2021 – 2 January 2022
Free displays
Opens 18 May 2021
Summer Exhibition: call for entries
Opens 12 April 2021
Young Artists’ Summer Show
Accepting applications
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