A NEW HOME FOR ART & IDEAS
Run by artists since 1768, we’re celebrating 250 years by opening up like never before. Step inside a new home for art and ideas.
Buy work from the Summer Exhibition
Browse and buy any of the 1,500 works in the Summer Exhibition or explore one of our hand-picked selections.
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ExhibitionsDaily 10am–6pmFriday 10am–10pmCafés and shopsOpen early and late; hours vary.
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Burlington House Piccadilly, London, W1J 0BD
6 Burlington Gardens London, W1S 3ET
What’s on
Explore our world-class exhibition programme, with brand new galleries – and for the first time, free displays of art and architecture. Browse our range of upcoming talks, courses and events too.
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Summer Exhibition 2019
Now open
Lions, tigers and bears – the 251st Summer Exhibition is here! And with 1,500 works in every medium, it's our biggest one in over a century.
Félix Vallotton: Painter of Disquiet
Now open
Helene Schjerfbeck
20 July — 27 October 2019
Lucian Freud: The Self-portraits
Opens October 2019
Young Artists’ Summer Show
Now open
RA Lates: A Summer’s Night in Montmartre
31 August 2019
The self-portrait: historical highlights
September – November 2019
See
Need inspiration? Here's just a taste of the art and architecture that's on offer around the new RA.
Meet
The new RA has even more places to meet, eat and drink. Stop for a quick coffee, a lazy lunch or dinner and drinks.
Make
Home to the UK’s longest established art school, the RA has always had making at its heart. Come and try an art class or workshop, or find inspiration to create at home.
Debate
Run by artists, we’re a platform for independent points of view about art and culture, and we’d love to exchange ideas with you.
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Félix Vallotton in 60 seconds
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