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.

Opening times

Exhibitions
Daily 10am–6pm
Friday 10am–10pm
Cafés and shops
Open early and late; hours vary.

All opening times

Free entry

Entry is free – some exhibitions and events will be charged separately.

Free

Find us

Burlington House
Piccadilly, London, W1J 0BD
6 Burlington Gardens
London, W1S 3ET

Plan your visit

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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Oceania

Exhibition now open, to 10 Dec

Marking 250 years since Cook’s first voyage to the Pacific, this five-star exhibition celebrates the dazzling and diverse art of the region of Oceania, from the historic to the contemporary.

Renzo Piano: The Art of Making Buildings

Exhibition now open, to 20 January

Klimt / Schiele: Drawings from the Albertina Museum, Vienna

Exhibition now open, to 3 Feb

Free displays of art and architecture

Now open

Royal Academy Schools

Open for applications

Executive Master in Cultural Leadership

Open for applications

Bare Mountain

Free display now open, to 18 Nov

See

Need inspiration? Here's just a taste of the art and architecture that's on offer around the new RA.

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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.

Explore our social spaces

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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Gustav Klimt in 60 seconds

RA Artistic Director Tim Marlow gives a quick introduction to Gustav Klimt, one of the two Viennese masters on show in our Klimt / Schiele exhibition.

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Gilbert & George's advice to young artists

Quick read

Visiting Wolverhampton School of Art, the Turner Prize-winning pair said that students today were much more accomplished than they were at their age – but they still had one piece of advice for today’s “baby artists”.

“Kauffman showed up and we began a conversation”