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 art online!
Did you know you can still buy many artworks from the Summer Exhibition online?
Browse and buyOpening times
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.
Become a friend to see it all for free See what’s on
Renzo Piano: The Art of Making Buildings
Now open: to 20 January
From The Shard in London to the Centre Pompidou in Paris, the buildings of Renzo Piano have enriched cities across the globe. We reveal the vision and invention behind his pioneering work, showing how architecture can touch the human spirit.
Oceania
Coming soon: opens 29 Sep
Klimt / Schiele
Coming soon: opens 4 Nov
Free displays of art and architecture
Now open
Royal Academy Schools
Open for applications
Executive Master in Cultural Leadership
Open evenings: 24 Sep, 15 Oct and 7 Nov
How to build, prime and paint a canvas
Weekend course: 27–28 October
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.
Watch
Coming up at the RA in 2019
More art, more ideas
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Feature
With an RA exhibition profiling the work of Renzo Piano, we introduce eight of the architect’s landmark projects, from New York’s Whitney Museum to London’s iconic Shard.
Top picks from the RA Collection: Tamara Rojo
Online tour
We caught up with English National Ballet's Artistic Director, Tamara Rojo, to hear about the art that has inspired and intrigued her.
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