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Our Collection
5 months ago
The RA Collection in 250 objects: How artists learned to draw
To celebrate our 250th birthday, we’re highlighting 250 beautiful, odd and inspiring objects from the RA Collection in 25 themes. With a free display exploring how artists have traditionally learnt to draw, in this edition we head into the Royal Academy’s historic schools…
Our Collection
7 months ago
Top picks from the Collection: Dan Snow
Epic conflicts, mythical heroes and a quiet bit of fishing all feature in historian Dan Snow’s favourite objects from the RA Collection. Listen as he recaps the Battle of Waterloo, explains the ingenious WWI ‘Dazzle’ designs and muses on a deathbed olive branch extended from Gainsborough to Reynolds.
Inside the Academy
4 years ago
Q&A: Cultural historian Robert Hewison on Effie Gray
Ahead of a special event at the RA, one of our panellists tells us about the figures behind a 19th-century love triangle that scandalised the art world.
Inside the Academy
> 4 years ago
Lights Out at the RA: commemorating the First World War
We’re joining in with a national moment of reflection on Monday 4 August.
RA Exhibitions
> 4 years ago
Lundahl & Seitl introduce ‘Symphony of a Missing Room’
Swedish-born artists Lundahl & Seitl are bringing their experiential artwork ‘Symphony of a Missing Room: Archive of the Forgotten and Remembered’ to the RA this summer.