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International Women's Day

Join us for a week-long programme featuring panel discussions and a film screening, as well as workshops and courses. From patrons to historians, we celebrate the influential women working to support art and artists.

Le Corbusier's Cabanon © Manuel Bougot – FLC/ADAGP Paris 2017

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1 month ago

Eileen Gray: an architect and designer you should know

A designer of decorative furniture and Modernist architecture, Eileen Gray found recognition aged 94. As part of our International Women’s Day programme, here’s our guide to the life of this overlooked master, and her infamous seaside villa, E-1027.

Zadie Xa, The Conch, Sea Urchin and Brass Bell

RA Recommends

2 years ago

Feminist futures: event recording round-up

Catch up on our series of events exploring possible feminist futures – from the power of art practice as a catalyst for social change to automation in architecture, moving image as language, and alternative artistic platforms.
Cornelia Parker RA, Cold Dark Matter, An Exploded View

Artists

3 years ago

The International Women’s Day art quiz

Know your O‘Keeffe from your Kahlo? For International Women’s Day, we’re celebrating a few of the great female artists who deserve a wider audience. Take the quiz and let’s see how much you know.
Josie Cockram, Wanting 1

Opinion

< 4 years ago

Podcast: Women in focus

Does being a female artist influence how a work is created and perceived? Our panel discuss.
Clockwise from left: Rose Wylie RA, Gillian Wearing RA, Iwona Blazwick, Eileen Cooper RA, vPPR, Ann Dumas, Charlotte Mullins, Valeria Napoleone, Cornelia Parker RA, Rebecca Ackroyd

Opinion

4 years ago

10 inspirational women in the arts

To mark International Women’s Day, we asked some of the great women in the UK art world, from artists to editors, where things stand when it comes to equality. Here’s what they said.
Russell Westwood, Sir Henry Rushbury R.A. with students in the Life Room in the Royal Academy Schools

Opinion

< 5 years ago

Podcast: Women in today’s art world

At an event celebrating International Women’s Day, a panel of female Academicians and students discuss their experience as 21st-century artists.
Russell Westwood, Sir Henry Rushbury R.A. with students in the Life Room in the Royal Academy Schools

Our Collection

5 years ago

Naked truth: the story of female life models at the RA

What does a 230-year-old household bill tell us about life modelling in the 18th-century? Find out in this article exploring the historical role of the female nude life model at the RA.
Alfred Ansell, Life drawing of a reclining male nude. This drawing was produced by Alfred Ansell while he was a student at the Royal Academy Schools.

Our Collection

5 years ago

“Striving after excellence”: Victorian women and the fight for arts training

Amy Bluett discovers how 19th-century women aspiring to be artists had an uphill struggle to get equal access to training at the Royal Academy Schools.

After Johann Zoffany RA, The Royal Academy of Arts

Our Collection

5 years ago

Mary Moser and Angelica Kauffman: the RA’s founding women

Amy Bluett discovers how women at the Royal Academy have fought for equality from 1768 up to the present, beginning with a closer look at founding Members Angelica Kauffman and Mary Moser.