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Summer Exhibition 2018

J.S. Sargent RA, Detail of the portrait of Henry James O.M. after being damaged by a suffragette, May 1914

Our Collection

1 day ago

‘Deeds not words’: Suffragettes and the Summer Exhibition

The Great Spectacle charts 250 years of Summer Exhibitions – including 1914, when Suffragette Mary Wood attacked a John Singer Sargent portrait with a meat cleaver. We delve into the Royal Academy’s archive to find out how the Academy, and the public, reacted.
Banksy's 'Vote to Love' in the 250th Summer Exhibition

RA Exhibitions

7 days ago

Did Banksy get into the Summer Exhibition?

As the 250th Summer Exhibition opens, Banksy has revealed that he entered the public submission exhibition under a pseudonym… Here’s the inside story.
Maciej Urbanek, So There Would Be No Thoughts, Art Sales

RA Exhibitions

8 days ago

Seven tips for starting your own art collection

There are over 1,300 works in the 2018 Summer Exhibition – and most of them are for sale. So how do you choose? Here are our top tips for buying your first pieces of original art.
Grayson Perry in The Sackler Wing of Galleries, part of the 250th Summer Exhibition

RA Exhibitions

8 days ago

Video: Grayson Perry inside the Summer Exhibition

Take a look inside the 250th Summer Exhibition in this video with coordinator Grayson Perry RA, as he shows us some of his highlights of this year’s show.

Unknown photographer, Gallery IX, Burlington House after the explosion of a German bomb in 1917, ca. September 24 1917

RA Exhibitions

15 days ago

Bombs, dots and rockstars: seven stories of the Summer Exhibition

From frenemy feuds to a bomb through the roof, the storylines of the Summer Exhibition could make a TV drama – so no wonder it’s so often featured on screen. As ‘The Great Spectacle’ charts 250 years of this annual celebration of contemporary art, here are just a few of our favourite episodes…
Ten of the twelve committee members for the 2018 Summer Exhibition

RA Exhibitions

1 month ago

Behind the scenes at the 250th Summer Exhibition

What’s it like to put together the Summer Exhibition? We spoke to this year’s coordinator, Grayson Perry RA, and his band of fellow artists in charge of selecting and hanging the world’s largest open-submission art show.

RA Exhibitions

10 months ago

Introducing 2018 at the Royal Academy of Arts

Next year’s exhibitions will take us from a legendary British collection to the far seas of the South Pacific, and from centuries past to a glimpse into the future of art. The RA’s Artistic Director introduces the programme for our 250th anniversary year.