RA Exhibitions
1 month ago
Video: introducing ‘Entangled Pasts, 1768–now: Art, Colonialism and Change’
Artist Lubaina Himid RA talks to us about our next exhibition in the Main Galleries.
Our Collection
1 month ago
Untold Stories
Recent research reveals how the Royal Academy’s founding artists worked amidst Britain’s imperial expansion in the 18th century, the transatlantic slave trade, and a growing abolitionist movement.
RA Exhibitions
2 months ago
The Abramović look
Our range of Marina Abramović clothing and accessories has been produced in collaboration with the artist. Defiance and survival define the Abramović look.
RA Exhibitions
2 months ago
A History of Performance Art
With Marina Abramović taking over the Main Galleries at the RA, we look at some other artists who have shaped the history of performance art.
Inside the Academy
2 months ago
Hockney vs Ramsey, Scorsese on Caravaggio and Joffe in lockdown: the RA Magazine at 40
Our magazine turns 40 this autumn. Editor Sam Phillips looks back through the archive to pick out his highlights from the past four decades.
RA Exhibitions
2 months ago
Start here: Impressionists on Paper
Find out more about the ways Impressionist and Post-Impressionist artists worked on paper ahead of our latest exhibition.
Artists
3 months ago
My sketchbook: colourful drawings by Bob and Roberta Smith RA
Take a look inside the sketchbook of Bob and Roberta Smith RA and learn how to create a visual poem.
Artists
3 months ago
In memoriam: Sonia Lawson RA
Nicholas Usherwood celebrates a progressive painter of great range and empathy.
Artists
3 months ago
In memoriam: Michael Hopkins RA
Nicholas Grimshaw PPRA pays tribute to his friend, an architect whose innovative use of materials produced exceptional structures.
Artists
3 months ago
Video: Catherine Opie on photographing leading British artists
Catherine Opie discusses her portraits of David Hockney, Anish Kapoor, Gillian Wearing, Isaac Julien and Lynette Yiadom-Boakye, featured in our free display in the Collection Gallery.
RA Exhibitions
3 months ago
Start here: Marina Abramović
Find out more about the life and work of performance art pioneer Marina Abramović before you visit our latest exhibition in the Main Galleries.
Opinion
3 months ago
RA Architecture Prize Winner 2023: Shane de Blacam
Shane de Blacam’s former student, critic Shane O’Toole, celebrates the architect’s thoughtful transformation of public places across his home country of Ireland.
RA Exhibitions
3 months ago
“I only do something if I’m afraid of it, because that’s the whole point” – an interview with Marina Abramović
In this long-read, performance art pioneer Marina Abramović speaks to Sinéad Gleeson from her New York home, ahead of her long-awaited show.
Inside the Academy
4 months ago
Video: new posters on display
Watch our team refresh our iconic Poster Bar for the first time since 2018, featuring 21 new posters from our past exhibitions.
Artists
4 months ago
My sketchbook: Emyr’s life drawings and abstract lines
Take a look inside the sketchbook of artist Emyr Williams and learn how drawing with your opposite hand can improve your technique.
RA Exhibitions
4 months ago
Introducing Bêka & Lemoine
Edwin Heathcote meets the architectural filmmakers whose documentary of life in a rehabilitation centre is featured in the RA’s Herzog & de Meuron show.
RA Exhibitions
4 months ago
Video: meet the artists of the Young Artists’ Summer Show 2023
Hear from some of the artists in this year’s Young Artists’ Summer Show as they tell us the stories behind their works selected for display at the RA.
RA Exhibitions
4 months ago
In the studio: Peter Barber RA
The architect renowned for his social housing projects operates from a converted 19th-century shop in King’s Cross. He gives Sarah Handelman a tour.
RA Exhibitions
4 months ago
Six buildings to know by Herzog & de Meuron
From hospitals in Switzerland to an Olympic stadium in China, here are six buildings around the world designed by Swiss architectural practice Herzog & de Meuron.
RA Exhibitions
4 months ago
Video: two-minute tour of the Summer Exhibition 2023
Take a quick trip through more than 1,600 works on display in this year’s show.
RA Exhibitions
5 months ago
Summer Exhibition safari
Cats, dogs, foxes and pangolins – there’s a menagerie of creatures to discover in this year’s Summer Exhibition.
Inside the Academy
5 months ago
Six spots to visit around the RA this summer
If you’re visiting our exhibitions this summer why not explore some of our other favourite places around the RA?
Inside the Academy
5 months ago
Discover the diary of Sir Joshua Reynolds PRA
On the 300th anniversary of the birth of our first president Sir Joshua Reynolds, we’ve digitised his diary for the first time. Here’s what we’ve learnt from this intriguing historical document.
RA Exhibitions
5 months ago
Herzog & de Meuron: at home and abroad
From London’s Tate Modern to Beijing’s Bird’s Nest stadium, Herzog & de Meuron’s buildings are world-renowned – yet their biggest impact has been on their home city of Basel, discovers Tim Abrahams as the RA celebrates their extraordinary architecture.
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