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Decolonial research
Ongoing research looking at the links between the RA and its colonial past.
This research responds to our commitment to inclusion and race equity.
The first step was a biographical survey of more than 175 Royal Academicians from 1768 to 1850, to establish their links to colonial interests including the ownership of enslaved people and involvement in the abolitionist movement.
Some of this research is now available on the individual artist pages on our website.
Find out more about our decolonial research
Untold Stories
26 October 2023
RA Collections Decolonial Research Project
28 March 2022
View the complete findings
If you would like to view the complete spreadsheet of findings from our survey of Academicians 1768 – c.1850, please email library@royalacademy.org.uk.