London Original Print Fair 2017

4 May — 7 May 2017

Visit the London Original Print Fair – London’s favourite boutique art fair.

Life Room: Anatomy of A Doll

1 April — 14 April 2017

Cathie Pilkington’s latest project fills the Academy’s Life Room with reappropriations of the doll and calls into question the figurative tradition in art.

America after the Fall: Painting in the 1930s

25 February — 4 June 2017

The art of 1930s America tells the story of a nation in flux: from the cities of the East Coast to the industrial heartland of the mid-West, from the farmlands of Texas to the beaches of California. Artists responded to rapid social change and economic anxiety with some of the 20th century’s most powerful art - brought together now in this once-in-a-generation show.

Gary Hume RA: Prints Pictures

Art sales at the RA

16 February — 24 April 2017

The RA is proud to present the latest in a series of exhibitions from the Royal Academy’s Art Sales programme, celebrating the limited-edition prints of Gary Hume RA.

Revolution: Russian Art 1917–1932

11 February — 17 April 2017

One hundred years on from the Russian Revolution, this powerful exhibition explores one of the most momentous periods in modern world history through the lens of its groundbreaking art.

Premiums: Interim Projects 2017

27 January — 5 February 2017

‘Premiums: Interim Projects’ features the work of artists at the midpoint of their studies at the RA Schools. This annual exhibition provides an opportunity to see up-to-the-minute work by emerging artists at a time when their practice is still developing.

Virtually Real

12 January — 14 January 2017

Step into virtually real works of art this January.

Olwyn Bowey RA

Academicians in Focus

3 November 2016 — 27 March 2017

The Royal Academy is delighted to present an intimate display of recent work by Senior Academician Olwyn Bowey as part of the ‘Academicians in Focus’ series.

Intrigue: James Ensor by Luc Tuymans

29 October 2016 — 29 January 2017

The theatrical, the satirical and the macabre come together in arresting fashion in the art of James Ensor. Curated by Luc Tuymans, this exhibition presents a truly original body of work, seen through the eyes of one of today’s leading painters.

Origins

A Project by Ordinary Architecture

15 October 2016 — 15 January 2017

This autumn the RA has commissioned Ordinary Architecture to create a series of interventions around Burlington House that offer an intriguing contemporary counterpoint to the ‘origin myths’ of architecture.

Abstract Expressionism

24 September 2016 — 2 January 2017

Advance tickets have now sold out, but some tickets may be available on the door. Exploring an unparalleled period in American art, this long-awaited exhibition reveals the full breadth of a movement that will forever be associated with the boundless creative energy of 1950s New York.

John Gibson RA

A British Sculptor in Rome

8 September — 18 December 2016

To mark the 150th anniversary since his death, this exhibition reexamines the sculpture of John Gibson RA.

Surface Cutting

Art Sales at the RA

7 September 2016 — 13 February 2017

Eileen Cooper RA presents, Surface Cutting, a diverse collection of works for sale by Royal Academicians including Grayson Perry, Eileen Cooper, Vanessa Jackson and Stephen Chambers alongside a number of invited artists.

The Veronica Scanner

Live 3D portraiture

2 September — 11 September 2016

For ten days in September, the Royal Academy will be home to the Veronica Chorographic Scanner, a bespoke 3D head scanner that maps the fine surface-detail of the human face.

Flowing Lines of Grace

Drawing Drapery in the Late Nineteenth Century

26 July — 7 October 2016

The classical revival in British art and sculpture during the second half of the nineteenth century fuelled the widespread fascination for all things antique.

Thought of Train of Thought

Terrace Wires: Ron Arad RA

7 July 2016 — 19 January 2017

British sculptor and Royal Academician Ron Arad presents a new public installation in St Pancras International station.

David Hockney RA: 82 Portraits and 1 Still-life

2 July — 2 October 2016

Booking is essential for both Friends and visitors. Some same-day tickets may be available to book at the RA.

RA Schools Show 2016

23 June — 3 July 2016

The RA Schools Show is the annual exhibition of works by final year students at the historic Royal Academy Schools, the first art school in Britain.

Summer Exhibition 2016

13 June — 21 August 2016

Richard Wilson, leading British sculptor and Royal Academician, puts his stamp on a 248-year-old institution, the Summer Exhibition.

A-Level Summer Exhibition Online 2016

Playlist

13 June — 21 August 2016

Selected from over 2,000 submissions, the A-level Summer Exhibition Online is a showcase of Britain’s best young artistic talent.

Peter Cook RA: Floating Ideas

8 June — 2 October 2016

Visionary architect and educator Sir Peter Cook RA creates an installation in the Architecture Space that evokes a world of architectural possibilities through over 60 drawings submitted to the Summer Exhibitions from the mid-1960s to the present day.

Bill Jacklin RA: The Graphic Work 1961 – 2016

3 June — 28 August 2016

In the first ever retrospective of Bill Jacklin RA’s graphic work, etchings from the 1960s are shown alongside newly created monotypes.

RA Family Album

Yinka Shonibare MBE RA

16 May 2016 — 14 May 2017

RA Family Album brings together over 160 images that span the Royal Academy’s 248-year history. The juxtaposition of images reveals the rich tapestry of activity which takes place behind these walls.

The London Original Print Fair 2016

5 May — 8 May 2016

Visit London’s longest-running art fair to view and buy works from all periods and styles of printmaking.

Ken Howard’s Switzerland

Academicians in Focus

28 April — 30 October 2016

For the fourth in the Academicians in Focus series, we are proud to present a selection of small paintings by Ken Howard RA made during his extensive travels in Switzerland.

Urban Jigsaw

27 April — 29 May 2016

We present the results of an ideas competition which invited architects to come up with new and creative uses for London’s brownfield sites.

The Edge of Printing

Art Sales at the RA

27 April — 29 August 2016

Tess Jaray RA presents presents works on paper by selected Royal Academicians, including Rebecca Salter, Anne Desmet and Peter Freeth alongside a number of invited artists.

In the Age of Giorgione

12 March — 5 June 2016

Trace the development of ideas that changed the course of art in this highly original exploration of the Venetian Renaissance. Bringing together iconic paintings by masters such as Titian and Giorgione, we shed new light on a pivotal yet little-understood moment in the history of art.

William Heath Robinson’s Life of Line

8 March — 3 June 2016

William Heath Robinson, immortalised as the “gadget man”, was an illustrator of enormous range and charm. The RA Library Print Room is proud to showcase his evocative book illustrations that reveal his mastery of black and white line.

Women in Focus: All About My Mother

International Women's Day

4 March — 6 March 2016

An exhibition of work by students and alumni of the RA Schools, alongside works by Eileen Cooper RA.

Ann Christopher RA

Drawing – The Lines of Time

25 February — 29 May 2016

This exhibition presents a new series of drawings, *The Lines of Time*, by the award-winning abstract sculptor Ann Christopher RA.

Premiums: Interim Projects 2016

12 February — 21 February 2016

Premiums: Interim Projects features the work of artists in their second year at the Royal Academy Schools.

Painting the Modern Garden: Monet to Matisse

30 January — 20 April 2016

Using the work of Monet as a starting point, this landmark exhibition examines the role gardens played in the evolution of art from the early 1860s through to the 1920s.

Mavericks

Breaking the Mould of British Architecture

26 January — 20 April 2016

Charting the course of British architecture through twelve maverick architects: Smythson, Vanbrugh, Wyatt, Soane, Cockerell, Mackintosh, Holden, Goodhart-Rendel, Stirling, Price, FAT and Hadid.

Ai Weiwei 360

Experience the show online

20 January 2016 — 12 January 2017

Ai Weiwei at the RA was the cultural phenomenon of the year. If you weren’t lucky enough to see the show, this is your chance to experience it online.

Academicians in Focus: Bernard Dunstan RA and Diana Armfield RA

Painting From Life – Painting Their Life

29 October 2015 — 24 April 2016

Whether in the vicinity of their two homes in Kew and Wales, or on the many painting trips they have made to Italy and France, Diana Armfield RA and Bernard Dunstan RA have worked in each other’s company for over 65 years. Each has their own approach. Diana responds to still life, landscape and convivial occasions in restaurants and other public places, while Bernard prefers to capture the structure and atmosphere of interiors with the themes of both the intimate nude and the world of musical performance. Both are admirers of Bonnard, Vuillard, Sickert and William Nicholson. They seem happiest when painting and drawing from life, painting with a wonderful lightness of touch and colour and a strong sense of purpose. Diana and Bernard have spent their lives expressing the beauty of the world around them, undistracted by any desire for the expression of self. They “paint what they love, and love what they paint”. Diana and Bernard met while studying at the Slade School of Fine Art in the 1940’s, and their romance was kindled after Diana saw a painting of Bernard’s at the 1947 Summer Exhibition. Together they have since made painting their life, and between them have been Royal Academicians for 82 years. They are now both Senior Academicians, and in their 96th year, continue to work alongside one another with energy and passion.

Between the Land and the Sea

Art Sales at the RA

29 October 2015 — 24 April 2016

Barbara Rae RA presents works on paper by selected Royal Academicians, including Hughie O’Donoghue, Jock McFadyen, and Elizabeth Blackadder, alongside a number of invited Scottish artists.

Jean-Etienne Liotard

24 October 2015 — 31 January 2016

Jean-Etienne Liotard was an artist in great demand across Enlightenment Europe and beyond. An eccentric and distinctive portraitist, his work conjures up the magnificence and cultural curiosity of the age in vividly lifelike detail.

Ismond Rosen

In the Gallery Café

9 October — 3 December 2015

Ismond Rosen (1924–1996) – artist, psychoanalyst, and psychiatrist – created a vast body of art and written work during his lifetime. Mainly self-taught, he studied at the École des Beaux-Arts and the Académie Julian in Paris.

white

a project by Edmund de Waal

26 September 2015 — 3 January 2016

This unique project in the RA Library and Print Room is an exploration of the colour white and the impact that white objects have on their surroundings; an interweaving of words and books with sculpture, paintings and photographs.

Caochangdi: The studio and the community

Ai Weiwei as architect

26 September — 13 December 2015

In 1999, Ai Weiwei built his first architectural project in the Chaoyang district of Beijing, on the outskirts of a rapidly changing city. In a small village called Caochangdi, Ai Weiwei designed a house and studio compound in red brick, where he has continued to live and work.

Ai Weiwei

19 September — 13 December 2015

Major artist and cultural phenomenon Ai Weiwei takes over our main galleries with brave, provocative and visionary works.

Thinking through drawing

Chris Wilkinson RA

3 September 2015 — 14 February 2016

In a curatorial partnership between Architecture and Collections, the Royal Academy presents the personal sketchbooks of architect Chris Wilkinson RA.

Daniel Maclise: The Waterloo Cartoon

2 September 2015 — 3 January 2016

Daniel Maclise’s cartoon for ‘The Meeting of Wellington and Blücher’ is a preparatory drawing on an epic scale.

Shared Cities

European Prize for Urban Public Space

21 July — 9 August 2015

A biennial initiative of the Centre of Contemporary Culture of Barcelona (CCCB), the European Prize for Urban Public Space aims to draw attention to the importance of public space in the democratic life of cities. The exhibition showcases the twenty-five most outstanding projects of the 2014 prize, exemplified as interventions that give priority to access over barriers of every kind and encourage appropriation by citizens. Hosted in partnership with The Architecture Foundation.

Joseph Cornell

Wanderlust

4 July — 27 September 2015

From a basement in New York, Joseph Cornell channelled his limitless imagination into some of the most original art of the 20th century. Step into his beguiling world at this landmark exhibition.

Unexpected Hill

3 July — 20 September 2015

Visitors to Burlington Gardens will be welcomed this summer by a ceramic urban landscape designed by emerging Istanbul-based practice, SO? Architecture and Ideas.

RA Schools Show 2015

12 June — 28 June 2015

The RA Schools Show is the annual exhibition of works by final year students at the historic Royal Academy Schools, the oldest art school in Britain.

Summer Exhibition 2015

8 June — 16 August 2015

Get ready to discover your new favourite artist as we head into a summer of colour at the RA. From painting to installation art, you’ll find it all at the Summer Exhibition.

A-Level Summer Exhibition Online 2015

Beings of the world, unite!

8 June — 16 August 2015

Selected from over 2,000 submissions, the A-level Summer Exhibition Online is a showcase of Britain’s best young artistic talent.

Hide and Seek

Drawings by Eileen Cooper RA

29 May — 23 August 2015

This exhibition, which coincides with the publication of a monograph celebrating Cooper’s career, presents drawings spanning almost 40 years. Cooper creates work that possesses a strongly poetic and distinctive vision, and the artist has been described as a ‘magical realist’. An accomplished painter and printmaker, Cooper’s practice has always been underpinned by drawing. This remarkable body of work illustrates how her distinctive imagery has developed through making drawings that explore such subjects as sexuality, birth, family, fecundity and creativity. We are delighted to display, as part of the exhibition, the artist’s gift to the Royal Academy Collections of ten previously unseen mixed-media drawings. These feature Cooper’s iconic female figures, and are multi-layered and complex in form.

One More Time

Terrace Wires: Cornelia Parker RA

28 May — 2 November 2015

Millions of London visitors are set to be wowed by new public artworks from Royal Academicians, as the RA announces an exciting high-profile partnership with St Pancras International. Celebrated British sculptor Cornelia Parker RA will unveil a new installation on 28 May, in the first of a series of original commissions from Academicians that will hang from the station’s huge, iconic roof.

Stories from the Past — Visions of the Future

The Royal Academy and its Buildings

20 May — 20 September 2015

The RA is home to four centuries of architectural history. From distant beginnings as town-palace on the edge of London, Victorian transformations with the arrival of the Royal Academy, and the construction of 6 Burlington Gardens, to twentieth and twenty-first century interventions of The Sackler Wing and the Keeper’s House, our buildings are a palimpsest of architectural interest and invention. This rich legacy has provided the basis for a major building project designed by David Chipperfield Architects that will open up the Royal Academy for the twenty-first century. A new bridge building will link Burlington House and Burlington Gardens, unifying our site for the first time, while Burlington Gardens will be overhauled with refurbished galleries, a new Clore Learning Centre and a 260-capacity lecture theatre. Complete in time for the 250th anniversary of the RA’s foundation in 2018, the project lays the ground the next stage in our history.

Academicians in Focus: Timothy Hyman RA

A year with Maggie's

30 April — 22 October 2015

The first Maggie’s Centre opened in Edinburgh in 1996, using a blueprint for cancer established by Maggie Keswick Jencks before her death in June 1995. Since then the charity has commissioned a sequence of outstanding, modestly-scaled buildings sited alongside NHS hospitals; many being designed by major architects, often without fee. A moving and sensitive portrayal of the inner life of the centres, this exhibition celebrates those who benefit from them – their gatherings, preoccupations, and individual journeys – and explores the essence of the buildings both spiritually and structurally. All works are available for sale and a selection can be found in the RA’s [online shop](http://shop.royalacademy.org.uk/). [Find out more](http://shop.royalacademy.org.uk/artsales/?___store=art_sales) about Art Sales at the RA, ask at the Membership Desk in the Keeper’s House or call 020 7300 5932.

Daniel Lipp

Mountain Years

28 April — 1 July 2015

Lipp uses a handmade camera to create a diaristic recording of his immediate surroundings and of specifically chosen places. This camera shoots directly onto photographic paper and therefore creates an indexical recording of a given time and space. The resulting photographs are, at times, highly abstracted images, with an unreal, uncanny quality due to the inverted tones and over- or under-exposure. As a result of the long exposure time, the pictures are devoid of movement and action.

The London Original Print Fair 2015

23 April — 26 April 2015

Visit London’s longest-running art fair to view and buy works from all periods and styles of printmaking.

The Converse x Dazed Emerging Artists Award 2015

18 April — 17 May 2015

A celebration of exciting new talent in the art world, the Converse x Dazed Emerging Artists Award is one of the most prestigious competitions for UK artists at the start of their career. In 2015, we play host to work by the winners in our Burlington Gardens galleries for the very first time.

THINK IT UP! INK IT UP!

New prints from the RA Schools

25 March — 26 April 2015

The London Original Print Fair NOW Print Prize 2015.

Richard Diebenkorn

14 March — 7 June 2015

Revered as one of the great post-war masters in his native United States, Richard Diebenkorn is an artist whose staunchly independent career takes us from abstraction to figuration and back again.

An Abiding Standard

The Prints of Stanley Anderson RA

25 February — 24 May 2015

A key figure in the revival of line engraving in the 1920s, Stanley Anderson RA (1884–1966) is best known for his series of prints memorialising England’s vanishing rural crafts.

Courtyard sculpture by Frank Stella Hon RA

18 February — 12 May 2015

A new large-scale sculpture by Frank Stella Hon RA (b. 1936), one of the most important living American artists, is on display in the Annenberg Courtyard, until 17 May 2015.

Premiums: Interim Projects 2015

13 February — 11 March 2015

Premiums: Interim Projects is your chance to explore the work of the postgraduates in their second year at the Royal Academy Schools, Britain’s first art school.

Four Visions for the Future of Housing

The Future of Housing season

7 February — 17 May 2015

What might the future hold for housing in the UK? What are the challenges faced now and how can they be overcome? We these questions to some of the UK’s most thoughtful architecture practices, and they responded with a variety of intriguing visions.

Rubens and His Legacy

Van Dyck to Cézanne

24 January — 10 April 2015

Peter Paul Rubens has been described as the “prince of painters”. A bold claim? Judge for yourself at this, the first major overview of his work and legacy.

RA Editions in the Gallery Café

23 January — 23 March 2015

A selection of work from the RA Editions print portfolio is now on view in the Gallery Café.

Charles Stewart

Black and White Gothic

20 December 2014 — 15 February 2015

Unsettling, otherworldly and murderous scenarios are dramatically played out in Charles Stewart’s deceptively simple book illustrations, striking examples of the neglected British tradition of black and white book art.

Allen Jones RA

13 November 2014 — 25 January 2015

This long-overdue retrospective brings together striking, sometimes provocative work which ranges freely across painting, drawing and sculpture, spanning the 50 years since Allen Jones first emerged as a key figure in British Pop Art.

Members in Focus: Mick Rooney RA

First Thoughts - Finished Works

30 October 2014 — 23 April 2015

This exhibition is the first in a new series entitled ‘Members in Focus’ which celebrates the work of our Royal Academicians. Mick Rooney RA describes the selection as ‘the snippets that come out of the everyday’.

Giovanni Battista Moroni

25 October 2014 — 25 January 2015

The first UK exhibition of this unsung genius of Renaissance portraiture.

100 Buildings 100 Years

Views of British Architecture since 1914

11 October 2014 — 1 February 2015

Loved and loathed, revered and reviled, the architecture of the twentieth century polarises opinion like no other. Yet the period from 1914 to the present is also the most architecturally-diverse in Britain’s history, with buildings that appeal to all tastes and sensibilities.

Anselm Kiefer

27 September — 14 December 2014

Always large in scale, ambitious in scope and astonishing in execution, our single artist shows have seen Anish Kapoor and David Hockney take on our Main Galleries. Now, it’s the turn of a man described as “a colossus of contemporary art” to make his mark: Anselm Kiefer.

TILT

Work by artists from Hong Kong, Beijing and London in residence at the Royal Academy Schools

3 September — 14 September 2014

For a short time only, the Royal Academy Schools will open to the public for a free exhibition of brand new art created as part of an exciting collaboration between students from Hong Kong, Beijing and London.

Radical Geometry

Modern Art of South America from the Patricia Phelps de Cisneros Collection

5 July — 28 September 2014

From radical innovations in the use of colour and form to new materials like neon and interactive, kinetic sculpture, this exhibition reveals some of the most original art of the last 100 years.

Mathew Tom: He Knows He Is Not Real

Starr Fellow 2014

4 July — 9 July 2014

An exhibition of the work created by Starr Fellow Mathew Tom over his one year residency with the Royal Academy Schools.

RA Editions presents: Inky Fingered Thinkers

4 July — 12 September 2014

A selection of etchings from the RA print publishing programme.

Dennis Hopper

The Lost Album

26 June — 19 October 2014

From Hell’s Angels and hippies to the streets of Harlem, Hopper’s photography powerfully captures American culture and life in the 1960s, a decade of progress, violence and enormous upheaval.

The One Show Summer Art Exhibition 2014

17 June — 9 August 2014

We are delighted to host The One Show Summer Art Exhibition 2014.

RA Schools Show 2014

13 June — 29 June 2014

The annual exhibition of works by final year students at the RA Schools, the first art school in Britain. A rare opportunity to view and buy exceptional pieces from an emerging generation of new artists.

Summer Exhibition 2014

Discover the new. Discover the now.

9 June — 17 August 2014

Everything you’ll see at the Summer Exhibition represents what is happening in the art world right now. New and recent art created by everyone from emerging artists to the biggest names in contemporary art and architecture.

A-Level Summer Exhibition Online

Functions of a Hand

9 June — 17 August 2014

This year, nearly 1,280 aspiring artists in college or at Sixth Form submitted their work to the A-Level Summer Exhibition Online. Here, you can see the 36 outstanding works of art selected by our expert panel.

Dream, Draw, Work

Architectural Drawings by Norman Shaw RA

30 May — 14 September 2014

We present the drawings and designs of Norman Shaw RA.

Scrape

17 May — 7 June 2014

An illuminated sculptural installation by Henry Coleman on the façade of the Royal Academy of Arts at 6 Burlington Gardens.

Amy Petra Woodward

You Look so Good in Stereo

25 April — 2 July 2014

For her Selina Chenevière Fellowship Prize exhibition, Amy Petra Woodward presents a series of large, reflective fabric works that consider contemporary image production, with an emphasis on material sensation.

London Original Print Fair 2014

24 April — 27 April 2014

With some 50 international exhibitors, the four-day show offers a wonderful opportunity to see and buy original prints, from the earliest Renaissance woodcuts to the latest editions by contemporary masters.

Crafted

Makers of the Exceptional

3 April — 5 April 2014

Held in our Burlington Gardens galleries, this free event is part of an annual programme which pairs exceptionally talented craftsmen with established luxury brands to help grow their businesses.

Renaissance Impressions

Chiaroscuro woodcuts from the Collections of Georg Baselitz and the Albertina, Vienna

15 March — 8 June 2014

Discover the beautiful 16th-century art of Chiaroscuro woodcuts as we present works from two of the finest collections in the world, never seen together before.

Premiums: Interim Projects

RA Schools

7 March — 19 March 2014

Premiums is your chance to see the work of our RA Schools students midway through their postgraduate fine art studies here.

Norman Stevens ARA

Selected Prints

26 February — 25 May 2014

We present works by master printmaker Norman Stevens exploring the landscape and built environment

Sensing Spaces

Architecture Reimagined

25 January — 6 April 2014

Seven architectural practices from six countries and four continents. 23,000 square feet. 72 days. One monumental exhibition.

Bill Woodrow RA

7 November 2013 — 16 February 2014

The first comprehensive survey of work by the sculptor Bill Woodrow RA.

Daumier

Visions of Paris (1808-1879)

26 October 2013 — 26 January 2014

Exploring the legacy of Honoré Daumier: freethinker, staunch Republican, and chronicler of everyday life in turbulent 19th century Paris.

Francis Bowyer

The Spirit of Places

25 October 2013 — 10 February 2014

The Spirit of Places presents paintings by Francis Bowyer, exploring the artist’s current areas of interest.

John Carter RA

Between Dimensions

2 October 2013 — 16 February 2014

A retrospective exhibition for one of Britain’s most respected abstract sculptors.

Australia

21 September — 8 December 2013

The story of Australia is inextricably linked to its landscape, providing a rich seam of inspiration for Australian artists for centuries.

Richard Rogers RA

Inside Out

18 July — 13 October 2013

‘Inside Out’ reveals the man and the ideas behind one of the most successful and influential architects in the world.

Mexico

A Revolution in Art, 1910 – 1940

6 July — 29 September 2013

This exhibition features the work of the Mexican artists who were at the forefront of the cultural renaissance which swept the country following the 1910 Revolution.

Summer Exhibition 2013

9 June — 17 August 2013

Displaying more than 1,000 works in all styles and media, including painting, printmaking, photography, sculpture, architectural models and film.

George Bellows (1882–1925)

Modern American Life

16 March — 9 June 2013

When his career was cut short by his death at the age of 42, George Bellows was already considered one of the greatest American artists. This exhibition will be the first retrospective of the realist painter’s work to be held in the UK.

Manet

Portraying Life

26 January — 14 April 2013

This singularly important exhibition is the first ever retrospective devoted to the portraiture of Edouard Manet. Spanning the entire career of this enigmatic and at times controversial artist, ‘Manet: Portraying Life’ brings together works from across Europe, Asia and the USA.

Mariko Mori

Rebirth

13 December — 17 February 2012

Starting and ending with the death and birth of a star, the cycle of life and rebirth is an important theme of this show, which includes new works alongside some of the artist’s most acclaimed pieces.

Constable, Gainsborough, Turner and the Making of Landscape

8 December 2012 — 17 February 2013

This exhibition presents works by the three towering figures of English landscape painting - John Constable RA, Thomas Gainsborough RA and JMW Turner RA - and explores the development of the British school of landscape painting.

Bronze

15 September — 9 December 2012

Discover the compelling stories behind some of the world’s greatest masterpieces, in a celebration of bronze on a scale never attempted before.

From Paris: A Taste for Impressionism

Paintings from the Clark

7 July — 23 September 2012

Showcasing major works from the Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute in Williamstown, Massachusetts, this exhibition illustrates the Clark’s holdings of French 19th-century art, with particular emphasis upon Impressionism.

David Hockney: A Bigger Picture

21 January — 9 April 2012

The Royal Academy of Arts presents the first major exhibition of new landscape works by David Hockney RA.

Degas and the Ballet

Picturing Movement

17 September — 11 December 2011

This landmark exhibition focuses on Edgar Degas’s preoccupation with movement as an artist of the dance, tracing the development of the artist’s ballet imagery throughout his career.

The Real Van Gogh

The Artist and His Letters

23 January — 18 April 2010

A landmark exhibition of the work of Vincent van Gogh (1853–1890). At the heart of the exhibition is his remarkable correspondence: representing a unique opportunity to gain insight into this complex artist’s mind.

Anish Kapoor

26 September — 11 December 2009

The Royal Academy of Arts presents a major solo exhibition of the work of the internationally acclaimed artist Anish Kapoor, winner of the 1991 Turner Prize and one of the most influential and pioneering sculptors of his generation.

Byzantium 330 - 1453

25 October 2008 — 22 March 2009

An ambitious grand-scale survey of 1,000 years of history. Highlighting the splendours of the Byzantine Empire, ‘Byzantium 330–1453’ incorporates over 300 objects. Some of the works have never been displayed in public before.