Press
You can contact the press team by phone or email
(Monday to Friday, 9.30am – 5.30pm).
Email press.office@royalacademy.org.uk
Phone +44 20 7300 5615.
Press information
Forthcoming and current exhibition press packs
Press releases are available to download below. Please view or download press releases in advance of your visit.
Entangled Pasts, 1768–now: Art, Colonialism and Change
Main Galleries
3 February – 28 April 2024
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Royal Academy to unveil monumental new sculpture by Bahamian-born artist Tavares Strachan in the RA Courtyard
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Angelica Kauffman
The Jillian and Arthur M. Sackler Wing of Galleries
1 March – 30 June 2024
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Summer Exhibition 2024
Main Galleries
18 June - 18 August 2024
The RA announces the 256th Summer Exhibition Committee with Ann Christopher RA as co-ordinator
News from the RA
Leighton’s iconic Victorian painting, Flaming June, to be shown at the Royal Academy of Arts
From Saturday 17 February 2024 until Sunday 12 January 2025, Frederic, Lord Leighton PRA’s iconic painting, Flaming June, c.1895, will be on free display in the RA’s Collection Gallery. It will be a rare opportunity to see one of the most recognisable and celebrated works from the Victorian period.
More news from the RA
Architecture Window, 20 February 2024 - 29 November 2026
Royal Academy of Arts announces election of two new Royal Academicians, two Honorary Fellows and three RA Schools Professors
Taller Gabriela Carrillo Wins Prestigious Royal Academy Dorfman Award
Batia Ofer appointed new Chair of the Royal Academy Trust
Daria Blum is winner of first Claridge's Royal Academy Schools Art Prize announced by Marina Abramović Hon RA
Two new Trustees appointed to the Royal Academy Trust
The Royal Academy of Arts announces election of two new Royal Academicians
Shane de Blacam is awarded the 2023 Royal Academy Architecture Prize and Finalists announced for £10,000 Royal Academy Dorfman Award
The Royal Academy announces the Summer Exhibition 2023 prize winners
The Jillian and Arthur M. Sackler Wing of Galleries
Two new Trustees appointed to the Royal Academy Trust
The Royal Academy of Arts Exhibition Programme 2024
The Royal Academy of Arts announces election of two new Royal Academicians
The Royal Academy of Arts and Claridge's announce new art prize for young artists
The Royal Academy of Arts announces the Genesis Future Curators Programme in partnership with the Genesis Foundation
The Royal Academy of Arts announces election of three new Royal Academicians, a new Honorary Royal Academician and a new Honorary Fellow
The Royal Academy of Arts announces Artists on Art, a special series of lectures by leading Royal Academicians celebrating Joshua Reynolds's 300th Anniversary
The Royal Academy of Arts announces the 255th Summer Exhibition Committee with David Remfry RA as Co-ordinator
Two new Trustees appointed to the Royal Academy Trust
Wallmakers wins prestigious Royal Academy Dorfman Award
The Royal Academy of Arts announces new offer for young visitors
The Royal Academy of Arts announces prize winners for the Summer Exhibition 2022
The Royal Academy of Arts announces election of three new Royal Academicians
The Royal Academy of Arts announces the Charles Wollaston Award winner 2022
The Royal Academy of Arts celebrates the career of French architect Renée Gailhoustet with 2022 RA Architecture Prize
The Royal Academy of Arts announces its 2023 Exhibition Programme
The Royal Academy of Arts announces election of three new Royal Academicians
Two new Trustees appointed to the Royal Academy Trust
The Royal Academy of Arts announces election of three new Royal Academicians and two new Honorary Fellows
The Royal Academy of Arts announces the 254th Summer Exhibition Committee with Alison Wilding RA as co-ordinator
The Royal Academy of Arts announces election of a new Royal Academician and two new Honorary Royal Academicians
The Royal Academy of Arts announces the Charles Wollaston Award winner 2021
Architecture at the Royal Academy of Arts 2021/22
2022 Exhibitions