At its founding in 1768, the Royal Academy, instructed artists to study casts of antique sculpture, anatomy and to draw from life models. Early Academicians such as John Francis Rigaud, Henry Fuseli ...

Alice Channer tells us about her sculpture suspended in the central hall for the Summer Exhibition 2025. Alice Channer ...

Exhibition is the perfect opportunity to build your art collection, whether it's household names or rising stars. Here's what ...

In 1890 Vincent van Gogh painted his final works. Seventy-two years later an eighteen-year-old Anselm Kiefer received a travel grant to follow in the footsteps of Van Gogh, starting in the Netherlands ...

Find out more about how the pioneer of Post-Impressionism has inspired the subjects and techniques of Kiefer’s monumental ...

Friends of the RA benefit from.... Priority access. Free, unlimited entry to all exhibitions and see them first at Friends preview days. Sharing the experience. Bring a family member as your guest, ...

Victor Hugo (1802–1885) was a leading public figure in 19th-century France. His books Les Misérables and The Hunchback of Notre Dame were printed worldwide. As both a poet and a politician, during his ...

Explore our teaching resources, creative activities and in-depth broadcasts suitable for young people of all ages and backgrounds, whether you prefer to look, listen or create. Welcome in elements of ...

Tickets £17. Concessions available. Everyone, including Friends of the RA must book a ticket before arriving. In this intimate exhibition of around 90 photographs, spanning projects from across ...

Degas, Cézanne, Morisot, Van Gogh. You might recognise their paintings, but it’s their radical works on paper we put the spotlight on in this ground-breaking exhibition. In the whirl of modernity that ...

We asked guests at the Summer Exhibition Preview Party what they love most about the Summer Exhibition. Find out what Grayson ...