The Royal Academy of Arts, located in the heart of London, is a place where art is made, exhibited and debated.

For over 250 years, the RA has existed to champion art and artists. Enjoy our expanded campus with free displays, new spots to eat, drink and shop, and much more. We're run by the Royal Academicians, ...

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A 15-year-old Ryan Gander saw the Summer Exhibition and thought "One day I am going to be in this exhibition." Now, 35 years ...

See inside Picasso and Paper Picasso didn’t just draw on paper – he tore it, burnt it, and made it three-dimensional. From studies for Guernica to a 4.8-metre-wide collage, this exhibition brings ...

See inside ‘Tracey Emin / Edvard Munch: The Loneliness of the Soul’ Tracey Emin has long had a fascination with the Norwegian Expressionist and painter of The Scream, Edvard Munch: in her words, “I’ve ...

Ai Weiwei has worked in everything from paint to readymades. As our landmark exhibition examines work from 1993 up to the present day, we take a look at some of the key works to know from across Ai's ...

Tracey Emin RA has won the 2024 Charles Wollaston Award for the "most distinguished work" in the Summer Exhibition. Each year we present prizes for outstanding works in the Summer Exhibition. Over £80 ...

See inside the exhibition This highly personal exhibition features 25 of Tracey Emin RA’s works, including paintings — some of which are on display for the first time — as well neons and sculpture.

Have a go at making your own paint with eggs, make-up, spices and chalk. Some materials like chalk might need to be ground into a powder by using a mortar and pestle ...

Created on their return from an Antarctic expedition, these life jackets symbolise survival, whether it’s physical, material, or spiritual. Taking inspiration from a Victorian book of cyanotypes ...

As the extraordinary 13 metre-wide Waterloo cartoon goes on display at the RA, our curator of works on paper offers a quick introduction to the technique used by the likes of Maclise and Raphael.