The Secret to a Good Life
This special project by Bob and Roberta Smith RA explores the story of women artists and the Royal Academy – through the lens of his own family history.
Daily 10am – 6pm Friday 10am – 10pm
Royal Academy Of Arts
Klimt / Schiele: Drawings from the Albertina Museum, Vienna
See rare and fragile drawings by Gustav Klimt and Egon Schiele, offering intimate insights into their artistic relationship and differing creative processes.
Daily 10am–6pm Friday 10am–10pm
The Great Spectacle: 250 Years of the Summer Exhibition
The Great Spectacle tells the story of 250 years of the Summer Exhibition, the world’s longest-running annual display of contemporary art.
Daily 10am – 6pm Fridays 10am – 10pm
Royal Academy of Arts 250th Summer Exhibition
This summer, Grayson Perry RA coordinates the biggest, brightest and most colourful Summer Exhibition yet, in the 250th annual celebration of “art made now”.
Daily 10am – 6pm Fridays 10am – 10pm
Premiums Interim Projects
Premiums Interim Projects provides an opportunity to see new work by 14 second-year students at the interim point of their postgraduate study at the Royal Academy Schools, the UK’s longest established art school. This year, the exhibition will include a range of media including painting, print and audio-visual work, with a particular focus on the discipline of sculpture and an increased interest in materiality.
Daily 10am–6pm, Fridays until 10pm
Tacita Dean: Landscape
In the Royal Academy’s newly opened Gabrielle Jungels-Winkler Galleries, the internationally renowned visual artist and Royal Academician will explore “landscape” in its broadest sense: intimate collections of natural found objects, a mountainous blackboard drawing and a series of cloudscapes in chalk.
Daily 10-6
Charles I: King and Collector
Discover the legendary art collection of Charles I. For the first time since the 17th century, this landmark exhibition will bring together the astounding treasures that changed the taste of the nation.
Saturday – Thursday 10am – 6pm Friday 10am – 10pm
From Life
Drawing from casts and life models was long considered essential training for any aspiring artist, and was once a staple of the Royal Academy’s own art school. Now, on the cusp of the RA’s 250th anniversary, this special exhibition project takes an inquisitive look at the tradition and its ongoing relationship with artists today.
Saturday – Thursday 10am – 6pm Friday 10am – 10pm
Royal Academy of Arts Summer Exhibition 2017
The Royal Academy’s annual summer exhibition is now the largest open submission exhibition in the world hanging over 1,200 works by artists established and lesser-known in the space of just eight days.
Saturday – Thursday 10am – 6pm Friday 10am – 10pm
The London Original Print Fair 2017
Held at the Royal Academy of Arts, the London Original Print Fair offers an opportunity to buy and view works from all periods of printmaking, from the earliest woodcuts of Dürer, to the latest editions by contemporary masters. The intimate, boutique Fair provides a friendly atmosphere for both budding collectors and seasoned print enthusiasts to engage with dealers and artists.
Thursday 4 May, 10am-9pm Friday 5 May, 10am-10pm Saturday 6 & Sunday 7 May, 10am-6pm
360 Degree Tour of the Abstract Expressionism at Royal Academy
In case you missed the Royal Academy of Arts Autumn blockbuster exhibition Abstract Expressionism or you want to re-live it, here is a 360 degree tour of the show.
3 January 2017
Christopher Le Brun RA To Mount Two US Exhibitions In 2017
Christopher Le Brun, painter and president of the Royal Academy (RA) is set to exhibit a two-part show of new work, in the US next year. Christopher Le Brun: Composer, will be mounted at the Albertz Benda gallery in New York (2 March-15 April 2017) and at the Gallery at Windsor in Vero Beach, Florida (25 February-27 April 2017).
14 December 2016
James Ensor Exhibition Curated By Luc Tuymans Unveiled At The Royal Academy
London’s Royal Academy (RA) has unveiled the first major exhibition of the Belgian painter James Ensor’s (1860-1949) work to be held in the UK in twenty years. The exhibition is curated by contemporary painter Luc Tuymans.
25 October 2016
FOUND: Cornelia Parker Curates Royal Academicians At The Foundling Museum
Artlyst has attended the Foundling Museum, London, currently presenting the exhibition ‘FOUND’ curated by Foundling Fellow and Royal Academician Cornelia… Read More
23 June 2016
Launch Pad: 248th Royal Academy of Arts Summer Exhibition Unveiled
The 248th Summer Exhibition at the Royal Academy of Arts, London will open to the public, later on this week with its usual mix… Read More
6 June 2016
Ai Weiwei: A Prolific Year For The Chinese Dissident Artist In Pictures
It has been a particularly busy year for the acclaimed dissident Chinese artist Ai Weiwei. Artlyst even joined Ai and… Read More
24 December 2015
Photo Feature: Tim Marlow Donates Lego At The Royal Academy Of Arts
After Ai Weiwei, the Chinese dissident artist recently reported that the Danish toy manufacturer Lego had turned down a request… Read More
3 November 2015
Artlyst Photo Special: Ai Weiwei’s Tree Installation At The Royal Academy
Artlyst recently attended the press view of the Royal Academy of Arts’ landmark exhibition of the Honorary Royal Academician, Ai… Read More
8 October 2015
Artlyst Podcast: Tim Marlow And Adrian Locke Discuss Ai Weiwei At The RA
Artlyst recently attended the press view of the Royal Academy of Arts’ landmark exhibition of the Honorary Royal Academician, Ai… Read More
2 October 2015
Artlyst Photo Special: Ai Weiwei’s Political Detention Detailed At The Royal Academy
Artlyst recently attended the press view of the Royal Academy of Arts’ landmark exhibition of the Honorary Royal Academician, Ai… Read More
18 September 2015
Royal Academician Ai Weiwei Opens Landmark Survey At Royal Academy Of Arts
The Royal Academy of Arts will present a landmark exhibition of the Honorary Royal Academician, Ai Weiwei. Although Ai is… Read More
16 September 2015
Ai Weiwei Believes UK Has Very Strong Compassion
Ai Weiwei is currently in London installing his exhibition at the Royal Academy of Arts (RA), has revealed how he… Read More
11 September 2015
Joseph Cornell: Wanderlust – Royal Academy Of Arts – The Clockwork Utopia
The Royal Academy presents Joseph Cornell: Wanderlust, a survey of the artist’s complex and eclectic oeuvre exploring around 80 of… Read More
13 July 2015
Ai Weiwei’s RA Exhibition To Install 90 Tons Of Steel From Sichuan Earthquake
The mangled and twisted steel remains of the Sichuan earthquake of 2008, are to be a key installation at a… Read More
17 June 2015
Converse/Dazed Emerging Artists Award 2015 Shortlisted Artists Announced
Converse and Dazed have announced the artists shortlisted for the fifth Converse x Dazed Emerging Artists Award. The five 2015… Read More
5 February 2015
Anselm Kiefer Meets Science At Cern’s Monumental Hadron Collider
After the truly monumental retrospective of Anselm Kiefer’s work at the Royal Academy, which was the most significant display of… Read More
5 January 2015
Rubens And His Legacy At The Royal Academy
The Royal Academy is to present the first blockbuster of the year, and expectations are high for this exhibition of… Read More
1 January 2015
Allen Jones – Pop Artist Returns From PC Induced Isolation
Allen Jones has been vilified by a generation. Coming across as a kind Duchampian fetishist with misogynistic tendencies – Jones… Read More
30 October 2014
Juergen Wolf And Matt Smith – Winners Of Young Masters Art Prize 2014
German artist Juergen Wolf has today been announced as the winner of this year’s Young Masters Art Prize, taking home… Read More
29 October 2014
Royal Academy of Arts Partners With China To Create Artist-in-residence Exchange
The Royal Academy of Arts has partnered with Arts in Heritage Research, Hong Kong (AHR) and The Central Academy of… Read More
23 August 2014
Royal Academy of Arts To Offer Mutual Cooperation With Hong Kong Community
The Royal Academy of Arts, London (RA), has stated its strengthened commitment to helping facilitate professional development within the arts… Read More
23 September 2013
Royal Academy Unveils Renovation And Expansion Plan
The Royal Academy of Arts has announced plans to open up and renovate the Keeper’s House to create a series… Read More
11 June 2012