For more than 250 years, the Royal Academy of Arts has existed to champion art and artists.
The RA is run by the Royal Academicians, artists and architects elected by their peers in recognition of their exceptional work. Home to Britain’s longest established art school, the RA Schools.
Every year since 1768 the annual Summer Exhibition has been held and is the largest open-submission art exhibition in the world. Attractive building with varied collection works. Check regularly for new exhibitions.
To 10 December 2024: Michael Craig-Martin.
To 16 February 2025: Michelangelo, Leonardo, Raphael: Florence, c. 1504.
28 January-21 April 2025: Brasil! Brasil! The Birth of Modernism.
21 March-29 June 2025: Astonishing Things: The Drawings of Victor Hugo.
17 June-17 August 2025: Summer Exhibition 2025.
28 June-26 October 2025: Kiefer/Van Gogh.
20 September 2025-18 January 2026: Kerry James Marshall.
24 October 2025-25 January 2026: A Story of South Asian Art: Mrinalini Mukherjee and Her Circle.
