No discussion of weaving would be complete without the Academy’s own Grayson Perry RA. Among the works Perry is showcasing is the medieval-inspired quilt 'I Know Who I Am,' featuring a castle, a queen ...

One of the world’s most influential living painters, Marshall is a virtuoso chronicler of Black American life – here are five things you need to know about the artist. Kerry James Marshall first ...

Video: ostrich feathers and steel chains decorate the central hall Published on 25 June 2025 Alice Channer tells us about her sculpture suspended in the central hall for the Summer Exhibition 2025.

Find out more about how the pioneer of Post-Impressionism has inspired the subjects and techniques of Kiefer’s monumental paintings and sculptures. A few months after turning 18, Kiefer embarked on an ...

From the desert of New Mexico to the clifftops of Guernsey, artists have found inspiration in all sorts of places. Here are five artist houses that are an extension of their owners' artistic ...

Vol. I: [Half-t., t.p.] - An Essay on the Life of Pliny, In a Letter to Charles Lord Boyle - [Text, books 1-5] - The Index To Pliny's Epistles. Book I.(-V.) - An Index Of Particular Passages In The ...

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 ...

Meet the artists who defined Ukraine’s culture at the start of the 20th century before you visit our latest exhibition ‘In the Eye of the Storm’. The start of the 20th century was a period of ...

Discover the next generation of architects, designers and curators in this changing display in the McAulay Gallery. The Architecture Window is a space for new voices in architecture at the heart of ...

Flaming June is one of the most reproduced images in Victorian painting. What makes an artwork seize the public imagination in ways that give it a life far larger than its own? From the Spring 2024 ...

Recent research reveals how the Royal Academy’s founding artists worked amidst Britain’s imperial expansion in the 18th century, the transatlantic slave trade, and a growing abolitionist movement.

In 19th-century France, working on paper was mainly seen as a means to an end – a tool used to prepare for finished paintings. The Impressionists changed that. They created works on paper – using ...