We asked guests at the Summer Exhibition Preview Party what they love most about the Summer Exhibition.
Emily Steer visits Summer Exhibition 2024 co-ordinator Ann Christopher RA in her Gloucestershire studio and learns how the artist’s experience of manipulating space as a sculptor has influenced this year’s show.
Discover the revolutions and experimentation that shaped 20th century Ukrainian art.
Watch artist Nicola Turner talk about how she created her sculpture ‘The Meddling Fiend’ for the Summer Exhibition 2024.
Find out more about nine works featured in this year’s Summer Exhibition.
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’.
After years in storage, watch as our cast collection is re-installed around the RA Schools.
To celebrate the reopening of the RA Schools Julia and Hans Rausing Campus after major renovation we’ve delved into the archives to compare yesteryear to the present day.
Mark Hampson tells the stories of some of the former students of the RA Schools, from its inception in 1769 to the present day.
Test your knowledge of the world’s oldest open-submission exhibition.
Watch Adjoa Andoh, Bridgerton’s Lady Danbury uncover the story behind Angelica Kauffman’s muse Emma, Lady Hamilton.
Take a look inside the sketchbook of Mick Kirkbride and learn how he structures his paintings.
Christopher Le Brun PPRA remembers the painter’s generosity as a mentor and his inspirational independence as an artist.
The Royal Academician discusses her process of making paintings and her recent focus on still lifes.
In this long read from RA Magazine, Alexandra Harris argues that Angelica Kauffman’s depictions of women blazed a trail for the female gaze.
Take a look inside the sketchbook of architect Peter Barber RA and learn how he draws buildings and neighbourhoods.
Writer and performer, Vanessa Kisuule responds to our latest exhibition ‘Entangled Pasts, 1768–now’ in her poem ‘Interview with a Paintbrush’.
Artist Tavares Strachan reimagines Leonardo’s ‘The Last Supper’.
Meet the artists and teachers behind Making Space, a new project at the RA that provides creative and professional support to eight learning-disabled and neurodivergent artists.
This spring, past and present collide in our powerful exhibition in the Main Galleries.
Will Jennings meets architecture graduates in the RA’s display ‘Crunch’ who are repurposing and reimagining building materials.
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?
Critic Ravi Ghosh meets two contemporary artists whose works address the legacies of Britain’s domination of India.
The award-winning novelist examines why contemporary artists of all disciplines are addressing imperial history in new ways.
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