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Meet the Royal Academy
London’s Royal Academy of Arts has been championing artists and architects for more than 250 years, and doesn’t intend to stop now. Explore their Collection, stories and spaces.
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Step Inside
A virtual visit
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See The Art
Treasures from the RA's collection
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Learn The History
The inner workings
The RA opens its doors
An art haven for over 250 years now available to explore from your home
Why it matters
The Gallery and Art School in the Heart of London
How it started, surviving the blitz, and the odd drink that is used to toast the summer exhibition
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250 Years in 90 Seconds
The history of the Royal Academy, from 1768 to now
Grayson Perry takes you round
See artworks by Banksy, David Hockney, David Shrigley, and more
Grayson Perry's Summer Exhibition
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Explore the spaces around the RA
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Collection Gallery
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Sculpture Gallery
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Lecture Theatre
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Underneath the Galleries
Explore Sculpture From Anthony Caro, Bill Woodrow, and more
A guided tour of artworks on display upstairs in The Dame Jillian Sackler Sculpture Gallery
See How Artists Learned To Draw
A guided tour of artworks in The Julia and Hans Rausing Hall
The bits you don't normally get to see
The hidden spaces of the RA
Take a Look Around the RA's Hidden Library
A room of thousands of art books (and a few artworks) collected over more than 250 years
Walk Through The Hidden Rooms at the Royal Academy
Go behind the scenes of Burlington House
Explore all the artworks by color
From the stormy grey skies of Turner to the burnt orange of Frith
Pick a color
Listen and look
Go on a guided tour of RA artworks set to music
The Last Supper x Beethoven
Sit back and enjoy the masterpiece with the Moonlight Sonata
Explore a John Constable Classic With Classical Music
Zoom in to 'Waterloo Bridge'
Where Bach Meets Joshua Reynolds
Sit back and relax with music and art
The RA's History Comes to Life With Classical Music
Algelica Kauffman x Opera
Relax with the painter's artistic details
10 Academicians you should know
From founding members to the leading artists and architects who run the RA
L.S. Lowry RA
Mary Moser
Yinka Shonibare RA
Phyllida Barlow RA
Will Alsop RA
Angelica Kauffman RA
John Singer Sargent RA
John Everett Millais, Bt. PRA
Lubaina Himid RA
John Constable RA
London's biggest art show
The world's longest-running open-submission exhibition
250 Years of the Summer Exhibition
The art show that's happened every year since 1768 - with an unusual traditional drink
See the classics, up close
Zoom into details in Mary Moser, Henry Singleton, and more
Spotlight on: The Last Supper
The most complete surviving replica of Da Vinci's masterpiece
The Story Behind the RA's Last Supper
Discover how it differs from the original
Zoom into The Last Supper
See the details, up close
Step a little closer
Take a guided tour of the brush strokes
Zoom into JMW Turner's Painting, 'Dolbadern Castle'
Discover the poem that goes with the painting
Zoom into Angelica Kauffman's Painting, 'Design'
How the painting represents one of the four elements of art
Zoom into John Francis Rigaud's Painting, 'Samson and Delilah'
Learn about the story of betrayal behind the artwork
Zoom into Mary Moser's Painting, 'Spring'
Take a closer look at the flowers and the artists' career
Zoom into a Self-Portrait by Joshua Reynolds
Discover how the artist used it to elevate his status and celebrity
The contemporary collection
Explore work from some of the multi-disciplinary artists who have joined the RA ranks
Elizabeth Frink
Norman Ackroyd
Lynn Chadwick
Kiki Smith
Lubaina Himid
Inside Britain’s oldest art school
Discover the inner workings of the RA Schools
The history
How Britain's First Art School Began
Tucked beneath the RA's galleries are studios, workshops (and a bar)
The school
The Importance of Art Education
Rebecca Salter, President of the RA, on how we must value a rich arts education for all
The secrets
Behind the Scenes of Britain's Oldest Art School
The vital spark at the heart of the RA
The RA’s leading artists and architects
Meet the artists who give the RA its energy
The Life and Work of Lubaina Himid
The Turner Prize-winning British artist discusses teaching, politics, and her mum
Kiki Smith's Journey Without End
The artist on merging with nature, holding onto faith, and the importance of making art you can carry
In The Studio With Chris Wilkinson
The architect behind London's new Battersea Power Station and Singapore’s Gardens by the Bay
Spotlight on: John Constable
One of the greatest landscape painters
A Closer Look at 'Leaping Horse'
Zoom in to the the bent nails, moorhen and distant smoke
A Closer Look at 'Rainstorm Over The Sea'
Zoom into storms and sunlight in Brighton
Feuds and fiery debates
What happens when art gets argumentative
The Scandalous World of Artist Feuds
The RA has always been home to lively debate among art-lovers – although sometimes things can get a little out of hand...
Do We All See Color The Same?
Historian Kassia St Clair and artist Emyr Williams go head-to-head on whether color is purely subjective
Women and the RA
The first female Academicians and their legacy
Sarah Pickstone Discusses the Legacy of Angelica Kauffman RA
The RA Schools alum on her recent project investigating the work of the pioneering 18th-century artist
The Women Artists Who Changed History
Meet the determined artists who fought to get their art recognised
Looking back
The history of one of the UK's most important galleries
Meet The Founders of the Royal Academy
36 men made up the group who started the RA - although not all of them were fine artists...
What Makes a Blockbuster Exhibit?
Did you know that the RA is often credited with inventing the “blockbuster exhibition”
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Take a virtual tour around the RA
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Piccadilly Entrance
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Burlington Gardens Entrance
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Life Drawing Room
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