No discussion of weaving would be complete without the Academy’s own Grayson Perry RA. Among the works Perry is showcasing is ...

Vincent van Gogh has had an enduring influence on Anselm Kiefer. See work by both artists side by side this summer. In 1890 Vincent van Gogh painted his final works. Seventy-two years later an ...

“My aim has been to make my collection as complete a representation as possible of the various states through which each plate passed. There are of course very many gaps which it has not been possible ...

Sketch of Walter William Ouless as a devil at a RA Club Dinner, 12 January 1911 ...

The RA started out with two female Academicians, then took over a century to elect any more. As we celebrate our 250th anniversary, we take a look back at the women who fought the odds to be a part of ...

Léon Spilliaert (1881–1946) was born in the coastal town of Ostend. He moved to Brussels at the age of 20, and would live and work between the two cities for the rest of his life. Self-taught, he ...

Have a go at making your own paint with eggs, make-up, spices and chalk. Some materials like chalk might need to be ground into a powder by using a mortar and pestle ...

As our 'From Life' exhibition explores the past, present and future of representing bodies in art, we look back at the Royal Academy's 250-year tradition of drawing nude models. Charles West Cope RA’s ...

Virtual tour – Tracey Emin / Edvard Munch: The Loneliness of the Soul Published on 20 January 2021 Explore the dark territories and raw emotions distilled in the artworks of Tracey Emin and Edvard ...

Ai Weiwei has worked in everything from paint to readymades. As our landmark exhibition examines work from 1993 up to the present day, we take a look at some of the key works to know from across Ai's ...

See inside Picasso and Paper Picasso didn’t just draw on paper – he tore it, burnt it, and made it three-dimensional. From studies for Guernica to a 4.8-metre-wide collage, this exhibition brings ...

Joseph Cornell created curious worlds of long ago and far away in his boxes of found objects. We examine the work of this American trailblazer ahead of his RA exhibition. From the Summer 2015 issue of ...