From stinky cheese skies to secret sausage rolls, sunny chip weddings to snail self-care, the artists featured in the eighth year of the Young Artists’ Summer Show have amazed us once again. Artists ...

Stop off for a fresh coffee and light refreshment at the RA Café and Architecture Wall. Friends and members of the RA enjoy exclusive access to José Pizarro’s dining options in the Keeper’s House. The ...

On a winter’s day in 1768, architect Sir William Chambers visited the king, George III. He brought with him a petition signed by 36 artists and architects including himself, all of whom were seeking ...

We’re lucky enough to have two historic London buildings to call home: Burlington House, and Burlington Gardens. Now linked for the first time, together they form the new RA. The new RA is the product ...

The Royal Academy of Arts, located in the heart of London, is a place where art is made, exhibited and debated.

The Victoria and Albert Museum has its origins in the Great Exhibition of 1851, with which Henry Cole, the museum's first director, was involved in planning. Initially it was known as the Museum of ...

What is the RA Collection Gallery Project? We are excited to announce plans to expand our Collection Gallery in Burlington Gardens into an ambitious and elegant double-height space. This project will ...

Bookbinders established in London in 1901 by Francis Sangorski (1875–1912) and George Sutcliffe (1878–1943). It is considered to be one of the most important bookbinding companies of the 20th century, ...

David Bogue (1808-1856), print and book publisher and bookseller. Born 16 October 1808 in East Lothian. He became the assistant of Thomas Ireland, a bookseller in Edinburgh, but moved to London in ...

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 ...

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 ...

See inside ‘Tracey Emin / Edvard Munch: The Loneliness of the Soul’ Tracey Emin has long had a fascination with the Norwegian Expressionist and painter of The Scream, Edvard Munch: in her words, “I’ve ...