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Founded in 1768, the Royal Academy is Britain's oldest fine arts institution, led by and for practising artists. Located in Burlington House on Piccadilly, it stages some of the most attended loan exhibitions in the world, alongside the annual Summer Exhibition, an open submission show held continuously since the RA's founding. Free to enter the courtyard, with ticketed access to the main galleries.
Showing 7 exhibitions on now and coming soon at Royal Academy.
Until Oct 25
Dadd's intricate Victorian fairy paintings made during 42 years in Bethlem and Broadmoor
"Famously he was a painter of fairies, yet he was far from being away with the fairies"
Until Jan 31, 2027
160+ works showing how the Côte d'Azur shaped modern art from Monet to Klein
"The Riviera is left looking about as sublimely erotic and glamorous as a wet day in Margate. Tender Is the Night this is not. I don’t know whether the problem is pretension or, more depressingly, pandering to visitors the RA thinks want nice sunsets without the disturbing desires."
Coming SoonStarting Nov 21
Works from Guggenheim Jeune's pioneering 1938 London exhibitions reunited at the RA
Coming SoonStarting May 18, 2027
Open-submission show of new art and architecture, much of it for sale
Coming SoonStarting Apr 9, 2027
Rembrandt the rule-breaking etcher, at his most spontaneous
Coming SoonStarting Sep 18, 2027
Monumental bronze and ceramic sculpture exploring Black identity and memory
Coming SoonStarting Nov 19, 2027
Rarely seen modernist masterpieces from Heinz Berggruen's private collection
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Sunday10am–6pm
MondayClosed
Tuesday10am–6pm
Wednesday10am–6pm
Thursday10am–6pm
Friday10am–9pm
Saturday10am–6pm
The best critic-reviewed shows open this Saturday and Sunday.
Art exhibitions opening in London this month, from major museums to independent galleries.
Art exhibitions closing in London this month, so you can catch them before they end.
Shows on now in Mayfair, including Gagosian, Hauser & Wirth, Pace, White Cube and more.
EndedEnded Aug 30
Free open-submission exhibition for UK students aged 4–18, now in its 8th year
EndedEnded Aug 23
Annual open exhibition coordinated by Ryan Gander on Interconnectedness
"But for pure painterly excellence, you won't get much better than Glen Pudvine and Harriet Porter. The former's image of two hands unfolding a piece of paper is stunningly executed. The latter's painting of a small, silver pot is beautiful, hazy, minimal, serene."
EndedEnded Jun 21
Rediscovering the 17th-century Flemish artist called the greatest artistic find of the century
"Like someone laying out every qualification in a job interview, she throws everything she can into the canvas. In The Triumph of Bacchus, which now rivals Diego Velázquez's more famous version of the same subject."
EndedEnded Apr 19
Largest ever UK survey of bold, irreverent paintings by Rose Wylie RA
"When she's on song her works have a larky life of their own. The duds, however, outnumber the triumphs. Often, there's a sense that a Christmas cracker has been pulled. The painting goes off with a bang… then nothing falls out."
EndedEnded Feb 24
A century of South Asian modernism, centred on sculptor Mrinalini Mukherjee
"How clever of the Royal Academy to give this great modern artist a show. How stupid to muffle her in second-rate surroundings. This exhibition keeps throwing a wet blanket over it."