From Copacabana Beach to footballing legend, Pelé, Brazil’s modern culture has made a lasting mark on the world.

The RA Architecture Prize and The RA Dorfman Prize celebrate outstanding international contributions to design and uncover fresh new talent. Hear from leading architects from the UK and around the ...

Held every year since 1769, the Summer Exhibition displays works in a variety of mediums and genres by emerging and established artists. The Summer Exhibition is the world’s oldest open submission ...

Discover the collaborative work of pioneering master printer and publisher, Kip Gresham. Kip Gresham was a groundbreaking printmaker. For forty years, Gresham and studio worked with leading British ...

Whether you’re looking to hone your skills or are trying life drawing for the very first time, our classes are a wonderful way to experience life drawing in a supportive and friendly environment.

Explore art works, paint-smeared palettes, scribbled letters and more... Artists and architects have run the RA for 250 years. Our Collection is a record of them.

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

Apocalyptical key. An extraordinary discourse on the rise and fall of Papacy; or the pouring out of the vials, in the Revelation of St. John, chap. XVI. Containing predictions respecting the ...

124 pages : black & white illustrations ; 21 cm. A digitised copy of the 1887 RA annual exhibition catalogue, the subject of this publication, can be viewed here ...

The Trajan's Column is a Roman triumphal column erected in Rome in 113 AD by emperor Trajan. Most likely constructed under the supervision of the architect Apollodorus of Damascus it was part of the ...

120 pages : black and white illustrations ; 21 cm. A digitised copy of the 1888 RA annual exhibition catalogue, the subject of this publication, can be viewed here ...

Since 2020 our team has been investigating the links between the RA and its colonial past. Research into the Royal Academy of Arts and its Collection within the context of colonialism has continued ...