One of the world’s most influential living painters, Marshall is a virtuoso chronicler of Black American life – here are five ...

From sunny summer beaches to bouncy ball towns, vampire dogs to dates with wizard frogs, the artists featured in the seventh year of the Young Artists’ Summer Show have amazed us once again.

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

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 together more than 300 works on ...

Explore the first ever winter Summer Exhibition like never before and discover a myriad of works by household names and emerging artists inside this virtual tour.

How to: make tempera paint By Anna Smallman Published on 24 May 2021 Have a go at making your own paint with eggs, make-up, spices and chalk.

As we unite more than 50 of Lucian Freud’s self-portraits for the first time ever, here’s a handy guide to get to know the man whose painted, printed and drawn figure is in our galleries this autumn.

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 ...

A "female invasion" 250 years in the making By Annette Wickham Published on 12 May 2018 The RA started out with two female Academicians, then took over a century to elect any more. As we celebrate our ...

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.

Discover new artists and explore a rich period of Brazilian art history in our latest exhibition, ‘Brasil! Brasil! The Birth of Modernism’.

Meet the artist: Gabriele Münter By Francesca Wade Published on 8 October 2022 A founder member of the Blue Rider, the art group at the heart of German Expressionism, Münter developed a spontaneous ...