Located in the heart of London, the RA is a place where art is made, exhibited and debated. Kees Van Dongen, The White Lady (detail), 1926. Oil on canvas, 61 x 50 cm. Private collection, Courtesy of ...

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 story of how the Côte d'Azur dazzled modern art's great innovators. To Monet, it was like "swimming in blue air." To Braque, a "joyful revelation." Derain compared its cerulean hues to "sticks of ...

Memoirs Of Sir Edwin Landseer A Sketch Of The Life Of The Artist, Illustrated With Reproductuions Of Twenty-Four Of His Most Popular Works. Being a New Edition of "The Early Works of Sir Edwin ...

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Catalogue of a collection of English portraits in mezzotint (from the origin of that style of engraving to the end of the eighteenth century) : selected for their interest of subject, beauty of ...

With Marina Abramović taking over the Main Galleries at the RA, we look at some other artists who have shaped the history of performance art. In 1951, German photographer Hans Namuth, after spending ...

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 ...

One of the world’s most influential living painters, Marshall is a virtuoso chronicler of Black American life – here are five things you need to know about the artist. Kerry James Marshall first ...

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 ...

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 ...

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.