Born on the French Riviera, Yves Klein grew up surrounded by the intense blue of the Mediterranean sea and sky. He got the ...

For a moment, I thought I’d come up with the perfect argument against the use of phones at exhibitions. Suppose that instead of being face to face with a masterpiece – or lens to face, rather – you ...

Part of the interior of an Hindoo temple, at Deo, in Bahar, 16-10-1799 [1808] ...

The practice of oil painting and of drawing as associated with it, by Solomon J. Solomon, R.A.; with eighty illustrations. - London :: 1910.

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.

Born Frankfurt am Main. Began working as a photographer aged 19 after an apprenticeship with Andreas and Sons. Sommer moved to Italy in 1857, where, with Edmondo Behles, he opened studios in Naples ...

My autobiography and reminiscences / by W.P. Frith - London: 1887 ...

Leighton, Millais and William Morris : a lecture delivered to the students of the Royal Academy / by Sir William Blake Richmond, Professor of Painting at the Royal Academy of Arts - London ; New York: ...

See inside the Summer Exhibition 2020 252 years ago, a group of artists made it their mission to form an annual exhibition to support artists and architects, by showcasing art of the moment to the ...

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 ...

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 ...