Solid gold toilets. An Oscar winner-turned-painter. Record-breaking auctions. It's time to test your 2025 art news knowledge.

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 nation. The Summer Exhibition has run ...

Originally released in cinemas, this 'Exhibition on Screen' film takes us back to two of our landmark exhibitions by the iconic British artist, David Hockney RA. Sit back and enjoy, as we revisit 2012 ...

Created on their return from an Antarctic expedition, these life jackets symbolise survival, whether it’s physical, material, or spiritual. Taking inspiration from a Victorian book of cyanotypes ...

Tracey Emin RA has won the 2024 Charles Wollaston Award for the "most distinguished work" in the Summer Exhibition. Each year we present prizes for outstanding works in the Summer Exhibition. Over £80 ...

Cornelia Parker RA brings her PsychoBarn installation to London and the Neoclassical surrounds of our Annenberg Courtyard. Cornelia Parker's Transitional Object (PsychoBarn) was first exhibited on the ...

Take a look around Nicola Turner’s studio in Bath and watch her build her dramatic sculpture created from tentacles of horsehair and sheep fleeces. See 'The Meddling Fiend' in our courtyard as part of ...

Video: Victor Hugo's sketchbook Published on 13 May 2025 Take a look through the pages of one of Victor Hugo's sketchbooks and get an insight into the creative universe of one of France’s most famous ...

Curator Adrian Locke on the monumental installation that will be coming to the RA’s courtyard alongside our Ai Weiwei exhibition. Part six in a series of blogs telling the story of how our forthcoming ...

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 ...

The pioneering artist and designer has been overshadowed by her father for over a century, but a new show at William Morris Gallery is stitching together the threads of her own remarkable career.