Royal Academy of Arts Archives

Souls Grown Deep like the Rivers: Black Artists from the American South.

Souls Grown Deep like the Rivers: Black Artists from the American South will showcase unique African American artistic traditions and methods of visual storytelling.

Spain and the Hispanic World

This Saturday the Royal Academy of Arts will present Spain and the Hispanic World, celebrating the unrivalled collection of the… Read More

Top 5 Museum Exhibitions to see in early 2023

Tabish Khan the @LondonArtCritic picks his favourite top 5 exhibitions to see in museums to kick start 2023. Each one comes with a… Read More

The Top Art Books to Read in 2023

The top art-y reads to pick up in the new year.

Paul’s Gallery of the Week: The Royal Academy of Arts

I guess no one needs to be told about the Royal Academy, founded in 1768 and iconically located not once but thrice: in the former Royal Palace of Somerset House (1771- 1836), the National Gallery (1837-67) and Burlington House, Piccadilly (1868 onwards). It used to be considered crusty and old-fashioned (the Royal Academy o‘ Farts, perhaps) but has become cooler in recent years.

8 museum exhibitions to see in 2023.

Here are eight museum exhibitions we are looking forward to in 2023

The Top 5 Museums shows to see in London this Autumn

Tabish Khan the @LondonArtCritic picks his favourite top 5 museum shows to see in London this Autumn. Each one comes with a concise review to help you decide whether it’s for you.

William Kentridge at the Royal Academy of Arts

In September the Royal Academy of Arts will host a major exhibition of the work of the internationally celebrated South African artist and Honorary Royal Academician, William Kentridge

A very Nice Combination

It’s a seamless art transition and only a hundred yards to move from the solo shows of Milton Avery (1885-1965) to that of his daughter March Avery (born 1932, and still painting six days a week in her New York studio).

Animal Parade at the Royal Academy

There are 1,465 works in this year’s Royal Academy Summer Exhibition, a third of them in the two galleries curated by Grayson Perry, who declares his approach ‘democratic’. So there’s no lack of options for making a selection of, say, six.

The Top 5 Museum Exhibitions to see in June

Demons, Impressionism, climate change, studios and roses.

Marina Abramovic finally gets her show at the Royal Academy.

Marina Abramovic finally gets her show at the Royal Academy after it was delayed twice by COVID. The show will… Read More

The Royal Academy of Arts to host a major exhibition of the work of South African artist William Kentridge.

In autumn 2022, the Royal Academy of Arts will host a major exhibition of the work of the internationally celebrated… Read More

The Top 5 Museum Exhibitions to see in London: Spring 2022

Tabish Khan the @LondonArtCritic picks his favourite exhibitions to see right now in museums and institutional art galleries. Each one comes with a… Read More

So This Is Permanent

It’s easy to find that, because there’s a time limit on changing exhibitions, you concentrate on those becasue you might miss them and never quite get round to looking at institutions’ permanent holdings, deep in the memory as they may be. So on visiting major new shows recently, I’ve also thought: let’s take a ride out, see what we can find…

The Top 5 Exhibitions to see in London right now

Carnival, femininity, landscapes, art history & fire.

Kyosai: The Israel Goldman Collection at the Royal Academy of Arts

I must admit that before I visited the Kawanabe Kyosai exhibition at the Royal Academy of Arts, I wasn’t familiar with his work, and expected to see something in the vein of the revered Japanese artist Hokusai. Kyosai is considered to be a close successor of Hokusai, however, the exhibition felt more like looking at the work of an illustrator and satirist than a fine artist.