RA Summer Exhibition

Run without interruption since 1769, the Summer Exhibition at the Royal Academy of Arts is the world’s largest open submission art show and brings together art in all mediums – prints and paintings, film, photography, sculpture, architectural works and more – by leading artists, Royal Academicians and household names as well as new and emerging talent.

This year, acclaimed British painter Jock McFadyen RA takes the mantle from Grayson Perry to co-ordinate the 251st Summer Exhibition. Over 1,500 works are on display, most of them for the first time. Highlights include an animal-themed ‘menagerie’ in the Central Hall, with works by artists including Polly Morgan, Charles Avery, Banksy and Mat Collishaw. Artist sisters Jane and Louise Wilson RA have curated two galleries, one of which showcases work exploring light and time. Further artists exhibiting include Jeremy Deller, Marcus Harvey, Tracey Emin RA, Frank Bowling RA, Antony Gormley RA and Honorary Academicians Anselm Kiefer, James Turrell and Wim Wenders.

Outside the galleries, international artist Thomas Houseago has taken over the RA’s courtyard with a group of large-scale sculptural works, and the exhibition spills out into nearby Bond Street with a colourful installation of flags featuring work by Michael Craig-Martin RA.

In addition to the above check out the following:

• 'Agony in the Garden', 'Death of the Virgin', 'Deposition' and 'The Visitation' by Paula Rego;
• 'Rachmaninoff. Piano Concert No. 2' by Alexander Mochalov;
• 'Three Paper Darts' and 'All The Tape Left Over From My Last Painting' by Alastair Gordon;
• 'Passing By' and 'Across The Station' by Peter S. Smith; and
• 'Blues' from the Series 'Song of Solomon' by Clack & Cargill.

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