Currently celebrating its 250th anniversary, the Royal Academy of Arts, which hosts the annual unmissable Summer Exhibition, has been making, debating and showing art since 1768. The RA’s ever expanding campus now includes a new lecture theatre and a link between its Piccadilly and Burlington Gardens galleries for the first time in its history.
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Women’s Fashion Week A/W 2026: everything you need to knowStarting tomorrow in New York – with subsequent stops in London, Milan and Paris – we break down everything to look forward to on the schedule, including debuts at Fendi and Marni
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As Palm Springs Modernism Week 2026 launches, we tour the city at nightPhotographer Trey Burnette captured Palm Springs at night - we explore the city through his eyes, just as Palm Springs Modernism Week 2026 is about to launch
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In Palm Springs, a Donald Wexler midcentury home is on the market for under $2 millionJust in time for Palm Springs Modernism Week 2026, The Royal Singapore, designed by Wexler in 1966, could be yours
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Out of office: The Wallpaper* editors’ picks of the weekFrom sumo wrestling to Singaporean fare, medieval manuscripts to magnetic exhibitions, the Wallpaper* team have traversed the length and breadth of culture in the capital this week
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Vincent Van Gogh and Anselm Kiefer are in rich and intimate dialogue at the Royal Academy of ArtsGerman artist Anselm Kiefer has paid tribute to Van Gogh throughout his career. When their work is viewed together, a rich relationship is revealed
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William Kentridge on failed utopias and transcending borders: ‘art must defend the uncertain’Azu Nwagbogu profiles South African artist William Kentridge, whose show at London's Royal Academy of Arts runs until 11 December 2022
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2022 Royal Academy Architecture Prize recognises Renée GailhoustetThe 2022 Royal Academy Architecture Prize is awarded to Renée Gailhoustet, with the shortlist for the 2022 Royal Academy Dorfman Award revealed at the same time
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Steel yourself for metal guru Antony Gormley’s Royal Academy blockbusterThe British sculptor takes you through a room brambled with steel spindles, inside pitch-black tunnels, before platooning you in a room filled with seawater
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Phyllida Barlow has us on the edge at the Royal AcademyThe British sculptor’s teetering site-specific installations open up new perspectives to the London institution’s architecture
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Head trip: the ’Veronica Scanner’ creates live 3D portraits at the Royal Academy of Arts -
’82 Portraits and 1 Still-life’: David Hockney returns to the RA
