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Extend your summer into autumn
We are true believers in the power of British summer at the RA. But even we would admit that it can end before it really gets going. Our new series of events, launched to coincide with our blockbuster autumn exhibition, Painting the French Riviera, are sure to help you extend your summer.
To soak up that feeling, you could catch an unusually bright Hitchcock classic, or evoke the Côte d'Azur in your sketchbook. But the wisdom of our artists and curators who also form part of our programme is, of course, evergreen.
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New perspectives
Curator talk: Painting the French Riviera
Join curator Ann Dumas as she explains how the dazzling light and sapphire seas of the Côte d'Azur became a potent force in the emergence of modern art.
In person
Friday 9 October 2026, 11am – 12.15pm
A coffee with Ben Okri and Rosemary Clunie
Join us for a talk on poetry and painting over coffee (or tea) with Booker Prize-winning author Ben Okri and artist Rosemary Clunie.
In person
Saturday 17 October 2026, 11am – 12.15pm
Lubaina Himid in conversation
Join Lubaina Himid RA, CBE as she reflects on representing Britain at this year’s Venice Biennale.
In person and online
Wednesday 28 October 2026, 6.30 – 7.45pm
Journey to the coast
Saturday Sketch Club: drawing the seaside
Inspired by the epic vistas of the French Riviera, you can practice capturing the atmosphere and energy of coastal landscapes in this Saturday Sketch Club.
Online
Saturday 10 October 2026, 10.30 – 11.45am
Friday night life drawing: Bathers by the sea
Immerse yourself in the French Riviera for a cinematic evening of life drawing.
In person
Friday 23 October 2026, 6.30 – 8pm
Catch the French Riviera on screen
Screening the French Riviera: À propos de Nice
Join us for a special screening of Jean Vigo's and Boris Kaufman’s film À propos de Nice, followed by a talk on 20th-century life in the French Riviera.
In person
Tuesday 10 November 2026, 6.30 – 8pm
Screening the French Riviera: To Catch a Thief
Join Cary Grant and Grace Kelly on the French Riviera for a special screening of Alfred Hitchcock's sun-drenched tale of crime, romance and deception.
In person
Friday 20 November 2026, 6 – 8.30pm
Screening the French Riviera: La Baie des Anges
Join us for a special screening of Jacques Demy's 1963 film, La Baie des Anges.
In person
Friday 15 January 2027, 6 – 8.30pm
Screening the French Riviera: Bonjour Tristesse
Join us for a special screening of Otto Preminger's 1958 adaptation of Françoise Sagan's novel.
In person
Friday 29 January 2027, 6 – 8.30pm
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Thanks to our supporters
Painting the French Riviera is supported by Kenneth C. Griffin and Griffin Catalyst, The Idan & Batia Ofer Family Foundation, the Huo Family Foundation, Christie's, and David and Molly Lowell Borthwick.
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Please check our website for the latest opening times and to plan your visit.
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Images:
Claude Monet, View of Bordigehera (detail), 1884. Oil on canvas, 66 x 81.8 cm. The Armand Hammer Collection, Gift of the Armand Hammer Foundation. Hammer Museum, Los Angeles, AH.90.47. Exhibition organised by the Royal Academy of Arts, London in collaboration with the Cleveland Museum of Art.
Ben Okri and Rosemary Clunie at the opening of Firedreams, The Bomb Factory Marylebone (detail). Image courtesy of the Bomb Factory
Lubaina Himid. Photographer: Adama Jalloh
Charlotte Winifred Guérard, Behind the fog, 2024, pastel on paper. A3
Paul Cézanne, The Bathers (detail), 1890-92. Oil on canvas, 54.3 x 66 cm. Saint Louis Art Museum, Funds given by Mrs. Mark C. Steinberg.
À propos de Nice, 1930, Jean Vigo and Boris Kaufman.
To Catch a Thief: © 1955, renewed 2014, Paramount Pictures. All Rights Reserved
Film still, La Baie des Anges (1963) dir Jacques Demy, Courtesy of Janus Films.
Bonjour Tristesse, 1958, Otto Preminger
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