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From seed to sketchbook
Flowers are a joy to behold. They're also a joy to draw – and useful practice for your skills to blossom.
Join Grace Holliday at the Chelsea Flower Show as she shows how to capture blooms quickly and confidently from life. You can pick up essential tips to try in your own sketchbook straight away.
Learn and make this summer at the RA
Gary Hume in conversation with Martin Gayford
Join us to hear Gary Hume RA reflect on his remarkable practice with art historian Martin Gayford as Hume celebrates his monograph, 'Begging for It'.
In person and online
Friday 26 June 2026, 6.30 – 7.45pm
Saturday Sketch Club: drawing portraits
Strengthen your portrait drawing and powers of observation under the tutelage of artist Desmond Haughton.
Online
Saturday 6 June 2026, 10.30 – 11.45am
Get ready for an unmissable summer of art
RA Schools Show 2026
Discover bold new work by graduating RA Schools students as the annual RA Schools Show returns to our historic studios. The exhibition is free and open to all.
12 June – 28 June 2026
Summer Exhibition 2026
The Summer Exhibition is an unmissable summer celebration of art and architecture. Our 259th edition has more late openings (now on Fridays and Saturdays till 9PM), and our in-gallery gin bar is back for longer.
16 June – 23 August 2026
Art around the Keeper's House
Charlie Billingham
The practice of RA Schools graduate Charlie Billingham draws on Georgian and Regency-era history, adopting the visual language of comic British political print.
Exhibited as part of his Art Sales display are new and existing paintings and drawings, including a site-responsive, hand printed 'wall print'.
Until 4 October 2026
Shenkman Bar | Keeper’s House
Patrick Caulfield RA
Patrick Caulfield RA (1936 - 2005) is among Britain's most recognisable artists.
Our new Art Sales display presents never-before-seen drawings, sketches and paintings produced by Caulfield in the 60s and 70s, alongside four posthumous screenprints and original prints from his 1973 Laforgue publication.
Until 16 August 2026
Hugh Casson and Belle Shenkman Rooms | Keeper’s House
The RA in bloom
RA closure
Please note that the whole of the RA will be closed on Wednesday 10 June 2026. We apologise for any inconvenience caused.
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Images:
Artist Grace Holliday sketching flowers at RHS Chelsea Flower Show
Portrait of Gary Hume and Martin Gayford (detail). Photo credit: Joe Hume
Portrait drawing in the RA Life Room (detail). Royal Academy of Arts
RA Schools Show 2026
Gallery view of the Summer Exhibition 2025, at the Royal Academy of Arts, London, 17 June - 17 August 2025. Photo: © Royal Academy of Arts, London / David Parry
Charlie Billingham, Untitled (three glasses), 2026. Ink on paper. 21 x 29.7 cm. Courtesy of the artist.
Patrick Caulfield, Untitled (well), c. 60's/70's. Drawing on paper. 31 x 36 cm (frame). Courtesy of the Patrick Caulfield Estate.
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