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Expanding the RA Collection Gallery
We're excited to announce our plans to expand the RA Collection Gallery in Burlington Gardens. This project will create a striking 12-metre-high gallery, allowing for a greater selection of works from the RA's rich collection to be displayed and enjoyed by all visitors for free.
The space is designed by David Chipperfield Architects, who completed the redevelopment of 6 Burlington Gardens in 2018 and the RA Schools Restoration and Renewal Project in 2024, together with Julian Harrap Architects. We have received generous support from an anonymous donor to realise this project.
Burlington Gardens was originally designed by Sir James Pennethorne for the University of London and opened in 1870. The RA Collection Gallery project will restore, in a modern interpretation, Pennethorne’s original plans for a double-height examination hall in this space.
The current Collection Gallery will close to the public from 10 October. The whole of 6 Burlington Gardens will close to the public from 27 October and will reopen in early 2027.
Burlington House, accessible from Piccadilly, will remain open as usual and the RA’s 2026 exhibition programme will be unaffected.
We're looking forward to sharing new inspiring stories from the RA Collection through this project.
What's on this autumn
Kerry James Marshall:
The Histories
★★★★★
“the exhibition of the autumn” — The Telegraph
Experience the epic style of America's most important artist, Kerry James Marshall, whose powerful paintings place the lives of Black Americans front and centre.
Until 18 January 2026
A Story of South Asian Art: Mrinalini Mukherjee and Her Circle
Discover a constellation of avant-garde artists who have shaped the trajectory of Indian Modernism through to contemporary art. At its core, the radical work of Mrinalini Mukherjee.
31 October – 24 February 2026
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Images:
Visualisation of the Royal Academy’s new double-height Collection Gallery. Image: David Chipperfield Architects
Gallery view of 'Kerry James Marshall: The Histories' at the Royal Academy of Arts, London (20 September 2025 - 18 January 2026), showing Untitled (Beauty Queen), 2014. Loan courtesy Defares Collection. © Kerry James Marshall. Photo: © Royal Academy of Arts, London / David Parry.
Nilima Sheikh, Home-Land 2 (detail), 2024. Mixed tempera on Sanganer paper, 76.2 x 193.04 cm. SUNITA & VIJAY CHORARIA. © The Artist. Exhibition organised by the Royal Academy of Arts, in partnership with The Hepworth Wakefield. In 2026 a major retrospective of Mrinalini Mukherjee will be presented at The Hepworth Wakefield.
Photo: © Royal Academy of Arts, London.
The Sir Hugh Casson Room showing installation view of ‘Anthony Whishaw RA: Memories and Experience’ © Anthony Whishaw. Photo: © Royal Academy of Arts, London / David Parry.
Yinka Shonibare RA, Cheeky Little Astronomer (detail), 2013. Fibre glass life-sized mannequin, dutch wax printed cotton textile, leather, resin, chair, globe and telescope. 1230 mm x 470 mm x 900 mm. © Royal Academy of Arts, London. Photography courtesy of Steve White, 2013.
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