The Friends of the RWA Balcony Appeal 2023 – how you can help

How you can help the Friends transform the RWA balcony into a beautiful, green, accessible al fresco seating area…

Jem Southam’s ‘A Bend In The River’ exhibition and talk: a summary

Medi Jones-Williams reflects on the key themes of Jem Southam’s ‘A Bend in the River’…

Medi Jones-Williams explores the life and work of Anna Atkins, pioneering photographer and scientist

This year marks the 10th anniversary of the final issue of ART, the stunning magazine produced by the RWA

We are delighted to present a new series of free Wednesday evening Artist Talks, exclusively for Friends.

The Friends were deeply saddened by the death of Her Majesty The Queen, Elizabeth II, on 8 September 2022.

We take a look at some of the remarkable women who made their mark on the Academy…

Watch Alison Bevan’s online talk about the RWA’s permanent collection…

Meet Avy, winner of The Floating Circle Prize for Best Work by a Student at the RWA168 Open…

How you can help the Friends of the RWA donate spectacular new glass doors for the revamped Main Gallery…

RWA Director Alison Bevan delivers some great news in troubled times…

With the ‘Light and Inspiration’ project, the RWA is poised to undergo its biggest transformation in more than a century. … More

We ask fourteen Academicians the deceptively simple question: ‘Why do you make art?’

The Friends are delighted to welcome Kathy Curling as the new Chair of the Board of Trustees at the RWA…

Meet Sarah Bailey, winner of inaugural The Floating Circle Prize for Best Work by a Student at the RWA 167 Open…