John William Waterhouse often featured figures from literature or Greek mythology... but what dark secrets is his mermaid ...

Dogs, cats, goats, and ocelots. Animals have long served as muses and companions to artists and creatives. Here are our five ...

Held every year since 1769, the Summer Exhibition displays works in a variety of mediums and genres by emerging and established artists. The Summer Exhibition is the world’s oldest open submission ...

The poetical works of Oliver Goldsmith, M. B. Complete in one volume. With the life of the author. / Embellished with vignettes & tail-pieces, designed, and engraved on wood, by T. Bewick. - Hereford: ...

The Analysis Of Beauty. Written with a view of fixing the fluctuating Ideas Of Taste. - By William Hogarth. - [Epigraph] - A New Edition. - - London:: [1772] ...

Formal gardens in England and Scotland : their planning and arrangement, architectural and ornamental features / by H. Inigo Triggs. Illustrated by seventy-two plates from drawings by the author and ...

Many of Michaelina Wautier's works were posthumously attributed to men over the centuries. But how do you spot a Wautier ...

See inside Picasso and Paper Picasso didn’t just draw on paper – he tore it, burnt it, and made it three-dimensional. From studies for Guernica to a 4.8-metre-wide collage, this exhibition brings ...

A beginner’s guide to Lucian Freud Published on 21 October 2019 As we unite more than 50 of Lucian Freud’s self-portraits for the first time ever, here’s a handy guide to get to know the man whose ...

Flaming June is one of the most reproduced images in Victorian painting. What makes an artwork seize the public imagination in ways that give it a life far larger than its own? From the Spring 2024 ...

Virtual tour – Tracey Emin / Edvard Munch: The Loneliness of the Soul Published on 20 January 2021 Explore the dark territories and raw emotions distilled in the artworks of Tracey Emin and Edvard ...

While the past decade has seen more female artists becoming Academicians, they have been a rare sight for much of the RA’s existence, and were even excluded from Zoffany’s famed painting of the ...