The institution is entering the lucrative world of branded education

The Academy’s £56m project opens, with subtle additions and revamps by the British architect. Chipperfield talks about the subtleties of architecture, the RA’s chief executive Charles Saumarez Smith discusses funding and the quirks of the institution and we review the buildings and its displays with Jane Morris.

The Taddei Tondo has not always been treated as a masterpiece

Once seen as a bastion of tradition ignored by young artists, the institution's postgraduate fine art course has become the most desirable in London

London institution’s founders included two women, but a long period of male domination has only recently been challenged

Delve into the heart of the revamped London institution—expanded, embellished and eccentric as ever

From striking new spaces in France and the US to major revamps of old favourites in London and Los Angeles

Façade restoration nears completion in project to unite the RA campus in time for 250th anniversary in 2018

Show in 2018 will celebrate 250 years of the world’s most prestigious open exhibition