Peggy Guggenheim in London
The Making of a Collector: 21 November 2026 – 14 March 2027
The Jillian and Arthur M. Sackler Wing of Galleries | Burlington House
In the late 1930s, Peggy Guggenheim launched an art gallery in Mayfair that shocked the conservative tastes of the British art establishment. This exhibition revisits the gallery that helped redefine London’s contemporary art scene.
Painting the French Riviera
2 October 2026 – 31 January 2027: Main Galleries | Burlington House
The story of how the Côte d’Azur dazzled modern art’s great innovators.
To Monet, it was like “swimming in blue air.” To Braque, a “joyful revelation.” Derain compared its cerulean hues to “sticks of dynamite….primed to discharge light.”
The radiance of the French Riviera left an indelible mark on artists. It roused the imaginations not only of the 19th and 20th centuries’ greatest painters – among them Picasso, Matisse, Cezanne, Renoir and Klein – but giants of literature, cinema and fashion, whose works helped define the carefree glamour and eternal romance of the Côte d’Azur.
The Keeper’s House by José Pizarro
A hidden gem with 150 years of history at the heart of the RA, once the residence of the Academy’s Keeper, now reimagined by José Pizarro as an elegant Spanish dining experience. Open to Friends, Members and their guests.
