Lisson artists featured in the Royal Academy Summer Exhibition 2026
16 June – 23 August
From 16 June – 23 August 2026, The Royal Academy presents their Summer Exhibition featuring John Akomfrah, Ryan Gander, Christopher Le Brun, Richard Long, and Bernard Piffaretti.
The Royal Academy's Summer Exhibition returns this year, bringing together works by established and emerging artists, across a wide range of disciplines, including painting, sculpture, photography, film and architecture. The Summer Exhibition has, since 1769, provided a platform for artists presenting a broad survey of contemporary artistic practice.
Ryan Gander has been appointed as the Co-ordinator of the 2026 Royal Academy Summer Exhibition. "The 2026 Royal Academy Summer Exhibition’s theme is Interconnectedness. It will aim to explore ideas of entanglement, as well as the unexpected and fortuitous connections and associations between disparate things, no matter how abstract or illogical. Proof that, as humans, our outputs hold more commonality than separation, without us intentionally seeking it" – Ryan Gander OBE RA
