News•Apr 23, 2026
AO ARTIST INTERVIEW: ROSE WYLIE, THE ROYAL ACADEMY OF ARTS.
Rose Wylie’s solo exhibition "The Picture Comes First" opened at the Royal Academy of Arts on February 28 and will run through April 19, 2026. The show assembles more than 90 works, spanning the artist’s five‑decade career and featuring her signature large‑scale canvases. It marks the first time the Academy has devoted all its main galleries to a British female artist, underscoring Wylie’s growing stature in contemporary art. Critics praise the bold color and unapologetic scale of her paintings, which challenge conventional expectations of gender and form.
