Overview
- Royal Academy of Arts exhibition runs in London from February 28 to April 19, 2026.
- Reviewers report the show as a landmark placement for a British woman painter in the RA’s prestigious first-floor galleries.
- Born in 1934, Wylie studied in the 1950s, paused painting to raise children, earned an MA in 1981, became a Royal Academician around 80 and later had a Serpentine solo.
- The work draws on film stills, everyday notes and large text in ALL CAPS, with arrows, annotations and collage-like edits across large-scale canvases.
- The Times previews praise high-energy highlights but judge the selection uneven, while Wallpaper* describes a bold, joyful retrospective of over 90 paintings and drawings.