This will be the first time Vincent has exhibited is new surrealist oil paintings in London, having given them their first outing in Rye in 2025 to critical acclaim.

The residency will take place in the Dr Cross room and feature a number of works from the collection.

Born in the Enlightenment, restless ever since

The story of the RSA began in a Covent Garden coffee house in 1754, when a group of creative reformers gathered around a shared conviction: that human ingenuity could change society for the better.

So, they built an institution – then known as the Society for the Encouragement of Arts, Manufactures and Commerce – that rewarded ideas over status and used creativity to serve the common good.

Within decades, the Society was shaping the world we know today: pioneering public exams, admitting women as equals, championing business for public benefit, and introducing the very idea of sustainability as we undertook plans to reforest Britain.

Part laboratory, part launchpad, part radical community – this spirit remains.