Early this year, the Royal Academy will cast light on American artists of the 1930s – the highlight of which is Grant Wood's iconic American Gothic on display for the first time in Britain – and, come autumn, another influential American figure will take centre stage. Jasper Johns is associated with key art movements of the 20th century, including Pop Art and Abstract Expressionism. This major new exhibition will feature his most recognisable pieces, as well as his more recent sculptural work.

“Grant Wood and the American Farm,” on view through Saturday, was organized around “Spring Turning,” Wood’s only painting owned by Reynolda House — a bird’s-eye-view of a cultivated farm field in midwestern hill country, painted in 1936. Another inspiration for the show is the Reynolda estate’s original function as a state-of-the-art model farm. The overarching focus is the central place of agrarian life in this country from 1850 through the mid-20th century.