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Recent sponsors

The President and Council of the Royal Academy would like to thank the following sponsors and benefactors for their generous support of major exhibitions during the lastten years:

ABN AMRO
Masterpieces from Dresden, 2003

Akkök Group of Companies
Turks: A Journey of a Thousand Years, 600–1600, 2005

Allied Trust Bank
Africa: The Art of a Continent, 1995*

American Associates of the Royal Academy Trust
Illuminating the Renaissance: The Triumph of Flemish Manuscript Painting in Europe, 2003
The Art of Philip Guston (1913–1980), 2004

American Express
Giorgio Armani: A Retrospective, 2003

Anglo American Corporation of South Africa
Africa: The Art of a Continent, 1995*

A.T. Kearney
231st Summer Exhibition, 1999
232nd Summer Exhibition, 2000
233rd Summer Exhibition, 2001
234th Summer Exhibition, 2002
235th Summer Exhibition, 2003
236th Summer Exhibition, 2004

Aygaz
Turks: A Journey of a Thousand Years, 600–1600, 2005

Barclays
Ingres to Matisse: Masterpieces of French Painting, 2001

BBC Radio 3
Paris: Capital of the Arts 1900–1968, 2001

BMW (GB) Limited
David Hockney: A Drawing Retrospective, 1995*

British Airways Plc
Africa: The Art of a Continent, 1995

British American Tobacco
Aztecs, 2002
Carlsberg UK Ltd
Ancient Art to Post-Impressionism:
Masterpieces from the Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek, Copenhagen, 2004

Cantor Fitzgerald
From Manet to Gauguin: Masterpieces from Swiss Private Collections, 1995
1900: Art at the Crossroads, 2000

Chase Fleming Asset Management
The Scottish Colourists 1900–1930, 2000

Chilstone Garden Ornaments
The Palladian Revival: Lord Burlington and His House and Garden at Chiswick, 1995

Christie’s
Frederic Leighton 1830–1896, 1996
Sensation: Young British Artists from The Saatchi Collection, 1997
Pre-Raphaelite and Other Masters: The Andrew Lloyd Webber Collection, 2003

Classic FM
Masters of Colour: Derain to Kandinsky. Masterpieces from The Merzbacher Collection, 2002
Masterpieces from Dresden, 2003
Pre-Raphaelite and Other Masters: The Andrew Lloyd Webber Collection, 2003

Corporation of London
Living Bridges, 1996

Corus
Turks: A Journey of a Thousand Years, 600–1600, 2005

Country Life
John Soane, Architect: Master of Space and Light, 1999

Credit Suisse First Boston
The Genius of Rome 1592–1623, 2000

The Daily Telegraph
1900: Art at the Crossroads, 2000

Danske Bank
Ancient Art to Post-Impressionism: Masterpieces from the Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek, Copenhagen, 2004

De Beers
Africa: The Art of a Continent, 1995

Debenhams Retail plc
Premiums and RA Schools Show, 1999
Premiums and RA Schools Show, 2000
Premiums and RA Schools Show, 2001
Premiums and RA Schools Show, 2002

Deutsche Morgan Grenfell
Africa: The Art of a Continent, 1995

Diageo plc
230th Summer Exhibition, 1998

The Drue Heinz Trust
The Palladian Revival: Lord Burlington and His House and Garden at Chiswick, 1995
Denys Lasdun, 1997
Tadao Ando: Master of Minimalism, 1998

Ernst & Young
Monet in the 20th Century, 1999

Eyestorm
Apocalypse: Beauty and Horror in Contemporary Art, 2000

Farrow & Ball
Matisse, His Art and His Textiles: The Fabric of Dreams, 2005

Fidelity Foundation
The Dawn of the Floating World (1650–1765). Early Ukiyo-e Treasures from the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, 2001
Impressionism Abroad: Boston and French Painting, 2005

Friends of the Royal Academy
Victorian Fairy Painting, 1997

Game International Limited
Forty Years in Print: The Curwen Studio and Royal Academicians, 2001

The Jacqueline and Michael Gee Charitable Trust
LIFE? or THEATRE? The Work of Charlotte Salomon, 1999

Garanti Bank
Turks: A Journey of a Thousand Years, 600–1600, 2005

Générale des Eaux Group
Living Bridges, 1996

Goldman Sachs International
Alberto Giacometti, 1901–1966, 1996
Picasso: Painter and Sculptor in Clay, 1998

The Guardian
Premiums, 2005
Schools Show, 2005

Guinness PLC (see Diageo plc)
227th Summer Exhibition, 1995
228th Summer Exhibition, 1996
229th Summer Exhibition, 1997

Harpers & Queen
David Hockney: A Drawing Retrospective, 1995*
Roger de Grey, 1996

The Headley Trust
Denys Lasdun, 1997

The Henry Moore Foundation
Africa: The Art of a Continent, 1995

Ibstock Building Products Ltd
John Soane, Architect: Master of Space and Light, 1999

The Independent
Living Bridges, 1996
Apocalypse: Beauty and Horror in Contemporary Art, 2000

International Asset Management
Frank Auerbach, Paintings and Drawings 1954–2001, 2001

Donald and Jeanne Kahn
John Hoyland, 1999

Land Securities PLC
Denys Lasdun, 1997

Lassa Tyres
Turks: A Journey of a Thousand Years, 600–1600, 2005

Mercedes-Benz
Giorgio Armani: A Retrospective, 2003

Merrill Lynch
Paris: Capital of the Arts 1900–1968, 2001

Mexico Tourism Board
Aztecs, 2002

Midland Bank plc
VRA Outreach Programme, 1993–1996

Minorco
Africa: The Art of a Continent, 1995

Mizuho International
Premiums, 2005
Schools Show, 2005

Natwest Group
Nicolas Poussin 1594–1665, 1995

The Nippon Foundation
Hiroshige: Images of Mist, Rain, Moon and Snow, 1997

Novo Nordisk
Ancient Art to Post-Impressionism: Masterpieces from the Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek, Copenhagen, 2004

Pemex
Aztecs, 2002

Peterborough United Football Club
Art Treasures of England: The Regional Collections, 1997

Premiercare (National Westminster Insurance Services)
Roger de Grey, 1996*

RA Exhibition Patrons Group
Chagall: Love and the Stage, 1998
Kandinsky, 1999
Chardin 1699–1779, 2000
Botticelli’s Dante: The Drawings for Dante’s Divine Comedy, 2001
Return of the Buddha: The Qingzhou Discoveries, 2002
Ernst Ludwig Kirchner: The Dresden and Berlin Years, 2003
Vuillard: From Post-Impressionist to Modern Master, 2004
The Art of William Nicholson, 2004

Reed Elsevier plc
Van Dyck 1599–1641, 1999
Rembrandt’s Women, 2001

Virginia and Simon Robertson
Aztecs, 2002
Illuminating the Renaissance: The Triumph of Flemish Manuscript Painting in Europe, 2003

The Royal Bank of Scotland
Braque: The Late Works, 1997*
Premiums, 1997
Premiums, 1998
Premiums, 1999
Royal Academy Schools Final Year Show, 1996
Royal Academy Schools Final Year Show, 1997
Royal Academy Schools Final Year Show, 1998

The Sara Lee Foundation
Odilon Redon: Dreams and Visions, 1995

Silhouette Eyewear
Africa: The Art of a Continent, 1995

Société Générale, UK
Gustave Caillebotte: The Unknown Impressionist, 1996*

Thames Water Plc
Thames Water Habitable Bridge Competition, 1996

Time Out
Sensation: Young British Artists from The Saatchi Collection, 1997
Apocalypse: Beauty and Horror in Contemporary Art, 2000

The Times
Africa: The Art of a Continent, 1995

UBS Wealth Management
Pre-Raphaelite and Other Masters: The Andrew Lloyd Webber Collection, 2003

Walker Morris
Premiums, 2003
Royal Academy Schools Final Year Show, 2003

Yakult UK Ltd
RA Outreach Programme, 1997–2002*
alive: Life Drawings from the Royal Academy of Arts & Yakult Outreach Programme

  • Recipients of a Pairing Scheme Award, managed by Arts + Business. Arts + Business is funded by the Arts Council of England and the Department for Culture, Media and Sport

Other Sponsors
Sponsors of events, publications and other items in the past five years:

Carlisle Group plc
Country Life
Derwent Valley Holdings plc
Dresdner Kleinwort Wasserstein
Foster and Partners
Goldman Sachs International
Gome International
Gucci Group
Rob van Helden
IBJ International plc
John Doyle Construction
Martin Krajewski
Marks & Spencer
Michael Hopkins & Partners
Morgan Stanley Dean Witter
Prada
Radisson Edwardian Hotels
Richard and Ruth Rogers
Strutt & Parker

Academy Shop

Show photo credits

Interior View of Fulton Street Transit Centre's Oculus by Sir Nicholas Grimshaw CBE PRA ©Nicholas Grimshaw and Partners