Opportunities for sponsorship
The Royal Academy of Arts has been at the heart of British cultural life since its foundation in 1768. The Academy has built a worldwide reputation for the quality and variety of its exhibitions.
'Rodin' bus advertisement 
‘From Russia’ poster on the London Underground
Politically and financially autonomous, the Royal Academy has developed strong relationships with the leading galleries and museums, curators and experts of the world, which enable it to present the public with bold, ambitious exhibitions which are both exciting and stimulating.
This page highlights forthcoming exhibitions and activities which have excellent opportunities for corporate involvement. The Royal Academy’s financial independence has ensured its commercial awareness; this has been further developed through its many relationships with the business world. The Royal Academy’s expert team will create a package of benefits tailored to meet your organisation’s sponsorship and partnership objectives.
A schools workshop during the Summer Exhibition
High profile sponsorship oppportunities
The RA has a number of high profile sponsorship opportunities available in 2009 and beyond, including:
Waterhouse
27 June - 13 September 2009
Sackler Wing of Galleries
A retrospective of the great pre-Raphaelite 19th Century artist, Waterhouse, an RA and contemporary of Burn Jones, achieved great acclaim in his lifetime but perhaps has come to embody the Pre-Raphaelite movement, more than any other. His most famous work, ‘The Lady of Shallot’ has become an iconic British image and is re-produced in many media the world over. This exhibition, which features over 60 works from public and private collectors, is the first for over 30 years.
Wild Thing: Jacob Epstein, Eric Gill and Henri Gaudier-Brzeska
24 October 2009 – 24 January 2010
Sackler Wing of Galleries
Wild Thing tells the fascinating story of three artists: Jacob Epstein, Eric Gill and Henri Gaudier-Brzeska, who together, in a sustained burst of bold inventiveness before the First World War, brought about the birth of modern British sculpture. The title is inspired by Ezra Pound recalling his first encounter with Henri Gaudier-Brzeska in 1913, likened him to ''a well-made young wolf or some soft-moving, bright-eyed wild thing''. The idea of wildness lay at the centre their work, as they looked far beyond classical art to gain inspiration from what Gaudier called 'the barbaric peoples of the earth', returning to the prehistoric origins of sculptural expression. The exhibition will bring together spectacular works, shown for the first time in the UK, including Epstein's robotic masterpiece 'Rock Drill', Gaudier's monumental sculpture 'Head of Ezra Pound', and Gill's controversial carving 'Ecstasy'.
Sargent and the Sea
10 July – 12 September 2010
Sackler Wing of Galleries
This groundbreaking exhibition will be the first to examine in depth John Sargent’s treasured oeuvre of marine paintings. The show, of 60 works from major public and private collections mainly in the USA and Europe, will include the famous 'Oyster Gathers of Cancale' and will trace Sargent’s familial ties to a New England shipping and trading family. Sargent and the Sea has a transatlantic connection; many of the oil paintings were completed during the artist’s journeys from Boston to Europe.
David Hockney RA
Mid January – Mid April 2012 (final dates to be confirmed)
Main Galleries
David Hockney studied at Bradford School of Art from 1953 to 1957 and the Royal College of Art from 1959 until 1962. He was awarded the Royal College of Art gold medal in 1962 in recognition of his mastery as a draughtsman and his innovative paintings. His early work was stylistically diverse, combining graffiti-like images with quotations from the poetry of Walt Whitman. Hockney moved to Los Angeles in 1963. He produced highly evocative, sometimes homoerotic, iconic images of urban life. By the late 1960s his work had become more naturalistic but it was always characterised by Hockney's alertness to the psychological and emotional resonance of his subject matter. Hockney's work also includes landscapes, photography, printmaking and stage designs for the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, the Metropolitan Opera, San Francisco Opera and the Los Angeles Music Centre Opera.
Corporate hospitality bar in the Main Galleries, during the Summer Exhibition
All sponsorships offer bespoke benefits tailored to the needs of your company, including: strong corporate marketing platform, enticing corporate hospitality, networking opportunities, and the ability to develop employee and community partner benefits.
Contact details for further information
For more information on sponsorship, please contact Heather Thomas on 020 7300 5620 or Sarah Drake on 020 7300 5704
