Exhibitions
Cranach
8 Mar—8 Jun 2008
In the Sackler Wing of Galleries
2008 Season supported by Sotheby's
The Royal Academy of Arts presents the first major exhibition in Britain devoted to Lucas Cranach the Elder (c.1472–1553). The exhibition brings together some 70...
Artful Practice: Architectural Drawings by Richard Norman Shaw RA (1831-1912)
23 Feb—25 May 2008
Free
Norman Shaw changed the face of English architecture in the last third of the 19th century. Working in the spirit of local vernacular building traditions rather than to the letter of textbook historicism...
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The Architects Who Made London
15 Feb—4 Jun 2008
In the Architecture Space
Free
Against a backdrop of contextual photographs of London by Richard Bryant, this display looks at six architects from the mid-19th to the mid-20th century who have had a significant impact on the London...
Summer Exhibition 2008
9 Jun—17 Aug 2008
In the Main Galleries
Sponsored by Insight Investment.
The Royal Academy’s Summer Exhibition is the largest open contemporary art exhibition in the world. Held annually since the Royal Academy’s foundation in 1768, the...
Vilhelm Hammershøi: The Poetry of Silence
28 Jun—7 Sep 2008
In the Sackler Wing of Galleries
Supported by Oak Foundation Denmark and Novo Nordisk
The Royal Academy of Arts will be holding the first Vilhelm Hammershøi (1864-1916) retrospective in Great Britain. The exhibition will feature...
Tristram Hillier RA (1905–1983)
14 Mar—25 Jun 2008
In the Sir Hugh Casson Room for Friends of the Royal Academy
Free
In the art of Tristram Hillier RA, 20th century English Surrealism is seen at its elegantly restrained best. This exhibition, which covers a wide range of work from the 1920s to the early 1980s, provides...
RA Schools Show 2008
11—20 Jun 2008
In RA Schools
Free
The annual Schools Show sees the transformation of the Schools studios into a stunning contemporary gallery space. This year, the show will highlight works by 17 RA Schools students who have completed...
From All Walks of Life
Genre paintings from the Royal Academy Collection
Until 07 Dec 2008
In the John Madejski Fine Rooms
Free
This display explores the rich variety of genre paintings, or subjects of everyday life, from the Royal Academy's own collection.
'A Secure Delight': Engravings of Landscape Gardens from Vitruvius Brittanicus (1739)
Until 04 Jul 2008
In the Library Print Room
Free
This series of illustrated garden plans by the Huguenot-born landscape surveyor John Rocque (c.1704-1762) is the most important surviving visual record we have of the great aristocratic gardens of early...
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Vilhelm Hammershøi, 'Interior with Young Woman seen from the Back' (detail), c.1903–1904. Oil on canvas, 61 x 50.5 cm. Randers Kunstmuseum. Photo Niels Erik Høybye
Tristram Hillier RA, Alcañiz (detail), 1961. Oil on canvas, 70 x 80 cm. Presented by the Trustees of the Chantrey Bequest, 1962. Tate Britain