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Viewing events occurring on 20 May 2011

Jean-Antoine Watteau, 'Three Studies of a Woman Wearing a Feathered Hat', c.1716-17

Watteau: The Drawings

12 March—5 June 2011

Exhibitions - In The Sackler Wing of Galleries, Burlington House

2009-2013 Season supported by JTI

Supported by Region Holdings

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Bryan Kneale RA: Aspects of Drawing

18 March—12 June 2011

Exhibitions - In the Sir Hugh Casson Room for Friends of the Royal Academy

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Constructed Landscapes

18 March—12 June 2011

Exhibitions - In the Architecture Space

This exhibition explores the ways that artists and architects can reframe our perceptions of, and relationship to, landscape.

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Black, red and white chalks and graphite on cream paper, 260 x 205 mm. Nationalmuseum, Stockholm. Photo © The Nationalmuseum, Stockholm

20 May 2011

Tours - In The Sackler Wing of Galleries, Burlington House

9–10am; £3. Wheelchair users explore the exhibition before the galleries open with an introductory tour by Harry Baxter.

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Piano

20 May 2011

Special Events - In the Reynolds Room, a John Madejski Fine Room

Free

1–2pm. During May, visit the Royal Academy to hear students from the College perform masterpieces by composers such as Beethoven, Chopin, Liszt and Ravel.

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Black, red and white chalks and graphite on cream paper, 260 x 205 mm. Nationalmuseum, Stockholm. Photo © The Nationalmuseum, Stockholm

20 May 2011

Talks - In the Reynolds Room, a John Madejski Fine Room

6.30–7.30pm; £14/£10/£6. Professor Georgia Cowart illustrates how the ideal of the theatrical utopia helps to explain certain examples of Watteau's paintings.

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Abrahams Promo

Ivor Abrahams: Mystery and Imagination

The ‘Edgar Allan Poe’ and ‘Edmund Burke’ Print Portfolios

30 March—22 May 2011

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Spring in Somerset

Friends Extended Tour

17—20 May 2011

Our annual Spring trip this year takes us to stunning Somerset and surrounding areas.

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John Madejski Fine Rooms Tours

Fridays at 1pm and 3pm

Every Friday until 3 December 2012

Tours - In the John Madejski Fine Rooms

Free

Free guided tours of the John Madejski Fine Rooms. Please note there will be no tours between 3–9 December 2012 and 18–24 February 2013.

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