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2009 Events and Lectures

Andrea Palladio

31 January—13 April 2009

Andrea Palladio, Villa Poiana, Poiana Maggiore, 1546, (detail)
Andrea Palladio, Villa Poiana, Poiana Maggiore, 1546, (detail) Photo © Pino Guidolotti

Talks

Free Lunchtime Lecture - Andrea Palladio:The Eternal Contemporary (9 Feb)
MaryAnne Stevens (Monday 9 February)

Free Lunchtime Lecture - The Waning of Palladio’s Influence: 1750–1850 (2 Mar)
Charles Hind and H.J.Heinz (Monday 2 March)

Kuniyoshi

21 March—7 June 2009

Utagawa Kuniyoshi, Sakata Kaidō-maru wrestles with a giant carp, c. 1837.
Utagawa Kuniyoshi, Sakata Kaidō-maru wrestles with a giant carp, c. 1837. Colour woodblock, ōban, 37.8 x 26 cm American Friends of the British Museum (The Arthur R. Miller Collection) 21215. Photo © Trustees of the British Museum, London

Talks

Free lunchtime lecture - An introduction to the exhibition (23 Mar)
Timothy Clark (Monday 23 March)

Evening lecture - Three Perspectives on Kuniyoshi (27 Mar)
Tim Clark, Professor Arthur R. Miller and Israel Goldman (Friday 27 March)

Free lunchtime lecture: Kuniyoshi’s Cats (11 May)
Dr Rosina Buckland (Monday 11 May)

Evening lecture - ‘Mangaisme’: the New Japonisme? (29 May)
Paul Gravett (Friday 29 May)

Free lunchtime lecture - An introduction to the exhibition (1 June)
Dr Adrian Locke (Monday 1 June)

Evening lecture - Kuniyoshi and Kurosawa: Warriors in Woodblock and on Screen (5 June)
Alexander Jacoby (Friday 5 June)

Workshops and Courses

Adult workshop: Japanese Zen Brushwork (9 May)
Gayle Sutherland (Saturday 9 May)

Summer Exhibition 2009

8 June—16 August 2009

Installation view of the Lecture Room, Summer Exhibition 2009
Installation view of the Lecture Room, Summer Exhibition 2009 Photo: John Bodkin

Talks

Evening lecture - Richard Wilson RA: Film in the Summer Exhibition (12 June)
Richard Wilson RA, Sean Dower and William Raban (Friday 12 June)

J.W. Waterhouse

27 June—13 September 2009

John William Waterhouse, A Mermaid, 1900.
John William Waterhouse, A Mermaid, 1900. Oil on canvas, 96.5 x 66.6 cm. Royal Academy of Arts, London. Photo © Royal Academy of Arts, London

Talks

Audio: J. W. Waterhouse and the Royal Academy
MaryAnne Stevens (Monday 29 June)

Audio: Sir Tim Rice in Conversation
Tim Rice and MaryAnne Stevens (Friday 3 July)

Wild Thing

24 October 2009—24 January 2010

Wild Thing

Talks

Wild Thing: Sculptors in Revolt (free talk: 26 Oct)
Dr Richard Cork (Monday 26 October)

Jacob Epstein and the Significance of 'Rock Drill' (evening talk: 13 Nov)
Ann Christopher RA, Ken Cook and Dr Richard Cork (Friday 13 November)

‘Those Damn Greeks!' Gaudier- Brzeska’s Rhetoric and the Reality of Modernist Sculpture (free talk: 16 Nov)
Dr Evelyn Silber (Monday 16 November)

Saint or Sinner? Reassessing Eric Gill (evening talk: 20 Nov)
Fiona Macarthy (Friday 20 November)

Anish Kapoor

26 September—11 December 2009

Anish Kapoor
Anish Kapoor Photo: Johnny Shand-Kydd

Talks

Anish Kapoor: Do These Objects Belong to this World?
Dr Adrian Locke (Monday 28 September)

From Colour to Concrete: A Journey through the Work of Anish Kapoor
Jean de Loisy (Monday 23 November)

Anish Kapoor RA in Conversation with Sir Nicholas Serota
Anish Kapoor and Sir Nicholas Serota (Friday 27 November)

Conservation: Principles, Dilemmas and Uncomfortable Truths

Conservation: Principles, Dilemmas and Uncomfortable Truths
The Royal Academy of Arts held a two-day symposium in September 2009, following the publication of the book 'Conservation: Principles, Dilemmas and Uncomfortable Truths', edited by Dr Alison Bracker and Alison Richmond.