Royal Academy Events http://www.royalacademy.org.uk/text-only/ (c)Royal Academy of Arts en-gb Thu, 11 Mar 2010 23:44:59 GMT Events coming up at Royal Academy John Madejski Fine Rooms Gallery Tour - Free gallery and spotlight talks - Every Tuesday until 22 Dec 2020 A free guided tour of the John Madejski Fine Rooms and the permanent collection.

Meet in the foyer; 1pm; free, no need to book

Find out more about guided tours here

]]> http://www.royalacademy.org.uk/text-only/events/gallerytalks/john-madejski-fine-rooms,84,EV.html Tue, 26 Jan 2010 13:52:11 GMT http://www.royalacademy.org.uk/text-only/events/gallerytalks/john-madejski-fine-rooms,84,EV.html John Madejski Fine Rooms Gallery Tour - Free gallery and spotlight talks - Every Wednesday until 30 Dec 2020 Free guided tours of the John Madejski Fine Rooms and the permanent collection.

Meet in the foyer; 1pm and 3pm; free, no need to book

Find out more about free guided tours here

]]> http://www.royalacademy.org.uk/text-only/events/gallerytalks/john-madejski-fine-rooms-gallery-tour,85,EV.html Tue, 26 Jan 2010 13:50:36 GMT http://www.royalacademy.org.uk/text-only/events/gallerytalks/john-madejski-fine-rooms-gallery-tour,85,EV.html John Madejski Fine Rooms Gallery Tour - Free gallery and spotlight talks - Every Thursday until 17 Dec 2020 Free guided tours of the John Madejski Fine Rooms and the permanent collection.

Meet in the foyer; 1pm and 3pm; free, no need to book

Find out more about free guided tours here

]]> http://www.royalacademy.org.uk/text-only/events/gallerytalks/john-madejski-fine-rooms,86,EV.html Tue, 26 Jan 2010 13:49:13 GMT http://www.royalacademy.org.uk/text-only/events/gallerytalks/john-madejski-fine-rooms,86,EV.html John Madejski Fine Rooms Gallery Tour - Free gallery and spotlight talks - Every Friday until 18 Dec 2020 Free guided tours of the John Madejski Fine Rooms and the permanent collection.

Meet in the foyer; 1pm and 3pm; free, no need to book

Find out more about free guided tours here

]]> http://www.royalacademy.org.uk/text-only/events/gallerytalks/john-madejski-fine-rooms-gallery-talk,87,EV.html Tue, 26 Jan 2010 13:04:34 GMT http://www.royalacademy.org.uk/text-only/events/gallerytalks/john-madejski-fine-rooms-gallery-talk,87,EV.html John Madejski Fine Rooms Gallery Tour - Free gallery and spotlight talks - Every Saturday until 26 Dec 2020 A free guided tour of the John Madejski Fine Rooms and the permanent collection.

Meet in the foyer; 11.30am; free, no need to book

Find out more about free guided tours here

]]> http://www.royalacademy.org.uk/text-only/events/gallerytalks/john-madejski-fine-rooms-gallery-tour,89,EV.html Tue, 26 Jan 2010 13:03:08 GMT http://www.royalacademy.org.uk/text-only/events/gallerytalks/john-madejski-fine-rooms-gallery-tour,89,EV.html Building Ideas: Sir Richard MacCormac RA and MJP Architects - Exhibitions - 11 Dec 2009-17 Mar 2010 http://www.royalacademy.org.uk/text-only/exhibitions/hugh-casson-room-for-friends/ Thu, 11 Mar 2010 16:56:03 GMT http://www.royalacademy.org.uk/text-only/exhibitions/hugh-casson-room-for-friends/ The Real Van Gogh: The Artist and His Letters - Exhibitions - 23 Jan-18 Apr 2010 The Royal Academy of Arts presents a landmark exhibition of the work of Vincent van Gogh (1853-1890). The focus of the exhibition is the artist’s remarkable correspondence.

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]]> http://www.royalacademy.org.uk/text-only/events/exhibitions/the-real-van-gogh-the-artist-and-his-letters,884,EV.html Thu, 11 Mar 2010 16:54:20 GMT http://www.royalacademy.org.uk/text-only/events/exhibitions/the-real-van-gogh-the-artist-and-his-letters,884,EV.html Van Gogh Public Gallery Talks - Free gallery and spotlight talks - 27 Jan-7 Apr 2010 45-minute introductory talks exploring 'The Real Van Gogh: The Artist and His Letters' at 2.30pm every Wednesday.

Meet in gallery 1; free with an exhibition ticket.

]]> http://www.royalacademy.org.uk/text-only/events/gallerytalks/van-gogh-public-gallery-talks,1160,EV.html Mon, 18 Jan 2010 13:00:06 GMT http://www.royalacademy.org.uk/text-only/events/gallerytalks/van-gogh-public-gallery-talks,1160,EV.html Van Gogh Spotlight Talks - Free gallery and spotlight talks - 28 Jan-15 Apr 2010 10-minute talks on individual works in 'The Real Van Gogh: The Artist and His Letters' at 3pm every Thursday.

Free with an exhibition ticket.

]]> http://www.royalacademy.org.uk/text-only/events/gallerytalks/van-gogh-spotlight-talks,1161,EV.html Mon, 18 Jan 2010 12:56:37 GMT http://www.royalacademy.org.uk/text-only/events/gallerytalks/van-gogh-spotlight-talks,1161,EV.html Van Gogh Public Gallery Talks - Free gallery and spotlight talks - 29 Jan-9 Apr 2010 45-minute introductory talks exploring 'The Real Van Gogh: The Artist and His Letters' at 7pm every Friday.

Meet in gallery 1; free with an exhibition ticket.

]]> http://www.royalacademy.org.uk/text-only/events/gallerytalks/van-gogh-public-gallery-talks,1162,EV.html Mon, 18 Jan 2010 12:59:14 GMT http://www.royalacademy.org.uk/text-only/events/gallerytalks/van-gogh-public-gallery-talks,1162,EV.html Relics of old London: Photography and the spirit of the city - Exhibitions - 10 Feb-22 Jun 2010 http://www.royalacademy.org.uk/text-only/exhibitions/architecture-on-the-ramp/ Thu, 11 Mar 2010 16:54:53 GMT http://www.royalacademy.org.uk/text-only/exhibitions/architecture-on-the-ramp/ Illustrare: Painting by Andrew Potter - Exhibitions - 16 Feb-28 Apr 2010 http://www.royalacademy.org.uk/text-only/exhibitions/gallery-cafe/ Fri, 12 Feb 2010 11:37:08 GMT http://www.royalacademy.org.uk/text-only/exhibitions/gallery-cafe/ Eighteenth-Century Watercolours from the Royal Academy Collection - Exhibitions - 9 Mar-16 May 2010 http://www.royalacademy.org.uk/text-only/exhibitions/the-tennant-gallery/eighteenth-century-watercolours-from-the-royal-academy-collection,306,RAL.html Thu, 11 Mar 2010 16:55:16 GMT http://www.royalacademy.org.uk/text-only/exhibitions/the-tennant-gallery/eighteenth-century-watercolours-from-the-royal-academy-collection,306,RAL.html Friends Preview Days for 'Paul Sandby RA (1731-1809): Picturing Britain, A Bicentenary Exhibition'' - Friends preview days and events - 10-12 Mar 2010 Wednesday 10 March 10am - 8.30pm
Thursday 11 March 10am - 6pm
Friday 12 March 10am - 6pm

]]> http://www.royalacademy.org.uk/text-only/events/friends-preview-days/friends-preview-days-for-paul-sandby-ra-1731-1809-picturing-britain-a-bicentenary-exhibition,1172,EV.html Thu, 28 Jan 2010 17:10:27 GMT http://www.royalacademy.org.uk/text-only/events/friends-preview-days/friends-preview-days-for-paul-sandby-ra-1731-1809-picturing-britain-a-bicentenary-exhibition,1172,EV.html Dr Johnson's House - Friends preview days and events - 11 Mar 2010 Dr Johnson’s House is one of the few residential houses of its age still surviving in the City of London. Built in 1700, it was the home and workplace of Samuel Johnson and it was here he compiled the first comprehensive English Dictionary. We exclusively tour the house with the curator and learn about Dr Johnson’s connections to the RA and his friendship with our first president Sir Joshua Reynolds.

6–8pm; £22 (includes wine); 17 Gough Square, EC4

For information or to book: http://www.royalacademy.org.uk/text-only/events/friends-preview-days/dr-johnsons-house,1002,EV.html Mon, 7 Dec 2009 10:13:42 GMT http://www.royalacademy.org.uk/text-only/events/friends-preview-days/dr-johnsons-house,1002,EV.html Paul Sandby RA: Picturing Britain, A Bicentenary Exhibition - Exhibitions - 13 Mar-13 Jun 2010 http://www.royalacademy.org.uk/text-only/exhibitions/paul-sandby-ra-1731-1809-picturing-britain-a-bicentenary-exhibition/ Thu, 11 Mar 2010 16:54:36 GMT http://www.royalacademy.org.uk/text-only/exhibitions/paul-sandby-ra-1731-1809-picturing-britain-a-bicentenary-exhibition/ Sir Richard MacCormac RA in Conversation with Jonathan Glancey - Evening talks - 15 Mar 2010 Sir Richard MacCormac RA
Sir Richard MacCormac RA

Join Sir Richard MacCormac and critic Jonathan Glancey for an intimate evening of conversation exploring ideas of architectural meaning and metaphors.

6.45–7.45pm; £10...]]> http://www.royalacademy.org.uk/text-only/events/talks/sir-richard-maccormac-ra-in-conversation-with-jonathan-glancey,1097,EV.html Tue, 9 Mar 2010 14:56:25 GMT http://www.royalacademy.org.uk/text-only/events/talks/sir-richard-maccormac-ra-in-conversation-with-jonathan-glancey,1097,EV.html Paul Sandby Public Gallery Talks - Free gallery and spotlight talks - 16 Mar-1 Jun 2010 45-minute introductory talks exploring 'Paul Sandby RA (1731–1809): Picturing Britain, A Bicentenary Exhibition' at 2.30pm every Tuesday.

Meet in gallery 1; free with an exhibition ticket.

]]> http://www.royalacademy.org.uk/text-only/events/gallerytalks/sandby-public-gallery-talks,1180,EV.html Wed, 3 Mar 2010 14:33:08 GMT http://www.royalacademy.org.uk/text-only/events/gallerytalks/sandby-public-gallery-talks,1180,EV.html Chartwell, Kent - Friends preview days and events - 17 Mar 2010 Bought by Sir Winston Churchill for its magnificent views over the Weald of Kent to Sussex, Chartwell was his home and the place from which he drew artistic inspiration from 1924 until his death in 1965. On our private tour, we gain an insight into Churchill and see his original furniture, books and medals of honour. We also explore the spectacular terraced hillside gardens and studio where many of Churchill’s works are on display.

9am–6pm; SOLD OUT

]]> http://www.royalacademy.org.uk/text-only/events/friends-preview-days/chartwell-kent,1023,EV.html Mon, 8 Mar 2010 11:36:18 GMT http://www.royalacademy.org.uk/text-only/events/friends-preview-days/chartwell-kent,1023,EV.html Paul Sandby and the Geographies of Eighteenth-Century Art - Workshops, courses, symposia and tours - 18-19 Mar 2010 Conference speakers consider the significance of the geographies of eighteenth-century artistic practice to an understanding of Sandby’s career and discuss a range of issues, including the role of artists’ tours and places of residence, printed serial publications and one-off commissions, and the range of knowledge deployed in the depiction of landscapes.

Paul Mellon Centre, 16 Bedford Square, WC1B 3JA; £40/£20 concessions

For information and to book, visit http://www.royalacademy.org.uk/text-only/events/workshops/paul-sandby-and-the-geographies-of-eighteenth-century-art,1111,EV.html Public Library Enric Miralles - Evening talks - 18 Mar 2010 Public Library Enric Miralles, Palafolls, Spain 1997 – 2007
Public Library Enric Miralles, Palafolls, Spain 1997 – 2007 © Enric Miralles - Benedetta Tagliabue | EMBT

 

Benedetta Tagliabue reflects upon the gestation...]]> http://www.royalacademy.org.uk/text-only/events/talks/public-library-enric-miralles,1098,EV.html Tue, 19 Jan 2010 13:36:14 GMT http://www.royalacademy.org.uk/text-only/events/talks/public-library-enric-miralles,1098,EV.html Van Gogh BSL and Lipspeaking Tour - Access events - 19 Mar 2010 Melissa Mostyn-Thomas presents this tour in BSLwith voiceover from Roger Beeson and lipspeaking support from Maggie Short.

6–7pm (please arrive by 5.45pm)

]]> http://www.royalacademy.org.uk/text-only/events/accessevents/the-real-van-gogh-the-artist-and-his-letters-bsl-and-lipspeaking-tour,1046,EV.html Mon, 1 Mar 2010 09:07:28 GMT http://www.royalacademy.org.uk/text-only/events/accessevents/the-real-van-gogh-the-artist-and-his-letters-bsl-and-lipspeaking-tour,1046,EV.html BADA Antiques & Fine Art Fair - Friends preview days and events - 19 Mar 2010 Chairman of the BADA Fair Jonathan Coulborn treats Friends to a private talk on the variety of decoration found on Georgian furniture. We examine various items of furniture being exhibited by leading antique dealers at the fair and learn about the exotic wood inlays, carefully chosen veneers, japanning, lacquering and metal ornament and inlay used by the cabinet makers and craftspeople of the Georgian period.

10.30–11.45am; £23 (includes coffee, talk, BADA Handbook and...]]> http://www.royalacademy.org.uk/text-only/events/friends-preview-days/bada-antiques-fine-art-fair,1024,EV.html Mon, 7 Dec 2009 10:15:41 GMT http://www.royalacademy.org.uk/text-only/events/friends-preview-days/bada-antiques-fine-art-fair,1024,EV.html Van Gogh: A Man of Letters - Evening talks - 19 Mar 2010 Following over fifteen years of dedicated research, Leo Jansen and Nienke Bakker of the Van Gogh Museum have published a new edition of Van Gogh’s letters, regarded as some of the most valuable documents in the world of art. They join exhibition curator Ann Dumas to discuss this unique project.

6.30–7.30pm

]]> http://www.royalacademy.org.uk/text-only/events/talks/van-gogh-a-man-of-letters,1039,EV.html Mon, 15 Feb 2010 16:30:45 GMT http://www.royalacademy.org.uk/text-only/events/talks/van-gogh-a-man-of-letters,1039,EV.html Paul Sandby Public Gallery Talks - Free gallery and spotlight talks - 19 Mar-4 Jun 2010 45-minute introductory talks exploring 'Paul Sandby RA (1731–1809): Picturing Britain, A Bicentenary Exhibition' at 7pm every Friday.

Meet in gallery 1; free with an exhibition ticket.

]]> http://www.royalacademy.org.uk/text-only/events/gallerytalks/paul-sandby-public-gallery-talks,1182,EV.html Wed, 3 Mar 2010 14:36:38 GMT http://www.royalacademy.org.uk/text-only/events/gallerytalks/paul-sandby-public-gallery-talks,1182,EV.html Van Gogh Audio Description - Access events - 20 Mar 2010 Bridget Crowley describes the exhibition in the Saloon with tea and object handling, followed by a description in front of the artworks.

2-4pm.

]]> http://www.royalacademy.org.uk/text-only/events/accessevents/van-gogh-audio-description,1174,EV.html Mon, 1 Mar 2010 09:08:25 GMT http://www.royalacademy.org.uk/text-only/events/accessevents/van-gogh-audio-description,1174,EV.html BBC Television Studios - Friends preview days and events - 22 Mar 2010 Designed by architect Graham Dawbarn, BBC Television Centre opened in June 1960 as one of the world’s first buildings specifically created for the production and transmission of TV programmes. On our tour, we learn about the history and architecture of the building, including T. B. Huxley-Jones’s statue of Helios. The tour also includes a view into one of the main studios, a visit to BBC News and a chance to experience the interactive studio.

10.30am–12.30pm; BBC Television Centre, Wood...]]> http://www.royalacademy.org.uk/text-only/events/friends-preview-days/bbc-television-studios,994,EV.html Mon, 30 Nov 2009 11:01:39 GMT http://www.royalacademy.org.uk/text-only/events/friends-preview-days/bbc-television-studios,994,EV.html Hans Ulrich Obrist: Fun Palace by Cedric Price - Evening talks - 22 Mar 2010 Hans Ulrich Obrist
Hans Ulrich Obrist ©Yang Fudong

This new series invites critics to propose and make a case for what they believe to be London’s most significant and important building. A panel of respondents will debate and discuss the chosen...]]> http://www.royalacademy.org.uk/text-only/events/talks/hans-ulrich-obrist-fun-palace-by-cedric-price,1106,EV.html Wed, 3 Mar 2010 13:00:59 GMT http://www.royalacademy.org.uk/text-only/events/talks/hans-ulrich-obrist-fun-palace-by-cedric-price,1106,EV.html Schools Annual Dinner and Auction 2010 - Fundraising events - 23 Mar 2010 Event sponsored by:
Newton

John Hurt
John Hurt CBE Special Guest Speaker: John...]]> http://www.royalacademy.org.uk/text-only/events/fundraising/schools-annual-dinner-and-auction-2010,1068,EV.html Wed, 24 Feb 2010 11:39:21 GMT http://www.royalacademy.org.uk/text-only/events/fundraising/schools-annual-dinner-and-auction-2010,1068,EV.html Courtauld Gallery: Michelangelo's Dream - Friends preview days and events - 24 Mar 2010 Lecturer Dr Caroline Levitt leads Friends through the Courtauld’s new exhibition. Michelangelo’s Dream of Human Life is one of the finest of all Italian Renaissance drawings and is amongst the Courtauld’s greatest treasures. We explore the making and meaning of this celebrated drawing in the context of closely related works by Michelangelo and his contemporaries. This exhibition also contains a rarely seen group of letters and poems by Michelangelo.

10–11am; £16; Courtauld...]]> http://www.royalacademy.org.uk/text-only/events/friends-preview-days/courtauld-gallery-michelangelos-dream,1021,EV.html Mon, 7 Dec 2009 10:17:26 GMT http://www.royalacademy.org.uk/text-only/events/friends-preview-days/courtauld-gallery-michelangelos-dream,1021,EV.html Squerryes Court, Kent - Friends preview days and events - 25 Mar 2010 Built by Sir Nicholas Crisp in 1680, Squerryes Court is a typical William and Mary manor house. It has been the home of the Warde family since 1731 and has an important collection of Old Master Dutch, English and Italian paintings. On our exclusive tour, we learn about the collection and gain an insight into the English art market in the mid-eighteenth century. We also see items connected with General Wolfe of Quebec.

1–6.30pm; £37 (including coach, tea)

For information or to book...]]> http://www.royalacademy.org.uk/text-only/events/friends-preview-days/squerryes-court-kent,1025,EV.html Tue, 9 Feb 2010 09:48:36 GMT http://www.royalacademy.org.uk/text-only/events/friends-preview-days/squerryes-court-kent,1025,EV.html Evening Behind-the-Scenes Tour - Workshops, courses, symposia and tours - 26 Mar 2010 In these new behind-the-scenes tours, you can enjoy close up the Royal Academy’s many masterpieces of British art, discover hidden corners of Burlington House, find the human side of the Academy in its archives – including Queen Victoria’s paint box and Reynolds’s shoe buckles – and browse in the oldest Fine Arts library in Britain. Extended evening tours include a conversation with curators over a glass of wine.

RA; 6–8 pm; £20 (includes a drink)

]]> http://www.royalacademy.org.uk/text-only/events/workshops/evening-behind-the-scenes-tour,1055,EV.html Fri, 29 Jan 2010 13:12:03 GMT http://www.royalacademy.org.uk/text-only/events/workshops/evening-behind-the-scenes-tour,1055,EV.html Designing the Inner World: Amsterdam Public Library - Evening talks - 26 Mar 2010 Jo Coenen's Amsterdam Public Library, 2007
Jo Coenen's Amsterdam Public Library, 2007 Photo © Luuk Kramer

Jo Coenen, architect of the Netherlands Architecture Institute, discusses the design...]]> http://www.royalacademy.org.uk/text-only/events/talks/designing-the-inner-world-amsterdam-public-library,1096,EV.html Tue, 9 Mar 2010 14:44:16 GMT http://www.royalacademy.org.uk/text-only/events/talks/designing-the-inner-world-amsterdam-public-library,1096,EV.html Looking Back at the Life Room - Workshops, courses, symposia and tours - 27 Mar 2010 Johann Zoffany RA, The Academicians of the Royal Academy, 1771-72
Johann Zoffany RA, The Academicians of the Royal Academy, 1771-72 The Royal Collection © 2009, Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II

Taking the exhibition ‘Looking Back at the Life...]]> http://www.royalacademy.org.uk/text-only/events/workshops/looking-back-at-the-life-room,1112,EV.html Tue, 26 Jan 2010 12:39:45 GMT http://www.royalacademy.org.uk/text-only/events/workshops/looking-back-at-the-life-room,1112,EV.html Leighton House - Friends preview days and events - 30 Mar 2010 Frederic Leighton PPRA (1830–1896) was the only person ever to live in the house that he created in Holland Park Road. The house was built to original designs by George Aitchison in the late 1860s, but it continued to evolve and grow throughout the thirty years that Leighton was in residence. At the time of his death in 1896, his ‘Private Palace of Art’ was one of the most extraordinary houses in London, not only for its architectural and decorative character, but also for the range and quality...]]> http://www.royalacademy.org.uk/text-only/events/friends-preview-days/leighton-house,1026,EV.html Mon, 30 Nov 2009 11:02:15 GMT http://www.royalacademy.org.uk/text-only/events/friends-preview-days/leighton-house,1026,EV.html Former Admiralty Residence - Friends preview days and events - 31 Mar 2010 By popular demand, we return for an exclusive tour of the former residence of the First Lord of the Admiralty. Charlotte Henwood, Registrar of the MOD Art Collection, leads this private tour. We visit the historic Whitehall building behind Robert Adam’s entrance and tour its drawing, dining and music rooms in which we see works by Robert Dadd and Richard Westall, together with important portraits of the Secretaries of the Admiralty.

2.30–3.45pm; SOLD OUT http://www.royalacademy.org.uk/text-only/events/friends-preview-days/former-admiralty-residence,1014,EV.html Tue, 9 Feb 2010 09:47:12 GMT http://www.royalacademy.org.uk/text-only/events/friends-preview-days/former-admiralty-residence,1014,EV.html The Art of Music: Vincent Van Gogh - Friends preview days and events - 1 Apr 2010 Enjoy a private view of ‘The Real Van Gogh: The Artist and His Letters’ followed by an exclusive performance of nineteenth-century French chamber music from the Philharmonia Orchestra Chamber Ensemble.

6.30–9.30pm; SOLD OUT

]]> http://www.royalacademy.org.uk/text-only/events/friends-preview-days/the-art-of-music-vincent-van-gogh,1027,EV.html Mon, 8 Mar 2010 11:37:38 GMT http://www.royalacademy.org.uk/text-only/events/friends-preview-days/the-art-of-music-vincent-van-gogh,1027,EV.html Free Welcome Tour for new Friends - Friends preview days and events - 4 Apr 2010 On the first Sunday of every month there is a 60-minute Welcome Tour for new members of the Friends, highlighting the Fine Rooms and works from the permanent collection.

2pm; Meet in the foyer; No need to book

]]> http://www.royalacademy.org.uk/text-only/events/friends-preview-days/free-welcome-tour-for-new-friends,1073,EV.html Wed, 16 Dec 2009 11:12:44 GMT http://www.royalacademy.org.uk/text-only/events/friends-preview-days/free-welcome-tour-for-new-friends,1073,EV.html J. M. W. Turner and Eighteenth-Century Watercolours Curator's Talk - Free gallery and spotlight talks - 6 Apr 2010 Exhibition curator Annette Wickham introduces Turner and eighteenth-century watercolours from the Royal Academy's collection. Talk lasts approximately 30 minutes.

Meet in the Tennant Room, one of the John Madejski Fine Rooms, at 3.30pm.

Free curators' talks take place on the first Tuesday of every month at 3.30pm.

]]> http://www.royalacademy.org.uk/text-only/events/gallerytalks/j-m-w-turner-and-eighteenth-century-watercolours,1117,EV.html Tue, 26 Jan 2010 12:41:17 GMT http://www.royalacademy.org.uk/text-only/events/gallerytalks/j-m-w-turner-and-eighteenth-century-watercolours,1117,EV.html Vincent and Poetry - Evening talks - 9 Apr 2010 Vincent van Gogh's letters capture his love of poetry and literature. Actors and poets read from these letters, together with poems he mentioned and loved, and new work inspired by the exhibition The Real Van Gogh: The Artist and His Letters. The evening is programmed by Pele Cox, poet-in-residence for the exhibition.

6.30–8pm; free

This event is now fully booked...]]> http://www.royalacademy.org.uk/text-only/events/talks/vincent-and-poetry,1095,EV.html Fri, 22 Jan 2010 16:51:20 GMT http://www.royalacademy.org.uk/text-only/events/talks/vincent-and-poetry,1095,EV.html The Watercolour Comes of Age: Paul Sandby’s Legacy - Free lunchtime lectures - 12 Apr 2010 Lecture by MaryAnne Stevens, exhibition co-curator.

1–2pm, doors open at 12.30pm; uncollected tickets will be released at 12.45pm on the day.

NEW: http://www.royalacademy.org.uk/text-only/events/free-lunchtime-lectures/the-watercolour-comes-of-age-paul-sandbys-legacy,1108,EV.html Skinners' Hall - Friends preview days and events - 12 Apr 2010 As one of the Twelve Great Livery Companies, Skinners’ Hall has a history going back some 700 years. The current Hall was built in the 1680s and we exclusively tour the private rooms including the banqueting hall that houses a magnificent series of paintings by Sir Frank Brangwyn RA.

11am–12.15pm; meet at 8 Dowgate Hill, London EC4; SOLD OUT

]]> http://www.royalacademy.org.uk/text-only/events/friends-preview-days/skinners-hall,1133,EV.html Mon, 8 Mar 2010 11:58:46 GMT http://www.royalacademy.org.uk/text-only/events/friends-preview-days/skinners-hall,1133,EV.html Morning Behind-the-Scenes Tour - Workshops, courses, symposia and tours - 13 Apr 2010 In these behind-the-scenes tours, you can enjoy close up the Royal Academy’s many masterpieces of British art, discover hidden corners of Burlington House, find the human side of the Academy in its archives – including Queen Victoria’s paint box and Reynolds’s shoe buckles – and browse in the oldest Fine Arts library in Britain.

RA; 10.30–11.30am.

]]> http://www.royalacademy.org.uk/text-only/events/workshops/morning-behind-the-scenes-tour,1054,EV.html Fri, 15 Jan 2010 12:05:57 GMT http://www.royalacademy.org.uk/text-only/events/workshops/morning-behind-the-scenes-tour,1054,EV.html Cobham Hall, Kent - Friends preview days and events - 14 Apr 2010 Cobham Hall is a beautiful red-brick mansion dating from 1584 with Jacobean, Carolean and eighteenth-century additions. Our private tour includes many paintings by artists such as Joshua Reynolds, John Hoppner and Geoffrey Kneller, the magnificent Gilt Hall with ceiling designed by Inigo Jones in 1670, the Dining Room and Chapel Room by James Wyatt and the beautifully restored gardens by Humphrey Repton. Home to the Earls of Darnley from 1721 to 1961, Cobham is now a girls’ school.

9...]]> http://www.royalacademy.org.uk/text-only/events/friends-preview-days/cobham-hall-kent,1134,EV.html Mon, 8 Mar 2010 11:47:39 GMT http://www.royalacademy.org.uk/text-only/events/friends-preview-days/cobham-hall-kent,1134,EV.html Wren Churches Plus - Friends preview days and events - 16 Apr 2010 Architectural historian Roger White leads this walking tour of a selection of Wren churches in the City of London. We learn about their individual characteristics and also examine a number of pre- and post-Wren churches including St Katherine Cree, St Olave’s and Bevis Marks Synagogue.

10.15am–4pm; meet at St Botolph, Aldgate High Street, EC3; SOLD OUT

]]> http://www.royalacademy.org.uk/text-only/events/friends-preview-days/wren-churches-plus,1135,EV.html Mon, 8 Mar 2010 12:00:39 GMT http://www.royalacademy.org.uk/text-only/events/friends-preview-days/wren-churches-plus,1135,EV.html London and the imagination of the city - Workshops, courses, symposia and tours - 17 Apr 2010 The Galleries of the Oxford Arms, Warwick Lane by A. & J. Bool
The Galleries of the Oxford Arms, Warwick Lane by A. & J. Bool © Royal Academy of Arts

On this tour led by Owen Hopkins, we meander along Fleet Street, into...]]> http://www.royalacademy.org.uk/text-only/events/workshops/london-and-the-imagination-of-the-city,1130,EV.html Mon, 22 Feb 2010 11:57:16 GMT http://www.royalacademy.org.uk/text-only/events/workshops/london-and-the-imagination-of-the-city,1130,EV.html Mercers' Hall - Friends preview days and events - 19 Apr 2010 Incorporated by Royal Charter in 1394, Mercers’ Company is the premier Livery Company of the City of London. The most famous member of the company was Richard Whittington, forever immortalised as Dick Whittington. On our exclusive tour, we explore the hall’s extensive collection of stained glass, wood carvings, sculptures and tapestries. We also learn about the collection of sixteenth-, seventeenth- and nineteenth-century paintings, including works by Jean-Baptiste Monnoyer, W. L. Wylie and...]]> http://www.royalacademy.org.uk/text-only/events/friends-preview-days/mercers-hall,1018,EV.html Mon, 30 Nov 2009 11:02:48 GMT http://www.royalacademy.org.uk/text-only/events/friends-preview-days/mercers-hall,1018,EV.html Libraries as Cultural Hubs - Evening talks - 19 Apr 2010 University of Aberdeen New Library, Aberdeen, Scotland by SHL
University of Aberdeen New Library, Aberdeen, Scotland by SHL

Danish architectural practice Schmidt Hammer Lassen see libraries as central to the development of contemporary culture and civic spaces...]]> http://www.royalacademy.org.uk/text-only/events/talks/libraries-as-cultural-hubs,1099,EV.html Tue, 19 Jan 2010 13:32:11 GMT http://www.royalacademy.org.uk/text-only/events/talks/libraries-as-cultural-hubs,1099,EV.html Paul Sandby Spotlight Talks - Free gallery and spotlight talks - 22 Apr-10 Jun 2010 10-minute talks on individual works in 'Paul Sandby RA (1731–1809): Picturing Britain, A Bicentenary Exhibition' at 3pm every Thursday.

Free with an exhibition ticket.

]]> http://www.royalacademy.org.uk/text-only/events/gallerytalks/paul-sandby-spotlight-talks,1181,EV.html Wed, 3 Mar 2010 14:32:31 GMT http://www.royalacademy.org.uk/text-only/events/gallerytalks/paul-sandby-spotlight-talks,1181,EV.html ING Art Collection - Friends preview days and events - 22 Apr 2010 By special arrangement, Friends privately view the corporate art collection of ING London. The collection is generally considered one of the finest corporate collections in the country and comprises mostly paintings, watercolours and prints that fall into four distinct categories: the historical collection, the Latin American topographical collection, the eighteenth- and nineteenth-century watercolour collection, and the modern British collection. Artists represented include Stanley Spencer...]]> http://www.royalacademy.org.uk/text-only/events/friends-preview-days/ing-art-collection,1136,EV.html Mon, 8 Mar 2010 12:01:34 GMT http://www.royalacademy.org.uk/text-only/events/friends-preview-days/ing-art-collection,1136,EV.html Paul Sandby BSL and Lipspeaking Tour - Access events - 23 Apr 2010 Curator MaryAnne Stevens presents this tour with BSL interpretation from Howard Hardiman and lipspeaking support from Jeanette Burton.

6–7pm (please arrive by 5.45pm); £3, tour and exhibition are free to Friends. There is a maximum of 20 places so early booking is recommended.

For information or to book, please contact the Access Officer:
Tel/text 020 7300...]]> http://www.royalacademy.org.uk/text-only/events/accessevents/picturing-britain-paul-sandby-ra-1731-1809-bsl-and-lipspeaking-tour,1047,EV.html Tue, 23 Feb 2010 10:10:39 GMT http://www.royalacademy.org.uk/text-only/events/accessevents/picturing-britain-paul-sandby-ra-1731-1809-bsl-and-lipspeaking-tour,1047,EV.html Mapwork: Sandby and the Topographical Tradition - Evening talks - 23 Apr 2010 Map-making was a major part of Paul Sandby’s early career on the Military Survey of Scotland, and much of his subsequent landscape art maintained connections with cartography. Professor Stephen Daniels, University of Nottingham, shows how cartography arguably enlarged the scope and power of Sandby’s art.

6.30–7.30pm; £14/£6 reductions* (includes exhibition entry, lecture and a drink), £10 (includes lecture and a drink)

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1. http://www.royalacademy.org.uk/text-only/events/talks/mapwork-sandby-and-the-topographical-tradition,1100,EV.html Mon, 15 Feb 2010 16:31:49 GMT http://www.royalacademy.org.uk/text-only/events/talks/mapwork-sandby-and-the-topographical-tradition,1100,EV.html London and the imagination of the city - Workshops, courses, symposia and tours - 24 Apr 2010 The Galleries of the Oxford Arms, Warwick Lane by A. & J. Bool
The Galleries of the Oxford Arms, Warwick Lane by A. & J. Bool © Royal Academy of Arts

On this tour led by Owen Hopkins, we meander along Fleet Street, into...]]> http://www.royalacademy.org.uk/text-only/events/workshops/london-and-the-imagination-of-the-city,1173,EV.html Fri, 26 Feb 2010 17:17:32 GMT http://www.royalacademy.org.uk/text-only/events/workshops/london-and-the-imagination-of-the-city,1173,EV.html 18 Stafford Terrace - Friends preview days and events - 27 Apr 2010 We privately tour 18 Stafford Terrace, a unique example of a late Victorian townhouse. Home to the cartoonist Edward Linley Sambourne and his family from 1874, the house survives with almost all of its furniture and fittings intact, including William Morris wallpaper, elaborate stained glass and many of Sambourne’s original cartoons, drawings and sketches.

6–7.45pm; £20 (includes glass of wine); meet at 18 Stafford Terrace, W8

To book:
Fax booking form to 020 7300 8013 http://www.royalacademy.org.uk/text-only/events/friends-preview-days/18-stafford-terrace,1138,EV.html Mon, 8 Mar 2010 11:49:52 GMT http://www.royalacademy.org.uk/text-only/events/friends-preview-days/18-stafford-terrace,1138,EV.html London Original Print Fair 2010 - Exhibitions - 29 Apr-3 May 2010 http://www.royalacademy.org.uk/text-only/exhibitions/london-original-print-fair/ Thu, 11 Mar 2010 11:35:24 GMT http://www.royalacademy.org.uk/text-only/exhibitions/london-original-print-fair/ Royal Opera House - Friends preview days and events - 29 Apr 2010 Friends privately tour this iconic building in the heart of London’s theatre district. We visit the huge backstage area, the historic Front of House and the stunning Paul Hamlyn Hall as we are given a fascinating insight into the colourful history of the theatre. Our tour also includes insights into the current opera and ballet productions.

2.30–4pm; meet in the cloakroom area adjacent to the Box Office in the Bow Street/Covent Garden Piazza link; SOLD OUT

]]> http://www.royalacademy.org.uk/text-only/events/friends-preview-days/royal-opera-house,1140,EV.html Mon, 8 Mar 2010 12:02:24 GMT http://www.royalacademy.org.uk/text-only/events/friends-preview-days/royal-opera-house,1140,EV.html Following in Sandby’s Prints - Evening talks - 30 Apr 2010 At a time when British artists and buyers looked to the continent for Picturesque scenery, Paul Sandby pioneered and popularised views of new sites throughout Britain. Professor Malcolm Andrews, University of Kent, considers Sandby’s relationship to Picturesque tourism in Britain towards the end of the eighteenth century.

6.30–7.30pm; £14/£6 reductions* (includes exhibition entry, lecture and a drink), £10 (includes lecture and a drink)

Booking options http://www.royalacademy.org.uk/text-only/events/talks/following-in-sandbys-prints,1101,EV.html Tue, 19 Jan 2010 13:34:27 GMT http://www.royalacademy.org.uk/text-only/events/talks/following-in-sandbys-prints,1101,EV.html Free Welcome Tour for new Friends - Friends preview days and events - 2 May 2010 On the first Sunday of every month there is a 60-minute Welcome Tour for new members of the Friends, highlighting the Fine Rooms and works from the permanent collection.

2pm; Meet in the foyer; No need to book

]]> http://www.royalacademy.org.uk/text-only/events/friends-preview-days/free-welcome-tour-for-new-friends,1074,EV.html Wed, 16 Dec 2009 11:15:22 GMT http://www.royalacademy.org.uk/text-only/events/friends-preview-days/free-welcome-tour-for-new-friends,1074,EV.html Constable's 'Leaping Horse' Curator's Gallery Talk - Free gallery and spotlight talks - 4 May 2010 John Constable RA, The Leaping Horse, 1825. Oil on canvas.
John Constable RA, The Leaping Horse, 1825. Oil on canvas. © Royal Academy of Arts, London. Photo John Hammond

Exhibition curator Helen Valentine introduces John Constable...]]> http://www.royalacademy.org.uk/text-only/events/gallerytalks/constables-leaping-horse-curators-gallery-talk,1118,EV.html Fri, 15 Jan 2010 12:40:10 GMT http://www.royalacademy.org.uk/text-only/events/gallerytalks/constables-leaping-horse-curators-gallery-talk,1118,EV.html Royal College of Music Free Lunchtime Concert - Concerts - 5 May 2010 RCM logo

The Royal College of Music is one of the world's leading conservatoires; alumni include Gustav Holst, Ralph Vaughan Williams, Benjamin Britten, Roger Norrington and James Galway. Founded in 1882, the College trains gifted musicians from all over the world for international careers as performers, conductors and composers...]]> http://www.royalacademy.org.uk/text-only/events/concerts/royal-college-of-music-free-lunchtime-concert,1119,EV.html Tue, 19 Jan 2010 13:10:10 GMT http://www.royalacademy.org.uk/text-only/events/concerts/royal-college-of-music-free-lunchtime-concert,1119,EV.html Kelmscott Manor, Gloucestershire - Friends preview days and events - 6 May 2010 By popular demand, we return to Kelmscott Manor, the country home of William Morris from 1871 until his death in 1896. On our private tour, we see works by Morris and his associates including furniture, textiles, carpets and ceramics. We also have time in the afternoon to explore the gardens.

10am–6.30pm; SOLD OUT

]]> http://www.royalacademy.org.uk/text-only/events/friends-preview-days/kelmscott-manor-gloucestershire,1142,EV.html Mon, 8 Mar 2010 12:03:06 GMT http://www.royalacademy.org.uk/text-only/events/friends-preview-days/kelmscott-manor-gloucestershire,1142,EV.html Royal College of Music Free Lunchtime Concert - Concerts - 7 May 2010 RCM logo

The Royal College of Music is one of the world's leading conservatoires; alumni include Gustav Holst, Ralph Vaughan Williams, Benjamin Britten, Roger Norrington and James Galway. Founded in 1882, the College trains gifted musicians from all over the world for international careers as performers, conductors and composers...]]> http://www.royalacademy.org.uk/text-only/events/concerts/royal-college-of-music-free-lunchtime-concert,1121,EV.html Tue, 19 Jan 2010 13:09:40 GMT http://www.royalacademy.org.uk/text-only/events/concerts/royal-college-of-music-free-lunchtime-concert,1121,EV.html Evening Behind-the-Scenes Tour - Workshops, courses, symposia and tours - 7 May 2010 In these new behind-the-scenes tours, you can enjoy close up the Royal Academy’s many masterpieces of British art, discover hidden corners of Burlington House, find the human side of the Academy in its archives – including Queen Victoria’s paint box and Reynolds’s shoe buckles – and browse in the oldest Fine Arts library in Britain. Extended evening tours include a conversation with curators over a glass of wine.

RA; 6–8 pm; £20 (includes a drink)

Booking options http://www.royalacademy.org.uk/text-only/events/workshops/evening-behind-the-scenes-tour,1056,EV.html Fri, 15 Jan 2010 12:14:09 GMT http://www.royalacademy.org.uk/text-only/events/workshops/evening-behind-the-scenes-tour,1056,EV.html The Sandbys and the Royal Academy - Free lunchtime lectures - 10 May 2010 Lecture by Dr Martin Postle from the Paul Mellon Centre for Studies in British Art.

1–2pm, doors open at 12.30pm; uncollected tickets will be released at 12.45pm on the day.

NEW: http://www.royalacademy.org.uk/text-only/events/free-lunchtime-lectures/the-sandbys-and-the-royal-academy,1109,EV.html Royal Opera House - Friends preview days and events - 10 May 2010 Friends privately tour this iconic building in the heart of London’s theatre district. We visit the huge backstage area, the historic Front of House and the stunning Paul Hamlyn Hall as we are given a fascinating insight into the colourful history of the theatre. Our tour also includes insights into the current opera and ballet productions.

2.30–4pm; meet in the cloakroom area adjacent to the Box Office in the Bow Street/Covent Garden Piazza link; SOLD OUT

]]> http://www.royalacademy.org.uk/text-only/events/friends-preview-days/royal-opera-house,1141,EV.html Mon, 8 Mar 2010 12:04:15 GMT http://www.royalacademy.org.uk/text-only/events/friends-preview-days/royal-opera-house,1141,EV.html Morning Behind-the-Scenes Tour - Workshops, courses, symposia and tours - 11 May 2010 In this behind-the-scenes tour, you can enjoy close up the Royal Academy’s many masterpieces of British art, discover hidden corners of Burlington House, find the human side of the Academy in its archives – including Queen Victoria’s paint box and Reynolds’s shoe buckles – and browse in the oldest Fine Arts library in Britain.

RA; 10.30–11.30 am; £12

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1. NEW: http://www.royalacademy.org.uk/text-only/events/workshops/morning-behind-the-scenes-tour,1166,EV.html Mansion House - Friends preview days and events - 11 May 2010 Designed by George Dance the Elder in 1758, Mansion House is a rare surviving Georgian town palace in London. We privately tour the public rooms with their magnificent interiors and elegant furniture. We also see the Mansion House Plate Collection and the Harold Samuel Collection which comprises Dutch and Flemish paintings by such masters as Frans Hals, Nicolaes Maes and Jacob van Ruisdael. Please note that while this tour includes the artworks, it is not a specific art tour.

2.30–3.30pm...]]> http://www.royalacademy.org.uk/text-only/events/friends-preview-days/mansion-house,1144,EV.html Mon, 8 Mar 2010 12:04:44 GMT http://www.royalacademy.org.uk/text-only/events/friends-preview-days/mansion-house,1144,EV.html Royal College of Music Free Lunchtime Concert - Concerts - 12 May 2010 RCM logo

The Royal College of Music is one of the world's leading conservatoires; alumni include Gustav Holst, Ralph Vaughan Williams, Benjamin Britten, Roger Norrington and James Galway. Founded in 1882, the College trains gifted musicians from all over the world for international careers as performers, conductors and composers...]]> http://www.royalacademy.org.uk/text-only/events/concerts/royal-college-of-music-free-lunchtime-concert,1123,EV.html Tue, 19 Jan 2010 13:07:02 GMT http://www.royalacademy.org.uk/text-only/events/concerts/royal-college-of-music-free-lunchtime-concert,1123,EV.html Great Houses of Lincolnshire - Friends preview days and events - 12-15 May 2010 As ‘the county of stately homes’, Lincolnshire has much to offer Friends this spring. During our four days, we visit a number of impressive homes and gardens including Grimsthorpe Castle, which houses a fine collection including thrones and furnishings from the old House of Lords; Belvoir Castle, ancestral home of the Duke and Duchess of Rutland for over a thousand years; Easton Walled Gardens, which dates back to 1592; and Harlaxton Manor, considered to be the most attractive and interesting...]]> http://www.royalacademy.org.uk/text-only/events/friends-preview-days/great-houses-of-lincolnshire,1147,EV.html Mon, 8 Mar 2010 11:52:36 GMT http://www.royalacademy.org.uk/text-only/events/friends-preview-days/great-houses-of-lincolnshire,1147,EV.html The English Landscape: Art and Poetry - Evening talks - 14 May 2010 Former Poet Laureate Sir Andrew Motion and exhibition co-curator MaryAnne Stevens explore the landscape tradition in English painting, and the similarities and differences in the poetry of such writers as William Wordsworth, Thomas Hardy and Edward Thomas.

6.30–7.30pm; £14/£6 reductions* (includes exhibition entry, lecture and a drink), £10 (includes lecture and a drink)

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1. NEW...]]> http://www.royalacademy.org.uk/text-only/events/talks/the-english-landscape-art-and-poetry,1102,EV.html Mon, 15 Feb 2010 16:31:24 GMT http://www.royalacademy.org.uk/text-only/events/talks/the-english-landscape-art-and-poetry,1102,EV.html Royal College of Music Free Lunchtime Concert - Concerts - 14 May 2010 RCM logo

The Royal College of Music is one of the world's leading conservatoires; alumni include Gustav Holst, Ralph Vaughan Williams, Benjamin Britten, Roger Norrington and James Galway. Founded in 1882, the College trains gifted musicians from all over the world for international careers as performers, conductors and composers...]]> http://www.royalacademy.org.uk/text-only/events/concerts/royal-college-of-music-free-lunchtime-concert,1122,EV.html Thu, 21 Jan 2010 16:49:58 GMT http://www.royalacademy.org.uk/text-only/events/concerts/royal-college-of-music-free-lunchtime-concert,1122,EV.html Ballardian Architecture: Inner and Outer Space - Workshops, courses, symposia and tours - 15 May 2010 Erno Goldfinger, Trellick Tower, North Kensington
Erno Goldfinger, Trellick Tower, North Kensington Photo: Royal Academy of Arts, London

Acclaimed writer J.G. Ballard derived inspiration from aspects of the built environment that...]]> http://www.royalacademy.org.uk/text-only/events/workshops/ballardian-architecture-inner-and-outer-space,1107,EV.html Tue, 19 Jan 2010 13:41:45 GMT http://www.royalacademy.org.uk/text-only/events/workshops/ballardian-architecture-inner-and-outer-space,1107,EV.html Paul Sandby Audio Description - Access events - 17 May 2010 Bridget Crowley describes key works before visiting the exhibition. Harry Baxter also introduces tailor-made handling objects.

11am–1pm; £3, tour and exhibition are free to Friends. There is a maximum of 15 places so early booking is recommended.

For information or to book, please contact the Access Officer:
Tel/text 020 7300 5732
Email http://www.royalacademy.org.uk/text-only/events/accessevents/audio-description-paul-sandby,1058,EV.html Royal College of Music Free Lunchtime Concert - Concerts - 19 May 2010 RCM logo

The Royal College of Music is one of the world's leading conservatoires; alumni include Gustav Holst, Ralph Vaughan Williams, Benjamin Britten, Roger Norrington and James Galway. Founded in 1882, the College trains gifted musicians from all over the world for international careers as performers, conductors and composers...]]> http://www.royalacademy.org.uk/text-only/events/concerts/royal-college-of-music-free-lunchtime-concert,1125,EV.html Tue, 19 Jan 2010 13:08:13 GMT http://www.royalacademy.org.uk/text-only/events/concerts/royal-college-of-music-free-lunchtime-concert,1125,EV.html Knebworth House and Gardens, Herts - Friends preview days and events - 19 May 2010 Home of the Lytton family since 1490, we learn about how Knebworth House was transformed from a red-brick Tudor manor house into the romantic Gothic fantasy we see today, complete with turrets, griffins and gargoyles. On our private tour, we visit the state rooms, including the Banqueting Hall, Library and Oval Ante-Room. We also tour the magnificent gardens designed by Sir Edwin Lutyens PRA in 1908.

10.45am–6.45pm; £65 (includes coach, set lunch/wine, tea)

To book:
Fax booking...]]> http://www.royalacademy.org.uk/text-only/events/friends-preview-days/knebworth-house-and-gardens-herts,1148,EV.html Mon, 8 Mar 2010 11:53:00 GMT http://www.royalacademy.org.uk/text-only/events/friends-preview-days/knebworth-house-and-gardens-herts,1148,EV.html Southwark Cathedral - Friends preview days and events - 20 May 2010 We visit Southwark Cathedral, thought to be London’s oldest gothic church building. On our guided tour, we explore the Cathedral’s unique architecture and interiors that have developed over its thousand-year history and learn about its connection to Shakespeare, Dickens and John Harvard, the benefactor of America’s oldest university.

2–4pm; £18 (includes cream tea); meet at north (riverside) entrance, Millennium Courtyard, SE1

To book:
Fax booking form to 020 7300 8013 http://www.royalacademy.org.uk/text-only/events/friends-preview-days/southwark-cathedral,1149,EV.html Mon, 8 Mar 2010 11:53:42 GMT http://www.royalacademy.org.uk/text-only/events/friends-preview-days/southwark-cathedral,1149,EV.html Paul Sandby Early Morning Private View for Wheelchair Users - Access events - 21 May 2010 Wheelchair users explore the exhibition before the galleries open with an introductory tour by Harry Baxter.

9–10am; £3; maximum of 20 places; tour and exhibition are free to Friends.

For information or to book, please contact the Access Officer:
Tel/text 020 7300 5732
Email access@royalacademy.org.uk http://www.royalacademy.org.uk/text-only/events/accessevents/paul-sandby-early-morning-private-view-for-wheelchair-users,1178,EV.html Tue, 23 Feb 2010 10:11:51 GMT http://www.royalacademy.org.uk/text-only/events/accessevents/paul-sandby-early-morning-private-view-for-wheelchair-users,1178,EV.html Paul Sandby BSL and Lipspeaking Tour - Access events - 21 May 2010 John Wilson presents this tour in BSL with voiceover from Howard Hardiman and lipspeaking support from Vicky Waite.

6–7pm (please arrive by 5.45pm); £3, tour and exhibition are free to Friends. There is a maximum of 20 places so early booking is recommended.

For information or to book, please contact the Access Officer:
Tel/text 020 7300 5732
Email http://www.royalacademy.org.uk/text-only/events/accessevents/picturing-britain-paul-sandby-ra-1731-1809-bsl-and-lipspeaking-tour,1048,EV.html Tue, 23 Feb 2010 10:12:13 GMT http://www.royalacademy.org.uk/text-only/events/accessevents/picturing-britain-paul-sandby-ra-1731-1809-bsl-and-lipspeaking-tour,1048,EV.html Royal College of Music Free Lunchtime Concert - Concerts - 21 May 2010 RCM logo

The Royal College of Music is one of the world's leading conservatoires; alumni include Gustav Holst, Ralph Vaughan Williams, Benjamin Britten, Roger Norrington and James Galway. Founded in 1882, the College trains gifted musicians from all over the world for international careers as performers, conductors and composers...]]> http://www.royalacademy.org.uk/text-only/events/concerts/royal-college-of-music-free-lunchtime-concert,1126,EV.html Tue, 19 Jan 2010 13:07:38 GMT http://www.royalacademy.org.uk/text-only/events/concerts/royal-college-of-music-free-lunchtime-concert,1126,EV.html Sandby Views of Windsor - Free lunchtime lectures - 24 May 2010 Lecture by the Hon. Lady Roberts from The Royal Collection.

1–2pm, doors open at 12.30pm; uncollected tickets will be released at 12.45pm on the day.

NEW: http://www.royalacademy.org.uk/text-only/events/free-lunchtime-lectures/sandby-views-of-windsor,1110,EV.html 18 Stafford Terrace - Friends preview days and events - 25 May 2010 We privately tour 18 Stafford Terrace, a unique example of a late Victorian townhouse. Home to the cartoonist Edward Linley Sambourne and his family from 1874, the house survives with almost all of its furniture and fittings intact, including William Morris wallpaper, elaborate stained glass and many of Sambourne’s original cartoons, drawings and sketches.

6–7.45pm; £20 (includes glass of wine); meet at 18 Stafford Terrace, W8

To book:
Fax booking form to 020 7300 8013 http://www.royalacademy.org.uk/text-only/events/friends-preview-days/18-stafford-terrace,1139,EV.html Mon, 8 Mar 2010 11:49:31 GMT http://www.royalacademy.org.uk/text-only/events/friends-preview-days/18-stafford-terrace,1139,EV.html Royal College of Music Free Lunchtime Concert - Concerts - 26 May 2010 RCM logo

The Royal College of Music is one of the world's leading conservatoires; alumni include Gustav Holst, Ralph Vaughan Williams, Benjamin Britten, Roger Norrington and James Galway. Founded in 1882, the College trains gifted musicians from all over the world for international careers as performers, conductors and composers...]]> http://www.royalacademy.org.uk/text-only/events/concerts/royal-college-of-music-free-lunchtime-concert,1129,EV.html Tue, 19 Jan 2010 13:08:41 GMT http://www.royalacademy.org.uk/text-only/events/concerts/royal-college-of-music-free-lunchtime-concert,1129,EV.html Hall Place, Kent - Friends preview days and events - 26 May 2010 Built in 1537 for Sir John Champneys, a wealthy merchant and former Lord Mayor of London, Hall Place has been extensively restored to reveal its Tudor origins and seventeenth-century additions. Our private tour includes the panelled Tudor Great Hall, the vaulted Long Gallery and splendid Great Chamber with its fine plaster ceiling. We also explore the magnificent gardens, which boast a stunning topiary lawn of chess pieces.

1–6.30pm; £39 (includes coach, tea)

To book:
Fax booking...]]> http://www.royalacademy.org.uk/text-only/events/friends-preview-days/hall-place-kent,1151,EV.html Mon, 8 Mar 2010 11:54:02 GMT http://www.royalacademy.org.uk/text-only/events/friends-preview-days/hall-place-kent,1151,EV.html Royal College of Music Free Lunchtime Concert - Concerts - 28 May 2010 RCM logo

The Royal College of Music is one of the world's leading conservatoires; alumni include Gustav Holst, Ralph Vaughan Williams, Benjamin Britten, Roger Norrington and James Galway. Founded in 1882, the College trains gifted musicians from all over the world for international careers as performers, conductors and composers...]]> http://www.royalacademy.org.uk/text-only/events/concerts/royal-college-of-music-free-lunchtime-concert,1128,EV.html Tue, 19 Jan 2010 13:10:38 GMT http://www.royalacademy.org.uk/text-only/events/concerts/royal-college-of-music-free-lunchtime-concert,1128,EV.html Watermen's Hall - Friends preview days and events - 28 May 2010 The Company of Watermen and Lightermen was established by Act of Parliament in 1555 to control the Watermen on the River Thames responsible for the movement of goods and passengers. We privately tour the present Hall, designed by William Blackburn, which dates back to 1780 and remains the only original Georgian Hall in the City of London.

10.30am–12.15pm; meet at 16 St-Mary-at-Hill, EC3; SOLD OUT

]]> http://www.royalacademy.org.uk/text-only/events/friends-preview-days/watermens-hall,1152,EV.html Mon, 8 Mar 2010 12:05:27 GMT http://www.royalacademy.org.uk/text-only/events/friends-preview-days/watermens-hall,1152,EV.html Travels in India: Hodges & Daniell Curator's Talk - Free gallery and spotlight talks - 1 Jun 2010 William Hodges RA (1744-1797), View of part of the City of Benares on the River Ganges, in the East Indies, c.1781.
William Hodges RA (1744-1797), View of part of the City of Benares on...]]> http://www.royalacademy.org.uk/text-only/events/gallerytalks/travels-in-india-hodges-daniell-curators-talk,1120,EV.html Thu, 25 Feb 2010 15:37:49 GMT http://www.royalacademy.org.uk/text-only/events/gallerytalks/travels-in-india-hodges-daniell-curators-talk,1120,EV.html Evening Behind-the-Scenes Tour - Workshops, courses, symposia and tours - 4 Jun 2010 In this behind-the-scenes tour, you can enjoy close up the Royal Academy’s many masterpieces of British art, discover hidden corners of Burlington House, find the human side of the Academy in its archives – including Queen Victoria’s paint box and Reynolds’s shoe buckles – and browse in the oldest Fine Arts library in Britain. Extended evening tours include a conversation with curators over a glass of wine.

RA; 6–8pm

]]> http://www.royalacademy.org.uk/text-only/events/workshops/evening-behind-the-scenes-tour,1167,EV.html Tue, 19 Jan 2010 12:09:40 GMT http://www.royalacademy.org.uk/text-only/events/workshops/evening-behind-the-scenes-tour,1167,EV.html Free Welcome Tour for new Friends - Friends preview days and events - 6 Jun 2010 On the first Sunday of every month there is a 60-minute Welcome Tour for new members of the Friends, highlighting the Fine Rooms and works from the permanent collection.

2pm; Meet in the foyer; No need to book

]]> http://www.royalacademy.org.uk/text-only/events/friends-preview-days/free-welcome-tour-for-new-friends,1075,EV.html Wed, 16 Dec 2009 11:26:55 GMT http://www.royalacademy.org.uk/text-only/events/friends-preview-days/free-welcome-tour-for-new-friends,1075,EV.html Watermen's Hall - Friends preview days and events - 7 Jun 2010 The Company of Watermen and Lightermen was established by Act of Parliament in 1555 to control the Watermen on the River Thames responsible for the movement of goods and passengers. We privately tour the present Hall, designed by William Blackburn, which dates back to 1780 and remains the only original Georgian Hall in the City of London.

10.30am–12.15pm; meet at 16 St-Mary-at-Hill, EC3; SOLD OUT

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RA; 10.30–11.30 am; £12

Booking options

1. NEW: http://www.royalacademy.org.uk/text-only/events/workshops/morning-behind-the-scenes-tour,1163,EV.html Mansion House - Friends preview days and events - 8 Jun 2010 Designed by George Dance the Elder in 1758, Mansion House is a rare surviving Georgian town palace in London. We privately tour the public rooms with their magnificent interiors and elegant furniture. We also see the Mansion House Plate Collection and the Harold Samuel Collection which comprises Dutch and Flemish paintings by such masters as Frans Hals, Nicolaes Maes and Jacob van Ruisdael. Please note that while this tour includes the artworks, it is not a specific art tour.

2.30–3.30pm...]]> http://www.royalacademy.org.uk/text-only/events/friends-preview-days/mansion-house,1146,EV.html Mon, 8 Mar 2010 12:06:38 GMT http://www.royalacademy.org.uk/text-only/events/friends-preview-days/mansion-house,1146,EV.html Broadgate Sculpture Walk - Friends preview days and events - 9 Jun 2010 Broadgate was developed as a highly innovative City business district in 1985 with its design based on careful urban planning and a commitment to world-class architecture. On this guided walk, we explore the various architectural styles and learn about the impressive collection of public art around the site including sculptures by artists such as Barry Flanagan RA, George Segal and Jacques Lipchitz.

2–4pm; £17 (includes tea); meet at Liverpool St tube, EC2

To book:
Fax booking...]]> http://www.royalacademy.org.uk/text-only/events/friends-preview-days/broadgate-sculpture-walk,1154,EV.html Mon, 8 Mar 2010 11:54:20 GMT http://www.royalacademy.org.uk/text-only/events/friends-preview-days/broadgate-sculpture-walk,1154,EV.html Friends Preview Days for Summer Exhibition 2010 - Friends preview days and events - 11-13 Jun 2010 Friday 11 June 10am – 10pm
Saturday 12 June 10am – 8.30pm
Sunday 13 June 10am – 8.30pm

]]> http://www.royalacademy.org.uk/text-only/events/friends-preview-days/friends-preview-days-for-summer-exhibition-2010,1171,EV.html Thu, 28 Jan 2010 17:06:14 GMT http://www.royalacademy.org.uk/text-only/events/friends-preview-days/friends-preview-days-for-summer-exhibition-2010,1171,EV.html The Garrick Club - Friends preview days and events - 15 Jun 2010 By popular demand, we return to The Garrick Club for an exclusive tour. Founded in 1831, the Club houses the largest and most significant collection of British theatrical works of art with over a thousand paintings, drawings and sculptures on display. During our tour, we see works by Johan Zoffany, Thomas Lawrence and John Everett Millais.

10am–12pm; meet at 15 Garrick St, WC2; SOLD OUT

]]> http://www.royalacademy.org.uk/text-only/events/friends-preview-days/the-garrick-club,1155,EV.html Mon, 8 Mar 2010 12:07:24 GMT http://www.royalacademy.org.uk/text-only/events/friends-preview-days/the-garrick-club,1155,EV.html Wren Churches Plus - Friends preview days and events - 17 Jun 2010 Architectural historian Roger White leads this walking tour of a selection of Wren churches in the City of London. We learn about their individual characteristics and also examine a number of pre- and post-Wren churches including St Katherine Cree, St Olave’s and Bevis Marks Synagogue.

10.15am–4pm; meet at St Botolph, Aldgate High Street, EC3; SOLD OUT

]]> http://www.royalacademy.org.uk/text-only/events/friends-preview-days/wren-churches-plus,1137,EV.html Mon, 8 Mar 2010 12:07:53 GMT http://www.royalacademy.org.uk/text-only/events/friends-preview-days/wren-churches-plus,1137,EV.html Southwark Cathedral - Friends preview days and events - 18 Jun 2010 We visit Southwark Cathedral, thought to be London’s oldest gothic church building. On our guided tour, we explore the Cathedral’s unique architecture and interiors that have developed over its thousand-year history and learn about its connection to Shakespeare, Dickens and John Harvard, the benefactor of America’s oldest university.

2–4pm; £18 (includes cream tea); meet at north (riverside) entrance, Millennium Courtyard, SE1

To book:
Fax booking form to 020 7300 8013 http://www.royalacademy.org.uk/text-only/events/friends-preview-days/southwark-cathedral,1150,EV.html Mon, 8 Mar 2010 11:53:22 GMT http://www.royalacademy.org.uk/text-only/events/friends-preview-days/southwark-cathedral,1150,EV.html London Glassblowing Studio - Friends preview days and events - 22 Jun 2010 Situated in the heart of vibrant Bermondsey Street, Peter Layton’s London Glassblowing is a hot-glass studio focused on the creation and display of contemporary glass art. The studio has a reputation as one of Europe’s leading glassmaking workshops. This exclusive evening provides Friends with the opportunity to learn about the art of glassmaking including a demonstration of glassblowing techniques together with a private view of the studio’s current collection and for one...]]> http://www.royalacademy.org.uk/text-only/events/friends-preview-days/london-glassblowing-studio,1157,EV.html Mon, 8 Mar 2010 12:08:29 GMT http://www.royalacademy.org.uk/text-only/events/friends-preview-days/london-glassblowing-studio,1157,EV.html Copped Hall, Essex - Friends preview days and events - 24 Jun 2010 Originally a hunting park dating from the twelfth century, Copped Hall is famed for hosting the first performance of A Midsummer Night’s Dream in 1594. Our tour explores the present house built in 1753 by architects John Sanderson, Sir Roger Newdigate and Thomas Prowse. While various additions were made to the Hall over time, it was gutted by a fire in 1917 and it remained largely ignored until it was saved by the Copped Hall Trust in 1995. Alan Cox, architect for the Trust...]]> http://www.royalacademy.org.uk/text-only/events/friends-preview-days/copped-hall-essex,1158,EV.html Mon, 8 Mar 2010 11:57:21 GMT http://www.royalacademy.org.uk/text-only/events/friends-preview-days/copped-hall-essex,1158,EV.html Lost London Walk - Friends preview days and events - 30 Jun 2010 On this walking tour led by Owen Hopkins, we examine how our perceptions and understandings of London continue to be affected by the legacies of buildings long since demolished. Our walk takes in Fleet Street, the Inns of Court, St Bartholomew the Great and by special arrangement we lunch in the Great Hall at Middle Temple. This walk has been exclusively designed to complement the RA architecture exhibition http://www.royalacademy.org.uk/text-only/events/friends-preview-days/lost-london-walk,1159,EV.html Evening Behind-the-Scenes Tour - Workshops, courses, symposia and tours - 2 Jul 2010 In this behind-the-scenes tour, you can enjoy close up the Royal Academy’s many masterpieces of British art, discover hidden corners of Burlington House, find the human side of the Academy in its archives – including Queen Victoria’s paint box and Reynolds’s shoe buckles – and browse in the oldest Fine Arts library in Britain. Extended evening tours include a conversation with curators over a glass of wine.

RA; 6–8pm

]]> http://www.royalacademy.org.uk/text-only/events/workshops/evening-behind-the-scenes-tour,1165,EV.html Mon, 22 Feb 2010 11:59:30 GMT http://www.royalacademy.org.uk/text-only/events/workshops/evening-behind-the-scenes-tour,1165,EV.html Free Welcome Tour for new Friends - Friends preview days and events - 4 Jul 2010 On the first Sunday of every month there is a 60-minute Welcome Tour for new members of the Friends, highlighting the Fine Rooms and works from the permanent collection.

2pm; Meet in the foyer; No need to book

]]> http://www.royalacademy.org.uk/text-only/events/friends-preview-days/free-welcome-tour-for-new-friends,1076,EV.html Wed, 16 Dec 2009 11:29:09 GMT http://www.royalacademy.org.uk/text-only/events/friends-preview-days/free-welcome-tour-for-new-friends,1076,EV.html The Garrick Club - Friends preview days and events - 6 Jul 2010 By popular demand, we return to The Garrick Club for an exclusive tour. Founded in 1831, the Club houses the largest and most significant collection of British theatrical works of art with over a thousand paintings, drawings and sculptures on display. During our tour, we see works by Johan Zoffany, Thomas Lawrence and John Everett Millais.

10am–12pm; meet at 15 Garrick St, WC2; SOLD OUT

]]> http://www.royalacademy.org.uk/text-only/events/friends-preview-days/the-garrick-club,1156,EV.html Mon, 8 Mar 2010 12:11:50 GMT http://www.royalacademy.org.uk/text-only/events/friends-preview-days/the-garrick-club,1156,EV.html Friends Preview Days for 'Sargent and the Sea' - Friends preview days and events - 7-9 Jul 2010 Wednesday 7 July 10am – 6pm
Thursday 8 July 10am – 6pm
Friday 9 July 10am – 10pm

]]> http://www.royalacademy.org.uk/text-only/events/friends-preview-days/friends-preview-days-for-sargent-and-the-sea,1169,EV.html Thu, 28 Jan 2010 17:03:27 GMT http://www.royalacademy.org.uk/text-only/events/friends-preview-days/friends-preview-days-for-sargent-and-the-sea,1169,EV.html Kelmscott Manor, Gloucestershire - Friends preview days and events - 8 Jul 2010 By popular demand, we return to Kelmscott Manor, the country home of William Morris from 1871 until his death in 1896. On our private tour, we see works by Morris and his associates including furniture, textiles, carpets and ceramics. We also have time in the afternoon to explore the gardens.

10am–6.30pm; SOLD OUT

]]> http://www.royalacademy.org.uk/text-only/events/friends-preview-days/kelmscott-manor-gloucestershire,1145,EV.html Mon, 8 Mar 2010 12:12:21 GMT http://www.royalacademy.org.uk/text-only/events/friends-preview-days/kelmscott-manor-gloucestershire,1145,EV.html Morning Behind-the-Scenes Tour - Workshops, courses, symposia and tours - 13 Jul 2010 In this behind-the-scenes tour, you can enjoy close up the Royal Academy’s many masterpieces of British art, discover hidden corners of Burlington House, find the human side of the Academy in its archives – including Queen Victoria’s paint box and Reynolds’s shoe buckles – and browse in the oldest Fine Arts library in Britain.

RA; 10.30–11.30 am

]]> http://www.royalacademy.org.uk/text-only/events/workshops/morning-behind-the-scenes-tour,1164,EV.html Mon, 22 Feb 2010 11:59:55 GMT http://www.royalacademy.org.uk/text-only/events/workshops/morning-behind-the-scenes-tour,1164,EV.html Free Welcome Tour for new Friends - Friends preview days and events - 1 Aug 2010 On the first Sunday of every month there is a 60-minute Welcome Tour for new members of the Friends, highlighting the Fine Rooms and works from the permanent collection.

2pm; Meet in the foyer; No need to book

]]> http://www.royalacademy.org.uk/text-only/events/friends-preview-days/free-welcome-tour-for-new-friends,1077,EV.html Wed, 16 Dec 2009 11:31:38 GMT http://www.royalacademy.org.uk/text-only/events/friends-preview-days/free-welcome-tour-for-new-friends,1077,EV.html Free Welcome Tour for new Friends - Friends preview days and events - 5 Sep 2010 On the first Sunday of every month there is a 60-minute Welcome Tour for new members of the Friends, highlighting the Fine Rooms and works from the permanent collection.

2pm; Meet in the foyer; No need to book

]]> http://www.royalacademy.org.uk/text-only/events/friends-preview-days/free-welcome-tour-for-new-friends,1078,EV.html Wed, 16 Dec 2009 11:33:53 GMT http://www.royalacademy.org.uk/text-only/events/friends-preview-days/free-welcome-tour-for-new-friends,1078,EV.html Free Welcome Tour for new Friends - Friends preview days and events - 3 Oct 2010 On the first Sunday of every month there is a 60-minute Welcome Tour for new members of the Friends, highlighting the Fine Rooms and works from the permanent collection.

2pm; Meet in the foyer; No need to book

]]> http://www.royalacademy.org.uk/text-only/events/friends-preview-days/free-welcome-tour-for-new-friends,1079,EV.html Wed, 16 Dec 2009 11:36:30 GMT http://www.royalacademy.org.uk/text-only/events/friends-preview-days/free-welcome-tour-for-new-friends,1079,EV.html Kettle's Yard and the Jockey Club - Friends preview days and events - 21 Oct 2010 Curator of ‘Wild Thing’ Dr Richard Cork joins us on this private visit to Kettle’s Yard, the home of former Tate curator Jim Ede. Kettle’s Yard contains a fascinating collection including paintings by Ben and Winifred Nicholson, Christopher Wood, Joan Miró and sculptures by Henry Moore, Barbara Hepworth and Constantin Brancusi. The collection also includes significant works by the French sculptor Henri Gaudier-Brzeska, many of which feature in ‘Wild Thing’.

In the afternoon...]]> http://www.royalacademy.org.uk/text-only/events/friends-preview-days/kettles-yard-and-the-jockey-club,977,EV.html Mon, 14 Sep 2009 11:45:01 BST http://www.royalacademy.org.uk/text-only/events/friends-preview-days/kettles-yard-and-the-jockey-club,977,EV.html Friends Preview Days for 'Glasgow Boys' - Friends preview days and events - 27-29 Oct 2010 Wednesday 27 October 10am – 8.30pm
Thursday 28 October 10am – 6pm
Friday 29 October 10am – 6pm

]]> http://www.royalacademy.org.uk/text-only/events/friends-preview-days/friends-preview-days-for-glasgow-boys,1170,EV.html Thu, 28 Jan 2010 17:05:02 GMT http://www.royalacademy.org.uk/text-only/events/friends-preview-days/friends-preview-days-for-glasgow-boys,1170,EV.html Free Welcome Tour for new Friends - Friends preview days and events - 7 Nov 2010 On the first Sunday of every month there is a 60-minute Welcome Tour for new members of the Friends, highlighting the Fine Rooms and works from the permanent collection.

2pm; Meet in the foyer; No need to book

]]> http://www.royalacademy.org.uk/text-only/events/friends-preview-days/free-welcome-tour-for-new-friends,1080,EV.html Wed, 16 Dec 2009 11:39:14 GMT http://www.royalacademy.org.uk/text-only/events/friends-preview-days/free-welcome-tour-for-new-friends,1080,EV.html Free Welcome Tour for new Friends - Friends preview days and events - 5 Dec 2010 On the first Sunday of every month there is a 60-minute Welcome Tour for new members of the Friends, highlighting the Fine Rooms and works from the permanent collection.

2pm; Meet in the foyer; No need to book

]]> http://www.royalacademy.org.uk/text-only/events/friends-preview-days/free-welcome-tour-for-new-friends,1081,EV.html Wed, 16 Dec 2009 11:42:57 GMT http://www.royalacademy.org.uk/text-only/events/friends-preview-days/free-welcome-tour-for-new-friends,1081,EV.html Free Welcome Tour for new Friends - Friends preview days and events - 2 Jan 2011 On the first Sunday of every month there is a 60-minute Welcome Tour for new members of the Friends, highlighting the Fine Rooms and works from the permanent collection.

2pm; Meet in the foyer; No need to book

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2pm; Meet in the foyer; No need to book

]]> http://www.royalacademy.org.uk/text-only/events/friends-preview-days/free-welcome-tour-for-new-friends,1083,EV.html Wed, 16 Dec 2009 11:52:07 GMT http://www.royalacademy.org.uk/text-only/events/friends-preview-days/free-welcome-tour-for-new-friends,1083,EV.html Free Welcome Tour for new Friends - Friends preview days and events - 6 Mar 2011 On the first Sunday of every month there is a 60-minute Welcome Tour for new members of the Friends, highlighting the Fine Rooms and works from the permanent collection.

2pm; Meet in the foyer; No need to book

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2pm; Meet in the foyer; No need to book

]]> http://www.royalacademy.org.uk/text-only/events/friends-preview-days/free-welcome-tour-for-new-friends,1085,EV.html Wed, 16 Dec 2009 11:58:49 GMT http://www.royalacademy.org.uk/text-only/events/friends-preview-days/free-welcome-tour-for-new-friends,1085,EV.html Free Welcome Tour for new Friends - Friends preview days and events - 1 May 2011 On the first Sunday of every month there is a 60-minute Welcome Tour for new members of the Friends, highlighting the Fine Rooms and works from the permanent collection.

2pm; Meet in the foyer; No need to book

]]> http://www.royalacademy.org.uk/text-only/events/friends-preview-days/free-welcome-tour-for-new-friends,1086,EV.html Wed, 16 Dec 2009 12:01:30 GMT http://www.royalacademy.org.uk/text-only/events/friends-preview-days/free-welcome-tour-for-new-friends,1086,EV.html Free Welcome Tour for new Friends - Friends preview days and events - 5 Jun 2011 On the first Sunday of every month there is a 60-minute Welcome Tour for new members of the Friends, highlighting the Fine Rooms and works from the permanent collection.

2pm; Meet in the foyer; No need to book

]]> http://www.royalacademy.org.uk/text-only/events/friends-preview-days/free-welcome-tour-for-new-friends,1087,EV.html Wed, 16 Dec 2009 12:03:30 GMT http://www.royalacademy.org.uk/text-only/events/friends-preview-days/free-welcome-tour-for-new-friends,1087,EV.html Free Welcome Tour for new Friends - Friends preview days and events - 3 Jul 2011 On the first Sunday of every month there is a 60-minute Welcome Tour for new members of the Friends, highlighting the Fine Rooms and works from the permanent collection.

2pm; Meet in the foyer; No need to book

]]> http://www.royalacademy.org.uk/text-only/events/friends-preview-days/free-welcome-tour-for-new-friends,1088,EV.html Wed, 16 Dec 2009 12:05:37 GMT http://www.royalacademy.org.uk/text-only/events/friends-preview-days/free-welcome-tour-for-new-friends,1088,EV.html Free Welcome Tour for new Friends - Friends preview days and events - 7 Aug 2011 On the first Sunday of every month there is a 60-minute Welcome Tour for new members of the Friends, highlighting the Fine Rooms and works from the permanent collection.

2pm; Meet in the foyer; No need to book

]]> http://www.royalacademy.org.uk/text-only/events/friends-preview-days/free-welcome-tour-for-new-friends,1089,EV.html Wed, 16 Dec 2009 12:08:00 GMT http://www.royalacademy.org.uk/text-only/events/friends-preview-days/free-welcome-tour-for-new-friends,1089,EV.html Free Welcome Tour for new Friends - Friends preview days and events - 4 Sep 2011 On the first Sunday of every month there is a 60-minute Welcome Tour for new members of the Friends, highlighting the Fine Rooms and works from the permanent collection.

2pm; Meet in the foyer; No need to book

]]> http://www.royalacademy.org.uk/text-only/events/friends-preview-days/free-welcome-tour-for-new-friends,1090,EV.html Wed, 16 Dec 2009 12:10:14 GMT http://www.royalacademy.org.uk/text-only/events/friends-preview-days/free-welcome-tour-for-new-friends,1090,EV.html Free Welcome Tour for new Friends - Friends preview days and events - 2 Oct 2011 On the first Sunday of every month there is a 60-minute Welcome Tour for new members of the Friends, highlighting the Fine Rooms and works from the permanent collection.

2pm; Meet in the foyer; No need to book

]]> http://www.royalacademy.org.uk/text-only/events/friends-preview-days/free-welcome-tour-for-new-friends,1091,EV.html Wed, 16 Dec 2009 12:12:20 GMT http://www.royalacademy.org.uk/text-only/events/friends-preview-days/free-welcome-tour-for-new-friends,1091,EV.html Free Welcome Tour for new Friends - Friends preview days and events - 6 Nov 2011 On the first Sunday of every month there is a 60-minute Welcome Tour for new members of the Friends, highlighting the Fine Rooms and works from the permanent collection.

2pm; Meet in the foyer; No need to book

]]> http://www.royalacademy.org.uk/text-only/events/friends-preview-days/free-welcome-tour-for-new-friends,1092,EV.html Wed, 16 Dec 2009 12:15:22 GMT http://www.royalacademy.org.uk/text-only/events/friends-preview-days/free-welcome-tour-for-new-friends,1092,EV.html Free Welcome Tour for new Friends - Friends preview days and events - 4 Dec 2011 On the first Sunday of every month there is a 60-minute Welcome Tour for new members of the Friends, highlighting the Fine Rooms and works from the permanent collection.

2pm; Meet in the foyer; No need to book

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