Exhibition catalogues
Exhibition catalogues
Browse through 250 years of the Royal Academy annual Summer Exhibition catalogues from the very first exhibition in 1769 to the present and the Winter Exhibition catalogues from their inception in 1870 through to 1939.
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Click on a thumbnail image to display a large image of the title-page. You can browse through the catalogue using the arrows next to the image or the sidebar to the right. You can also enter search terms in the Search within the catalogue box to search for artists, titles and lenders within the catalogue.
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The Great Spectacle: 250 Years of the Summer Exhibition
12 June – 19 August 2018
As well as celebrating the art of today in the 250th Summer Exhibition, we’re also looking back at some of the important moments in the history of the Academy and its shows in The Great Spectacle: 250 Years of the Summer Exhibition. See some of the art that’s captured the interest of millions of visitors, in a cultural phenomenon that’s spanned the Enlightenment, Industrial Revolution, two world wars and the rise of the Young British Artists.
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250 years of the Summer Exhibition online
The Chronicle
In celebration of the Royal Academy’s 250th birthday and coinciding with The Great Spectacle exhibition, a new open access publication by the Paul Mellon Centre looks back at 250 years of the Summer Exhibition. Explore 250 years of stories, artworks and data, alongside lively year-by-year essays and a complete set of digitised and searchable Summer Exhibition catalogues.
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