Patrons: 6BG and the art-handling suite
RA behind-the-scenes
Thursday 16 March 2017 10 - 11am
Burlington Gardens, Royal Academy of Arts, Piccadilly
Free, booking required. Patrons only.
We invite Patrons to visit behind the scenes of the masterplan redevelopment, as we transform our current site in time for our 250th birthday in 2018.
We will take this opportunity to showcase the new art-handling suite, located in the vaults that sit below the Main Galleries and adjacent to the RA Schools. While sometimes artworks are simply brought in the front door, in most cases great crates come through the art handling area before finding their way to the galleries above.
Dan Cowap, Galleries Manager and Head of Art Handling, will share stories from his experience of over three decades of overseeing this very important element of every exhibition.