Patrons breakfast preview – Bill Viola / Michelangelo: Life, Death, Rebirth
Thursday 24 January 2019 8.45 - 10am
Main Galleries, Burlington House, Royal Academy of Arts
Free, booking required.
Bill Viola / Michelangelo
Patrons have the first opportunity to see ‘Bill Viola / Michelangelo: Life, Death, Rebirth’ and to join a tour with one of the exhibition's curators, accompanied by a light breakfast at this morning preview.
Begin the morning with a light breakfast before entering the galleries to join one of our exhibition curators, as they explore the central themes of life, death, rebirth and highlights his key works of influence. Patrons are then invited to browse the galleries at their leisure.
This exhibition explores the affinities between Bill Viola and Michelangelo, and is conceived as an immersive journey through the cycle of life. See a selection of Michelangelo’s most poignant works, including those from The Royal Collection such as his drawings of the Crucifixion, as well as Michelangelo’s only marble sculpture in the UK, The Virgin and Child with the Infant St John (the ‘Taddei Tondo’).
From Viola, explore 12 major installations spanning his entire career, including the extraordinary Tristan’s Ascension (The Sound of a Mountain Under a Waterfall), a five-metre-high projection depicting the ascent of the soul after death.
Exhibition organised by the Royal Academy of Arts, London in partnership with Royal Collection Trust and with the collaboration of Bill Viola Studio
Please note
One of the video works in this exhibition has a degree of rapidity and brightness that could affect visitors with photo-sensitive epilepsy.