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I Want My Time With You
Terrace Wires: Tracey Emin RA
From 10 April 2018
Royal Academician Tracey Emin presents a new public installation in St Pancras International station.
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Richard Deacon RA Selects
From 31 July 2017
The sculptures in this display have all been selected by Richard Deacon RA.
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Chris Orr RA: The Miserable Lives of Fabulous Artists
Academicians in Focus
2 February — 9 August 2018
Our ‘Academicians in Focus’ programme continues with a display presenting unique new works on paper by Chris Orr RA, from his series ‘The Miserable Lives of Fabulous Artists’.
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Basil Beattie RA: A Passage of Time
Art Sales at the RA
23 February — 23 April 2018
We are proud to present the latest exhibition from the Royal Academy’s Art Sales programme; ‘A Passage of Time’, by Basil Beattie RA.
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Works of Feeling: Pre-Raphaelite Book Illustration
2 January — 27 April 2018
A display of Victorian wood-engravings in the Royal Academy Print Room, featuring Pre-Raphaelite artists including Dante Gabriel Rossetti, John Everett Millais and William Holman Hunt.
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Tacita Dean
LANDSCAPE
19 May — 12 August 2018
Leading artist Tacita Dean is the first to take over our new galleries with pioneering, poetic work.
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London Original Print Fair 2018
3 May — 6 May 2018
Visit the London Original Print Fair – London’s favourite boutique art fair.
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Invisible Landscapes
19 May 2018 — 4 March 2019
Discover how digital technologies are impacting our homes, cities and environment in a series of interventions inside the RA’s new Architecture Studio
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RA Schools Show 2018
8 June — 1 July 2018
Our annual degree show celebrates the 17 artists who have reached the end of their studies in the Royal Academy Schools. In this group show, they exhibit new work developed through an intensive three years of artistic progression.
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Summer Exhibition 2018
12 June — 19 August 2018
Sponsored by Insight Investment
This summer, Grayson Perry RA coordinates the biggest, brightest and most colourful Summer Exhibition yet, in our 250th annual celebration of “art made now”.
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The Great Spectacle
250 Years of the Summer Exhibition
12 June — 19 August 2018
The Great Spectacle tells the story of 250 years of Summer Exhibitions, the world’s longest running annual display of contemporary art.
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Renzo Piano
15 September 2018 — 20 January 2019
From the Pompidou Centre in Paris to New York’s Whitney Museum, the buildings of Renzo Piano have enriched cities across the globe. We mark 50 years of his pioneering work with a celebration of the unique vision behind Piano’s architecture.
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Oceania
29 September — 10 December 2018
Marking 250 years since Cook’s voyage to the South Pacific, we celebrate the dazzling and diverse art of the region of Oceania, from the historic to the contemporary.
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Klimt / Schiele
Drawings from the Albertina Museum, Vienna
4 November 2018 — 3 February 2019
See rare and fragile drawings by Gustav Klimt and Egon Schiele, offering intimate insights into their enigmatic relationship and differing creative processes. This extraordinary collaboration with the Albertina in Vienna marks the centenary of both artists’ deaths.
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RA250 Flags
The West End celebrates 250 years of art
From 4 June 2018
Look out for four flags designed by Royal Academicians spilling onto the streets of Mayfair and St James throughout the summer of 2018, the RA’s 250th anniversary year.
Events
April 2018
Courses and Classes
Exploring visual creativity
Four-week practical evening course
● Fully booked
● Cancelled
4 April — 25 April 2018
Next session: 25 April 2018
The Life Room, RA Schools, Piccadilly
Abstract artist Emyr Williams leads a course exploring visual creativity: using sculpture to unlock invention; exploring experimental drawing techniques; using collage to explore scale; and making paint work harder to maximise colour expressiveness.
£420. Includes all materials and a drinks reception at the end of the final session.
Talks
Experiencing architecture: inviting dialogue
● Fully booked
● Cancelled
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21 April 2018, 6.30 — 10pm
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22 April 2018, 11am — 5pm
Part 1: Walmer Yard, London, W11; Part 2: The Life Room, The Royal Academy Schools
The Royal Academy hosts two events that explore the dynamic and reciprocal nature of architectural experience.
Part 1: £18, £12 concessions; Part 2: £25, £15 concessions; combined ticket: £35, £22 concessions.
Friends events
Friends excursion: National Portrait Gallery Archive
● Fully booked
● Cancelled
Monday 23 April 2018
2 — 3.30pm
Meet outside the National Portrait Gallery, Orange Street entrance, London WC2H
Discover the treasures of the National Portrait Gallery’s Archive and Library, in our exclusive tour led by Senior Archive and Library Manager, Bryony Millan.
£28
Royal Academy Tours
Discover the art, architecture and history of the RA in these special, one-hour tours that include the historic John Madejski Fine Rooms.
Special events
Royal Academy Schools annual dinner and auction 2018
● Fully booked
● Cancelled
Tuesday 24 April 2018
6.15 — midnight
Burlington House, Royal Academy of Arts, Piccadilly
The RA Schools annual dinner and auction is an exclusive fundraising dinner and auction for over 300 people, in celebration, and in aid of, the Royal Academy Schools.
Ticket prices start from £500
Friends events
Friends excursion: Highgate Cemetery
● Fully booked
● Cancelled
Wednesday 25 April 2018
11am — 1pm
Highgate West Cemetery, Swains Lane, London N6. Full directions with ticket.
Join fellow Friends for a guided tour of the private West Cemetery at Highgate, with its atmospheric Lebanon Circle Vaults, Egyptian Avenue and recently opened Terrace Catacombs.
£28. Friends of the RA only.
Friends events
Friends excursion: Chelsea Arts Club
● Fully booked
● Cancelled
Friday 27 April 2018
10 — 11.30am
Meet outside Chelsea Arts Club, 143 Old Church Street, London SW3
Friends are invited to the Chelsea Arts Club for an exclusive tour led by Club Secretary, Geoffrey Matthews.
£32
Friends events
Art of Sound: resident DJs Sunil Pawar (Sunslingshot) and Monty O
Curated by the Academicians’ Room
● Fully booked
● Cancelled
Friday 27 April 2018
8 — 11pm
The Academicians’ Room, The Keeper’s House, Royal Academy of Arts
Join resident DJs Sunslingshot and Monty O for their signature sounds of eighties soul, rare groove and future beats at their usual slot on the last Friday of the month.
Free, booking required.
Courses and Classes
Truth to nature: mixed media landscapes
Weekend-long practical course
● Fully booked
● Cancelled
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28 April 2018, 10.30am — 5.30pm
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29 April 2018, 10.30am — 5.30pm
The Life Room, Royal Academy Schools
The tradition of landscape painting will be the inspiration for creating unique and colourful artworks using mixed media – including paint, collage and photo montage – led by practising artist Grace Adam.
£420. Includes all materials, lunch, and wine reception.
Patrons events
Patrons: RA Schools Alumni – in the studio with Jonathan Trayte
● Fully booked
● Cancelled
Saturday 28 April 2018
10.30am — 12pm
Limehouse, London
In our series of visits with RA Schools graduates, this April we will explore the fascinating studio of Jonathan Trayte, class of 2010.
Free. Patrons only.
Friends events
Caleb Femi: Poets’ Evening
Curated by the Academicians’ Room
● Fully booked
● Cancelled
Monday 30 April 2018
6.30 — 9.30pm
The Academicians' Room, The Keeper's House, Royal Academy of Arts, Piccadilly
In the next of our series of curated events, the Academicians’ Room will be filled with poetry by some of the UK’s most exciting young poets.
£15. Open to members of the Academicians' Room, Friends of the RA and the general public.
May 2018
Courses and Classes
Drawing the human form
Three-week practical evening course
● Fully booked
● Cancelled
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2 May 2018, 6.15 — 9.15pm
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9 May 2018, 6.15 — 9.15pm
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16 May 2018, 6.15 — 9.15pm
The Life Room, Royal Academy Schools
Learn the essentials of drawing the human form, working from both male and female life models, while also exploring line and tone, anatomy and proportion, in the Royal Academy’s historic Life Room – a space purpose-built for life drawing – with practising artist Adele Wagstaff.
£250. Includes all materials, light refreshments on arrival and a drinks reception at the end of the final session.
Friends events
Friends excursions: Turner Contemporary ‘Journeys with ‘The Waste Land’’ exhibition
● Fully booked
● Cancelled
Thursday 3 May 2018
9am — 7.15pm
Meet RA representatives and the coach on Piccadilly outside the RA. Please note the coach will depart promptly at the time given on your ticket.
We visit the Turner Contemporary Gallery in Margate to view a major exhibition exploring the relationship between T. S. Eliot’s seminal poem and the visual arts, and enjoy lunch in the Foyle Rooms at the gallery overlooking the sea.
£90. Includes coach, coffee/tea and biscuits, 2-course set lunch with glass of wine
Booking is now open to Friends of the RA.
Talks
London Original Print Fair annual talk: Miles Aldridge
● Fully booked
● Cancelled
Thursday 3 May 2018
7.30 — 8.30pm
The Sir Hugh Casson Room for Friends, the Keeper's House, Royal Academy of Arts, Piccadilly
Join us for a conversation with Miles Aldridge, who will be discussing his career for the annual London Original Print Fair talk.
£15, £9 concessions.
Courses and Classes
Life drawing: proportion, form and space
Weekend-long practical course
● Fully booked
● Cancelled
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5 May 2018, 10.30am — 5.30pm
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6 May 2018, 10.30am — 5.30pm
The Life Room, RA Schools, Piccadilly
This practical life drawing course focuses on the importance of proportion, form and space led by award-winning painter and figurative artist Andy Pankhurst
£420 Includes all materials, lunch and wine reception.
Patrons events
Patrons: curator led tour of upcoming Tate Modern blockbuster exhibition
● Fully booked
● Cancelled
Tuesday 8 May 2018
8.45 — 10am
Tate Modern, London
RA Patrons are invited on an out of hours, curator-led tour to see one of the most highly anticipated postmodern exhibitions of 2018.
Free, please RSVP.
Friends events
Friends excursion: Stanley Picker House and Collection, Kingston-upon-Thames
● Fully booked
● Cancelled
Wednesday 9 May 2018
11am — 1pm
Near Kingston-upon-Thames. Full directions will be sent with tickets
Join Friends for our exclusive tour of the former home of art collector Stanley Picker and discover his astonishing collection of paintings, sculptures and furniture.
£28. Includes coffee, tea and biscuits.
Friends events
Friends excursion: Stanley Picker House and Collection, Kingston-upon-Thames
● Fully booked
● Cancelled
Wednesday 9 May 2018
2 — 4pm
Near Kingston-upon-Thames. Full directions will be sent with tickets
Join Friends for our exclusive tour of the former home of art collector Stanley Picker and discover his astonishing collection of paintings, sculptures and furniture.
£28. Includes coffee, tea and biscuits.
Friends events
Friends excursions: The Garrick Club
● Fully booked
● Cancelled
Thursday 10 May 2018
10am — 12pm
15 Garrick Street, WC2
Friends visit the Garrick Club, home to the largest and most significant collection of British theatrical works of art in the world.
£36. Includes coffee, tea and biscuits.
Patrons events
Patrons: Kevin Francis Gray studio visit
● Fully booked
● Cancelled
Thursday 10 May 2018
6.30 — 8.30pm
Limehouse, London
Patrons are invited into the studio of Kevin Francis Grey, a contemporary sculptor who works primarily in marble and bronze, to explore the relationship between abstraction and figuration.
Free. Patrons only.
Friends events
Friends excursion: Chelsea Arts Club
● Fully booked
● Cancelled
Friday 11 May 2018
10 — 11.30am
Meet outside Chelsea Arts Club, 143 Old Church Street, London SW3
Friends are invited to the Chelsea Arts Club for an exclusive tour led by Club Secretary, Geoffrey Matthews.
£32
Friends events
Art of Sound: Alex Rita
Curated by the Academicians’ Room
● Fully booked
● Cancelled
Friday 11 May 2018
8 — 11pm
The Academicians’ Room, The Keeper’s House, Royal Academy of Arts
The talented and creative DJ, singer and designer Alex Rita hosts the latest edition of Art of Sound in the Academicans’ Room.
Free, booking required.
Courses and Classes
Drawing the expressive portrait
Weekend-long practical course
● Fully booked
● Cancelled
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12 May 2018, 10.30am — 5.30pm
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13 May 2018, 10.30am — 5.30pm
The Life Room, Royal Academy Schools
This practical course explores the descriptive and expressive possibilities of the drawn portrait using a range of materials and aesthetic approaches
£420. Includes all materials, lunch and wine reception.
Workshops
SEN schools week: a collection of curious characters
● Fully booked
● Cancelled
14—18 May 2018
Meet in the Front Hall, Burlington House, Royal Academy of Arts
Explore a range of paintings and sculptures in the RA Collection at these workshops tailor-made for students with special educational needs.
Free.
Friends events
Friends previews – ‘Tacita Dean: LANDSCAPE’
● Fully booked
● Cancelled
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16 May 2018, 12 — 6pm
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17 May 2018, 10am — 6pm
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18 May 2018, 10am — 10pm
The Gabrielle Jungels-Winkler Galleries, Burlington Gardens, Royal Academy of Arts
We invite Friends of the RA to join us for an exclusive preview of our ‘Tacita Dean: LANDSCAPE’ exhibition before it opens to the public.
Free, booking required.
Booking is now open to Friends of the RA.
Patrons events
Patrons: breakfast preview tour – ‘Tacita Dean: LANDSCAPE’ and Burlington Gardens
● Fully booked
● Cancelled
Wednesday 16 May 2018
8.30 — 10am
Burlington Gardens, Royal Academy of Arts
Patrons have the opportunity to explore our new campus at Burlington Gardens, alongside a curator-led tour of ‘Tacita Dean: LANDSCAPE’ at this breakfast preview.
Free. Patrons only.
Friends events
RA250 preview: the New RA and ‘Tacita Dean: LANDSCAPE’
● Fully booked
● Cancelled
Wednesday 16 May 2018
10am — 12pm
The Gabrielle Jungels-Winkler Galleries, Burlington Gardens, Royal Academy of Arts
Celebrate the opening of the New RA and enjoy the premiere exhibition ‘Tacita Dean: LANDSCAPE’ at this special preview for RA250 Friends, RA250 Supporters and the Academicians’ Room members.
Free, Academicians' Room members and RA250 Friends and Supporters only. To book please call 020 7300 8090
Courses and Classes
Botanical drawing
Weekend-long practical course
● Fully booked
● Cancelled
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19 May 2018, 10.30am — 5.30pm
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20 May 2018, 10.30am — 5.30pm
The Life Room, Royal Academy Schools
Learn the fundamentals of botanical drawing with fine artist and author Dr Sarah Simblet.
£420. Includes all materials, lunch, and wine reception.
Patrons events
Patrons: Studio Saturday with Lisa Milroy RA and Mali Morris RA
● Fully booked
● Cancelled
Saturday 19 May 2018
10.30am — 1pm
East London
In the late 1800s, any fashionable artist submitting to the Royal Academy’s annual Summer Exhibition would take part in the spectacle of ‘Show Sunday’, a day when artists’ would open up their studios to receive friends and guests. We have revived the tradition, only now on a Saturday. Patrons are invited to tour the studios of Royal Academicians and learn first-hand about the process of being involved with the world’s largest open submission exhibition of contemporary art.
Free. Patrons only.
Friends events
Friends excursion: National Portrait Gallery Archive
● Fully booked
● Cancelled
Monday 21 May 2018
2 — 3.30pm
Meet outside the National Portrait Gallery, Orange Street entrance, London WC2H
Discover the treasures of the National Portrait Gallery’s Archive and Library, in our exclusive tour led by Senior Archive and Library Manager, Bryony Millan.
£28
Talks
Opening lecture by David Chipperfield RA
● Fully booked
● Cancelled
Monday 21 May 2018
6.30 — 8pm
The Benjamin West Lecture Theatre, Burlington Gardens, Royal Academy of Arts, Piccadilly
In celebration of the Royal Academy’s transformative redevelopment, David Chipperfield RA will give the first public lecture in our spectacular new venue for conversation and debate.
£20, £10 concessions.
Patrons events
Patrons: evening preview – ‘Tacita Dean: LANDSCAPE’
● Fully booked
● Cancelled
Monday 21 May 2018
6.30 — 8.30pm
The Gabrielle Jungels-Winkler Galleries, Burlington Gardens, Royal Academy of Arts
Patrons can enjoy a curator-led tour of ‘Tacita Dean: LANDSCAPE’ at this exclusive evening preview.
Free. Patrons only.
Talks
Curator’s introduction – ‘Tacita Dean: LANDSCAPE’
● Fully booked
● Cancelled
Tuesday 22 May 2018
11am — 12pm
The Benjamin West Lecture Theatre, Burlington Gardens, Royal Academy of Arts
Curator Désirée de Chair introduces the exhibition ‘Tacita Dean: LANDSCAPE’, giving an insight into the mediums and processes of one of the most significant artists working today.
£10, £6 concessions
Friends events
Friends excursion: Rennie Mackintosh at Glebe Place, Chelsea
● Fully booked
● Cancelled
Wednesday 23 May 2018
11am — 12.15pm
Glebe Place, Chelsea. Full directions with ticket.
Join us for a very exclusive visit to the only building in London designed by the Scottish architect and designer Charles Rennie Mackintosh.
£25
Friends events
Friends excursion: Rennie Mackintosh at Glebe Place, Chelsea
● Fully booked
● Cancelled
Wednesday 23 May 2018
2 — 3.15pm
Glebe Place, Chelsea. Full directions with ticket.
Join us for a very exclusive visit to the only building in London designed by the Scottish architect and designer Charles Rennie Mackintosh.
£25
Patrons events
Patrons: Es Devlin studio visit
● Fully booked
● Cancelled
Wednesday 23 May 2018
6.30 — 8.30pm
Dulwich, London
Join us at the studio of stage designer Es Devlin to explore the process behind her work, which includes creating kinetic stage sculptures in opera, dance, theatre, fashion and music, as well as her own solo work.
Free. Patrons only.
Patrons events
Young Patrons: Victoria Adam studio visit
● Fully booked
● Cancelled
Thursday 24 May 2018
7 — 9pm
Hackney Wick, London
Young Patrons are invited to visit RA Schools graduate Victoria Adam in her Hackney studio.
Free. Patrons only.
Courses and Classes
Art on paper
Weekend-long art business course led by RA experts
● Fully booked
● Cancelled
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26 May 2018, 10am — 5pm
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27 May 2018, 10am — 5pm
Collections Library, Burlington House, Royal Academy of Arts, Piccadilly
Works on paper are a popular category of art that can provide a unique view of history and an insight into the creative process. This course provides a professional perspective on their collection, care and display, now and for future generations.
£360. Includes all materials, light refreshments at the beginning of each day, and a wine reception.
Family events
Landscape lanterns
Family studio
● Fully booked
● Cancelled
Sunday 27 May 2018
11am — 3pm
Follow signs to the Clore Learning Centre, Burlington Gardens, Royal Academy of Arts
Join us for a family studio in our new Clore Learning Centre, inspired by the Tacita Dean: LANDSCAPE exhibition.
Free, drop-in.
Friends events
Friends excursion: AB Fine Art Foundry
● Fully booked
● Cancelled
Tuesday 29 May 2018
2.30 — 4pm
Meet outside AB Fine Art Foundry, 1 Fawe St, London E14.
Friends are invited to a fascinating behind-the-scenes tour of one of Europe’s leading fine art foundries, AB Fine Art.
£30
Courses and Classes
Friends and Academicians’ Room members life drawing: model as shape – using positive and negative space
Evening session
● Fully booked
● Cancelled
Tuesday 29 May 2018
6.15 — 9.15pm
The Sir Hugh Casson Room for Friends, The Keeper's House, Royal Academy of Arts, Piccadilly
An exclusive opportunity to enjoy monthly life-drawing sessions for Friends and Academicians’ Room members in the Sir Hugh Casson Room, designed to be both rewarding and fun. This month’s session concentrates on positive and negative space.
£50. Includes a drinks reception and all practical materials. Friends and Academicians’ Room members only.
Booking is now open to Friends of the RA.
Friends events
Friends excursion: Pope’s Grotto
● Fully booked
● Cancelled
Wednesday 30 May 2018
11am — 12.30pm
Meet outside Twickenham Train Station, London Road, London TW1
The RA invites Friends to a rare opportunity to see Alexander Pope’s original grotto in a tour by the Thames in Twickenham, led by local historian and expert, Mike Cherry.
£28
Booking is now open to Friends of the RA.
Friends events
Friends excursion: Pope’s Grotto
● Fully booked
● Cancelled
Wednesday 30 May 2018
2 — 3.30pm
Meet outside Twickenham Train Station, London Road, London TW1
The RA invites Friends to a rare opportunity to see Alexander Pope’s original grotto in a tour by the Thames in Twickenham, led by local historian and expert, Mike Cherry.
£28
Friends events
Friends excursion: Allington Castle, Kent
● Fully booked
● Cancelled
Thursday 31 May 2018
10am — 7pm
Join the coach on Piccadilly outside the RA. Please note that the coach will leave promptly at [time]
Join us on a trip to Allington Castle in Kent, a delightful 12th-century castle that is fully furnished in line with its medieval origins and rarely open to the public.
£90. Includes coach travel, a two-course set lunch with glass of wine, tea and cake.
June 2018
Talks
Access and community programme – artist presentations
InPractice
● Fully booked
● Cancelled
Friday 1 June 2018
6 — 8.30pm
The Reynolds Room, Burlington House, Royal Academy of Arts, Piccadilly
At this event we invite disabled artists and creative people facing barriers accessing the art world to share their practice with others.
Free, no booking required.
Courses and Classes
Fundraising
Weekend-long art business course led by RA experts
● Fully booked
● Cancelled
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2 June 2018, 10am — 5pm
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3 June 2018, 10am — 5pm
The General Assembly Room, Burlington House, Royal Academy of Arts, Piccadilly
Fundraising is an essential activity for any arts and cultural organisation; private or public, big or small. The boundary between art and commerce is linked with creativity and innovation. This course demystifies fundraising and considers how it contributes to an institution’s success.
£360. Includes all materials, light refreshments at the beginning of each day, and a wine reception.
Tours
BSL tour of ‘Tacita Dean: LANDSCAPE’
● Fully booked
● Cancelled
Saturday 2 June 2018
2 — 3pm
Meet in the Front Hall, Burlington House, Royal Academy of Arts.
A tour of ‘Tacita Dean: LANDSCAPE’ in British Sign Language (BSL).
Free, booking required.
Tours
Audio described tour and handling session: ‘Tacita Dean: LANDSCAPE’
InTouch
● Fully booked
● Cancelled
Monday 4 June 2018
9 — 11am
Meet at the Learning Desk in the Front Hall, Burlington House, Royal Academy of Arts.
Join us for an audio described tour of the exhibition, followed by refreshments and a handling session. This event is designed for blind and partially sighted visitors.
Free, booking required.
Talks
Anna Puigjaner in conversation
Invisible Landscapes
● Fully booked
● Cancelled
Monday 4 June 2018
6.30 — 8pm
The Benjamin West Lecture Theatre, Burlington Gardens, Royal Academy of Arts, Piccadilly
A conversation with architect Anna Puigjaner to discuss MAIO’s project for Invisible Landscapes, an installation exploring how digital technologies are transforming the home.
£15, £9 concessions
Friends events
Friends excursion: Highgate Cemetery
● Fully booked
● Cancelled
Wednesday 6 June 2018
11am — 1pm
Highgate West Cemetery, Swains Lane, London N6. Full directions with ticket.
Join fellow Friends for a guided tour of the private West Cemetery at Highgate, with its atmospheric Lebanon Circle Vaults, Egyptian Avenue and recently opened Terrace Catacombs.
£28. Friends of the RA only.
Special events
Summer Exhibition Preview Party 2018
● Fully booked
● Cancelled
Wednesday 6 June 2018
7 — 9.30pm
Burlington House, Royal Academy of Arts
The highlight of London’s social calendar.
Tickets from £395.
Patrons events
Patrons: ‘Summer Exhibition 2018’ Curator’s breakfast tours
● Fully booked
● Cancelled
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7 June 2018, 8.45 — 10am
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8 June 2018, 8.45 — 10am
Main Galleries and Sackler Wing of Galleries, Burlington House, Royal Academy of Arts, Piccadilly
Patrons are invited to join us for a curator-led tour of the Summer Exhibition 2018 before it opens to the public.
Free. Patrons only.
Friends events
Friends excursion: Southill Park, Bedfordshire
● Fully booked
● Cancelled
Thursday 7 June 2018
12.30 — 7.30pm
Southill Park, Bedfordshire
Southill has been the private home of the Whitbread family of brewers for over 200 years. Join this private tour of their house, rarely open to the public, to view their fine art collection with the current owner, Mr Charles Whitbread, and archivist James Collet-White
£70. Includes coach travel, tea, coffee and cake.
Booking is now open to Friends of the RA.
Friends events
Friends preview – Summer Exhibition 2018
● Fully booked
● Cancelled
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9 June 2018, 8.30am — 10pm
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10 June 2018, 10am — 6pm
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11 June 2018, 10am — 6pm
Main Galleries and Sackler Wing of Galleries, Burlington House, Royal Academy of Arts, Piccadilly
We invite Friends of the RA to join us for an exclusive preview of the Summer Exhibition 2018, before it is open to the public.
Free. Friends of the RA and members of the Academicians' Room only.
Booking is now open to Friends of the RA.
Friends events
Friends preview – ‘The Great Spectacle’
● Fully booked
● Cancelled
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9 June 2018, 10am — 10pm
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10 June 2018, 10am — 6pm
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11 June 2018, 10am — 6pm
The John Madejski Fine Rooms, Weston Rooms and Galleries I and II, Burlington House
Join us for an exclusive preview of the ‘The Great Spectacle’ before it opens to the public.
Free. Friends of the RA and members of the Academicians' Room only.
Booking is now open to Friends of the RA.
Workshops
Open Saturdays: Demonstrate & Create
● Fully booked
● Cancelled
Saturday 9 June 2018
2 — 3.30pm
The Learning Studio or The John Madejski Fine Rooms, Burlington House, Royal Academy of Arts, Piccadilly
Join us at the RA on the second Saturday of every month for an artist-led taster workshop, focusing on a specific artistic technique each session.
Free, sign-up on the day in the Front Hall.
Special events
The Big Architecture Family Day
● Fully booked
● Cancelled
Sunday 10 June 2018
11am — 4pm
Burlington Gardens, Royal Academy of Arts, Piccadilly
Celebrate the 250th anniversary of the Royal Academy with a day of architecture activities for families exploring our new premises in Burlington Gardens.
Free, no booking required
Family events
RA Lego architecture challenge
● Fully booked
● Cancelled
Sunday 10 June 2018
2 — 4pm
Burlington Gardens, Royal Academy of Arts, Piccadilly
The RA invites leading architecture practices to create innovative “identity” projects.
Free, no booking required.
Courses and Classes
The history of landscape in six acts
Six-week art history and theory course
● Fully booked
● Cancelled
11 June — 16 July 2018
British Academy Room, Burlington Gardens, Royal Academy of Arts
Leading art-world experts and international scholars deliver a unique perspective on the history of the depiction of landscape in art, from its origins in the Renaissance to the modern day, across a range of themes including forests, seascapes, gardens, deserts and cities.
£380. Includes all materials, light refreshments throughout and a drinks reception at the end of week six.
Talks
Art, coffee and conversation sessions for people living with dementia
InMind
● Fully booked
● Cancelled
Monday 11 June 2018
11am — 12.30pm
Meet in the Front Hall, Burlington House, Royal Academy of Arts
Join us once a month for coffee and conversation to discuss artworks from our permanent collection.
Free, booking required.
Talks
Sites of sabotage: a history of protest
● Fully booked
● Cancelled
Monday 11 June 2018
6.30 — 8pm
The Benjamin West Lecture Theatre, Burlington Gardens, Royal Academy of Arts, Piccadilly
From burnt-down pillar boxes to powerful street art, this panel discussion explores whether there is historic value in sites that have witnessed political and social protest.
£15, £9 concessions
Friends events
Friends excursion: Painshill Park, Surrey
● Fully booked
● Cancelled
Tuesday 12 June 2018
12.30 — 7pm
Join the coach on Piccadilly outside the RA. Please note that the coach will leave promptly at 12.30pm.
Created between 1738 and 1773 by the Hon. Charles Hamilton, Painshill Park is considered to be England’s most elegant 18th-century landscaped garden.
£58. Includes coach travel and cream tea.
Booking is now open to Friends of the RA.
Patrons events
Young Patrons: Assemble studio visit
● Fully booked
● Cancelled
Tuesday 12 June 2018
7 — 9pm
Bermondsey, London
Young Patrons have the chance to visit Assemble in their Bermondsey studio to find out more about their vision and upcoming projects.
Free. Patrons only.
Friends events
Friends excursion: Sands Films
● Fully booked
● Cancelled
Wednesday 13 June 2018
2 — 3.30pm
Meet at 82 St Marychurch Street, SE16. Full directions with ticket.
Join us for a tour of Sands Films, one of the UK’s leading period costumiers. Also a working film studio, the workshops are housed in a former granary on the banks of the Thames in Rotherhithe.
£28
Booking is now open to Friends of the RA.
Patrons events
Patrons: inside the RA Schools – tour of the RA Schools show 2018
● Fully booked
● Cancelled
Thursday 14 June 2018
6.30 — 8.30pm
The Weston Studio, Burlington Gardens, Royal Academy of Arts, Piccadilly
Join Brian Griffiths, Senior Lecturer and third-year tutor at the RA Schools, for a drinks reception and a tour of the Graduate Show.
Free. Patrons only.
Patrons events
Patrons: architecture breakfast with Piers Gough RA
● Fully booked
● Cancelled
Friday 15 June 2018
8.45 — 10am
Architecture Room, Main Galleries, Burlington House, Royal Academy of Arts, Piccadilly
Join us in the galleries for a private breakfast and tour with this year’s Architecture Room Curator Piers Gough RA, who will discuss this year’s themes and submissions in depth.
Free. Patrons only.
Talks
Does identity matter?
LFA symposium
● Fully booked
● Cancelled
Friday 15 June 2018
11am — 6pm
The Benjamin West Lecture Theatre, Burlington Gardens, Royal Academy of Arts, Piccadilly
Join us for a day-long symposium exploring the impact of architecture on the identity of a city, and find out more about the influence of social and spatial identities on urban change.
£25, £15 concessions
Friends events
Art of Sound: Cedric Bardawil
Curated by the Academicians’ Room
● Fully booked
● Cancelled
Friday 15 June 2018
8 — 11pm
The Academicians’ Room, The Keeper’s House, Royal Academy of Arts
Record collector Cedric Bardawil has travelled from Hawaii to Japan to Lebanon and back, searching for forgotten records and their stories.
Free, booking required.
Courses and Classes
Wood engraving with Anne Desmet RA
Weekend-long masterclass
● Fully booked
● Cancelled
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16 June 2018, 10.30am — 5.30pm
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17 June 2018, 10.30am — 5.30pm
The Clore Learning Centre, Royal Academy, Burlington Gardens
Led by Anne Desmet RA, an internationally renowned printmaker and collage artist, this two-day practical workshop will introduce the remarkable art and craft of traditional wood-engraving printing and its specialist materials, tools, techniques and history in an intimate, small group setting.
£540. Includes all materials, lunch and wine reception .
Courses and Classes
Tastemakers: past and present
Weekend-long art theory and business course
● Fully booked
● Cancelled
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16 June 2018, 10am — 5pm
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17 June 2018, 10am — 5pm
British Academy Room, Burlington Gardens, Royal Academy of Arts
Led by Dr Anna Dempster, the Royal Academy’s Head of Academic Programmes, this weekend course offers critical insights into the role of the tastemaker: one of the most fascinating yet enigmatic characters of the art world.
£540. Includes light refreshments and lunch on both days and a wine reception.
Patrons events
Patrons: Summer Exhibition 2018 family morning
● Fully booked
● Cancelled
Saturday 16 June 2018
8.45 — 10am
Main Galleries, Burlington House, Royal Academy of Arts, Piccadilly
Join us for a family-friendly morning in the Summer Exhibition, with the chance to privately view the exhibition on one of our short educational tours, make a masterpiece in our craft workshop and enjoy a delicious breakfast.
Free. Patrons only.
Friends events
Friends excursion: House of Dreams Museum
● Fully booked
● Cancelled
Saturday 16 June 2018
6 — 8pm
Meet at 45 Melbourne Grove, London SE22. Full directions with ticket.
The House of Dreams Museum opens exclusively to RA Friends for an intimate evening with artist Stephen Wright.
£28. Includes a glass of wine or bottle of beer.
Booking is now open to Friends of the RA.
Courses and Classes
Life drawing with oil paint
Five-week practical evening course
● Fully booked
● Cancelled
18 June — 16 July 2018
The Clore Learning Centre, Burlington Gardens, Royal Academy of Arts
This oil painting course focuses on the foundations of picture-making through the exploration of formal concepts including proportion, tone and form, temperature, composition and space, and colour itself.
£540. Includes all materials, light refreshments on arrival and a drinks reception at the end of the final session.
Patrons events
Patrons: The President’s Dinner
● Fully booked
● Cancelled
Monday 18 June 2018
7 — 11pm
The RA Collection Gallery, Burlington Gardens, Royal Academy of Arts, Piccadilly
To thank you for your incredible support in our 250th anniversary year, President of the Royal Academy Christopher le Brun invites Gold and Platinum Patrons to a supper in our new Collection Gallery.
Free. Gold and Platinum Patrons only.
Workshops
SEN schools week: curate your own summer exhibition
● Fully booked
● Cancelled
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19 June 2018, 10.30am — 2pm
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20 June 2018, 10.30am — 2pm
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21 June 2018, 10.30am — 2pm
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22 June 2018, 10.30am — 2pm
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25 June 2018, 10.30am — 2pm
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26 June 2018, 10.30am — 2pm
Meet in the Front Hall, Burlington House, Royal Academy of Arts
Celebrate 250 years of the world’s largest open-submission exhibition at our tailor-made multisensory workshops, led by experienced artist educators for students with special educational needs.
Free, booking required.
Friends events
Friends excursions: The Garrick Club
● Fully booked
● Cancelled
Tuesday 19 June 2018
10am — 12pm
15 Garrick Street, WC2
Friends visit the Garrick Club, home to the largest and most significant collection of British theatrical works of art in the world.
£36. Includes coffee, tea and biscuits.
Workshops
Creative workshop for access and community groups – Summer Exhibition 2018
InStudio
● Fully booked
● Cancelled
Tuesday 19 June 2018
2.30 — 5.30pm
Meet in the Front Hall, Burlington House, Royal Academy of Arts, Piccadilly.
A creative workshop inspired by artworks in the 2018 Summer Exhibition.
Free, booking required
Friends events
Friends excursions: Government Art Collection
● Fully booked
● Cancelled
Tuesday 19 June 2018
5.45 — 7.15pm
Near Tottenham Court Road, W1T. Full directions with ticket.
Join Friends for a private behind-the-scenes tour of the Government Art Collection at its headquarters in Tottenham Court Road.
£28. Includes wine and nibbles on arrival.
Friends events
Friends excursion: Leathersellers’ Hall
● Fully booked
● Cancelled
Wednesday 20 June 2018
3 — 4.30pm
Meet outside Leathersellers’ Hall, 7 St Helen's Place, London EC3A.
Friends enjoy a special tour of the newly completed Leathersellers’ Hall, recently redesigned by architect Eric Parry RA, who leads the tour alongside Company Archivist, Jerome Farrell.
£35
Talks
The Successful Artist?
● Fully booked
● Cancelled
21—23 June 2018
Burlington Gardens, Royal Academy of Arts
Discover what defines a successful artist today, in this three-day series of free events.
Free
Ticket information will be announced later in 2018.
Patrons events
Patrons: CASS Sculpture Foundation with Stephen Cox RA
● Fully booked
● Cancelled
Thursday 21 June 2018
10.30am — 2.30pm
CASS Sculpture Foundation, West Sussex
Join us for an artist and curator-led tour of CASS, a charity that has been championing large-scale sculpture since 1992.
£40 per person, includes lunch and travel between CASS and Chichester station. Patrons only.
Friends events
Friends excursion: Sands Films
● Fully booked
● Cancelled
Thursday 21 June 2018
2 — 3.30pm
Meet at 82 St Marychurch Street, SE16. Full directions with ticket.
Join us for a tour of Sands Films, one of the UK’s leading period costumiers. Also a working film studio, the workshops are housed in a former granary on the banks of the Thames in Rotherhithe.
£28
Booking is now open to Friends of the RA.
Friends events
RA250 insider: hanging the 250th Summer Exhibition with Edith Devaney
Curator talk with the Head of the Summer Exhibition
● Fully booked
● Cancelled
Friday 22 June 2018
9 — 10am
The Academicians’ Room, The Keeper’s House and the Main Galleries, Royal Academy of Arts, Piccadilly
We invite RA250 Friends and RA250 Supporters to join us for a private view and curator-led tour with RA Curator and Head of the Summer Exhibition, Edith Devaney.
Free. RA250 Friends, RA250 Supporters and members of the Academicians' Room only.
To book tickets, please call 020 7300 8090.
Teacher events
Teacher studio: collagraph new build
● Fully booked
● Cancelled
Friday 22 June 2018
5.45 — 8pm
Meet at the Learning Desk, Front Hall, Burlington House, Royal Academy of Arts
Visit the RA on a Friday evening to unwind, make art and network with other teachers at this creative session led by practicing artists.
£20. Includes refreshments and materials.
Friends events
Friends summer season: premium private view
Summer Exhibition 2018 and The Great Spectacle
● Fully booked
● Cancelled
Saturday 23 June 2018
7 — 9.30pm
Burlington House, Royal Academy of Arts, Piccadilly
Enjoy an exclusive private view of the Summer Exhibition 2018 and The Great Spectacle away from the crowds, featuring live music, themed cocktails and food with a summer fête twist.
£35 entry / £65 VIP, includes free flowing sparkling wine and access to the Academicians' Room.
Booking is now open to Friends of the RA.
Workshops
Creative workshop for access and community groups – Summer Exhibition 2018
InStudio
● Fully booked
● Cancelled
Tuesday 26 June 2018
2.30 — 5.30pm
Meet in the Front Hall, Burlington House, Royal Academy of Arts, Piccadilly.
A creative workshop inspired by artworks in the 2018 Summer Exhibition.
Free, booking required
Courses and Classes
Friends and Academicians’ Room members life drawing: building a sense of volume
Evening session
● Fully booked
● Cancelled
Tuesday 26 June 2018
6.15 — 9.15pm
The Sir Hugh Casson Room for Friends, The Keeper's House, Royal Academy of Arts, Piccadilly
An exclusive opportunity to enjoy monthly life-drawing sessions for Friends and Academicians’ Room members in the Sir Hugh Casson Room, designed to be both rewarding and fun. This month’s session concentrates on building a sense of volume.
£50. Includes a drinks reception and all practical materials. Friends and Academicians’ Room members only.
Friends events
Friends excursion: Southside House, Wimbledon
● Fully booked
● Cancelled
Tuesday 26 June 2018
6.45 — 8.30pm
Southside House, Wimbledon. Full directions with ticket.
Enjoy evening drinks and a private curator-led tour of Southside House, a wonderfully eccentric mansion described by Simon Jenkins as “not a work of art, but something more precious”.
£36. Includes a glass of prosecco and nibbles.
Talks
DOMA in residence
Invisible Landscapes
● Fully booked
● Cancelled
Wednesday 27 June 2018
6.30 — 9pm
Wolfson British Academy Room and The Architecture Studio, Burlington Gardens, Royal Academy of Arts
Join DOMA to explore how blockchain technology can support new models of home ownership and tackle the current housing crisis.
£15, £9 concessions
Friends events
Friends excursion: Kelmscott Manor, Gloucestershire
● Fully booked
● Cancelled
Thursday 28 June 2018
10am — 7.30pm
Meet RA representatives and coach on Piccadilly outside the RA. Please note that the coach will depart promptly at 10am.
Enjoy a private visit to Kelmscott Manor, the Arts and Crafts-style Grade II-listed farmhouse that was the country home of the writer, designer and socialist, William Morris.
£95. Includes coach travel, two-course set lunch with a glass of wine and a cream tea.
Booking is now open to Friends of the RA.
Teacher events
The New RA for teachers
Free evening of talks, workshops and exhibitions celebrating our 250th anniversary
● Fully booked
● Cancelled
Friday 29 June 2018
5 — 10pm
Royal Academy of Arts
Join the Learning Department for a free evening of exhibitions, workshops and talks across our new campus.
Free, booking required. Teachers with valid ID only.
Teacher events
In conversation: Sir Michael Craig-Martin RA
Part of The New RA for teachers event
● Fully booked
● Cancelled
Friday 29 June 2018
6 — 7pm
Benjamin West Lecture Theatre, Burlington Gardens, Royal Academy of Arts
As part of The New RA for teachers event, join us for a lively in conversation with Sir Michael Craig-Martin RA and Curator and Head of the RA Schools Eliza Bonham Carter.
Free, booking required. Teachers with valid ID only.
Tours
Summer Exhibition Architecture Room with Piers Gough RA
● Fully booked
● Cancelled
Friday 29 June 2018
7 — 7.30pm
Meet in the Architecture Room, Main Galleries, Burlington House, Royal Academy of Arts, Piccadilly
Explore the Summer Exhibition Architecture Room with this year’s curator Piers Gough RA.
Free with exhibition entry, no booking required.
Friends events
Art of Sound: resident DJs Sunil Pawar (Sunslingshot) and Monty O
Curated by the Academicians’ Room
● Fully booked
● Cancelled
Friday 29 June 2018
8 — 11pm
The Academicians’ Room, The Keeper’s House, Royal Academy of Arts
Join resident DJs Sunslingshot and Monty O for their signature sounds of eighties soul, rare groove and future beats at their usual slot on the last Friday of the month.
Free, booking required.
Teacher events
Panel discussion: teaching and inspiring young artists
Part of The New RA for teachers event
● Fully booked
● Cancelled
Friday 29 June 2018
8 — 9.30pm
The Benjamin West Lecture Theatre, Burlington Gardens, Royal Academy of Arts
How do we teach for creativity? How do we define a good arts education? As part of the New RA for Teachers event, join our panel to explore how we are going to inspire the next generation of artists, followed by a Q&A.
Free, booking required. Teachers with valid ID only.
Courses and Classes
Connoisseurship: who painted what, when and how to tell
Two-day short course
● Fully booked
● Cancelled
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30 June 2018, 10am — 5pm
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1 July 2018, 10am — 5pm
The Keeper's House Studio, Burlington House, Royal Academy of Arts, Piccadilly
Renowned art historian and dealer Dr Bendor Grosvenor returns to the Royal Academy of Arts to lead an intensive weekend-long course focusing on connoisseurship – the art of authenticating and dating paintings – relevant for lovers of the arts, collectors and art-world professionals.
£540. Includes all materials, light refreshments, lunch and a wine reception.
Special events
RA Summer Festival at the Mayfair Art Weekend
● Fully booked
● Cancelled
30 June — 1 July 2018
Royal Academy of Arts
As part of Mayfair Art Weekend, the RA hosts a weekend-long festival, celebrating the area as a unique arts district and vibrant hub of creativity and craftsmanship.
Free
July 2018
Courses and Classes
The history of landscape in six acts
Six-week art history and theory course
● Fully booked
● Cancelled
11 June — 16 July 2018
British Academy Room, Burlington Gardens, Royal Academy of Arts
Leading art-world experts and international scholars deliver a unique perspective on the history of the depiction of landscape in art, from its origins in the Renaissance to the modern day, across a range of themes including forests, seascapes, gardens, deserts and cities.
£380. Includes all materials, light refreshments throughout and a drinks reception at the end of week six.
Courses and Classes
Life drawing with oil paint
Five-week practical evening course
● Fully booked
● Cancelled
18 June — 16 July 2018
The Clore Learning Centre, Burlington Gardens, Royal Academy of Arts
This oil painting course focuses on the foundations of picture-making through the exploration of formal concepts including proportion, tone and form, temperature, composition and space, and colour itself.
£540. Includes all materials, light refreshments on arrival and a drinks reception at the end of the final session.
Talks
Royal Academy Dorfman Awards Judging
Royal Academy Architecture Awards Week
● Fully booked
● Cancelled
Wednesday 4 July 2018
2 — 6pm
The Benjamin West Lecture Theatre, Burlington Gardens, Royal Academy of Arts, Piccadilly
See the finalists of the Royal Academy Dorfman Award - architects from Colombia, Ethiopia, Iran, Japan and the Netherlands - present their work in front of our esteemed judging panel and be the first to hear who has won the new prize.
£35, £20 concessions (a combined ticket is available for the lecture and the Royal Academy Dorfman Awards Judging). Includes drinks reception in the Collections Gallery from 6.15pm
Talks
Royal Academy Architecture Prize Lecture: Itsuko Hasegawa
Royal Academy Architecture Awards Week
● Fully booked
● Cancelled
Wednesday 4 July 2018
7 — 8.30pm
The Benjamin West Lecture Theatre, Burlington Gardens, Royal Academy of Arts, Piccadilly
Inaugural Royal Academy Architecture Prize winner Itsuko Hasegawa will present her work and influences in this special celebratory lecture.
£25, £15 concessions (a combined ticket is available for the lecture and the Royal Academy Dorfman Awards Judging). Includes drinks reception in the Collections Gallery from 6.15pm
Friends events
RA250 Friend & RA250 Supporter: early morning private view
Summer Exhibition 2018 and The Great Spectacle
● Fully booked
● Cancelled
Thursday 5 July 2018
8.30 — 10am
Burlington House, Royal Academy of Arts, Piccadilly
We invite RA250 Friends and RA250 Supporters to an early morning private view of the Summer Exhibition 2018 and The Great Spectacle, away from the crowds.
£20. RA250 Friends, RA250 Supporters and members of the Academicians' Room only.
Talks
Global education, global practice
Royal Academy Architecture Awards Week
● Fully booked
● Cancelled
Thursday 5 July 2018
2 — 4pm
Life Room, Royal Academy Schools
An afternoon of discussions and presentations by students, educators and the finalists of the Royal Academy Dorfman Award looking at the future of architectural education and practice.
Free
Friends events
James Massiah: Poets’ Evening
Curated by the Academicians’ Room
● Fully booked
● Cancelled
Thursday 5 July 2018
6.30 — 9.30pm
The Academicians' Room, The Keeper's House, Royal Academy of Arts, Piccadilly
In the next event in our series of curated events, the Academicians’ Room will once again be filled with poetry by some of the UK’s most exciting young poets.
£15. Free for Patrons and members of the Academicians' Room.
Teacher events
Teacher workshop: let’s talk about art
● Fully booked
● Cancelled
Friday 6 July 2018
10am — 4pm
Meet at the learning desk, Burlington House, Royal Academy of Arts
Join artist Becky Jelly and RA Head of Learning Beth Schneider for an in-depth exploration of work in the RA’s Summer Exhibition.
£65. Includes coffee/tea, lunch, materials and exhibition entry.
Patrons events
Patrons: twilight tour to Alexander Calder’s ‘From the Stony River to the Sky’
● Fully booked
● Cancelled
Friday 6 July 2018
5 — 10pm
Hauser & Wirth, Somerset
Join us on a twilight tour to discover Alexander Calder’s new major exhibition at Hauser & Wirth Somerset.
£60 per person. Patrons only.
Talks
The influence of Japanese architecture
Royal Academy Architecture Awards Week
● Fully booked
● Cancelled
Friday 6 July 2018
6.30 — 8pm
The Benjamin West Lecture Theatre, Burlington Gardens, Royal Academy of Arts, Piccadilly
In this panel discussion, drawing to a close the RA’s Architecture Awards Week, discover how the architecture of Japan, from its innovative housing designs to its traditional building methods, has inspired generations of architects.
£15, £9 concessions
Courses and Classes
How to write about art
Weekend-long art theory course
● Fully booked
● Cancelled
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7 July 2018, 10am — 5pm
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8 July 2018, 10am — 5pm
The British Academy Room, Burlington Gardens, Royal Academy of Arts
What is the purpose of art criticism, and what does it take to become a successful critic? Led by Thomas Marks, writer and editor of Apollo magazine, this course offers a unique opportunity to learn about the curious history of art journalism while honing your own skills as a writer and critic.
£420. Includes light refreshments on both days and a wine reception..
Courses and Classes
Watercolour: still life
Weekend-long practical course
● Fully booked
● Cancelled
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7 July 2018, 10.30am — 5.30pm
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8 July 2018, 10.30am — 5.30pm
The Life Room, Royal Academy Schools
Led by watercolour artist Sarah Holliday and working with still-life objects, this weekend-long intensive course will explore various techniques and possibilities presented by watercolour, a wonderfully versatile medium.
£420. Includes all materials, lunch, and a wine reception.
Courses and Classes
Curating today: between art and commerce
Six-day intensive summer course
● Fully booked
● Cancelled
9—14 July 2018
The British Academy Room, Burlington Gardens, Royal Academy of Arts, Piccadilly / The Life Room, The RA Schools
In the RA’s 250th year, its international team of experts shares their knowledge of curatorial process and practice for the first time in an intensive expert-led summer course, supplemented by key prominent speakers from across the art world.
£1,800. Includes all materials, light refreshments each day and drinks receptions throughout the week.
Patrons events
Patrons: private collection visit – the Sayer collection
● Fully booked
● Cancelled
Wednesday 11 July 2018
6.30 — 8.30pm
Highbury & Islington, London
Tim Sayer MBE, a retired BBC Radio 4 newswriter and a prolific collector, has been passionately collecting art for more than 50 years – 30 of them with his wife, Annemarie Norton.
Free. Patrons only.
Patrons events
Patrons: ‘Frida Khalo: Making Her Self Up’ private view
● Fully booked
● Cancelled
Thursday 12 July 2018
9 — 10am
Victoria & Albert Museum, London
Patrons are invited to a private view of ‘Frida Kahlo: Making Her Self Up’ at the V&A.
Free. Patrons only.
Courses and Classes
Drawing and painting the modern nude
Weekend-long practical course
● Fully booked
● Cancelled
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14 July 2018, 10.30am — 5.30pm
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15 July 2018, 10.30am — 5.30pm
The Life Room, Royal Academy Schools
Join artist Adele Wagstaff for an intensive practical course focusing on drawing and painting the nude; through an exploration of pose and gesture, using the simplification of form and changing viewpoint to examine how the modern nude can be portrayed.
£420. Includes all materials, lunch, and wine reception at the end of the second day.
Teacher events
Teacher workshop: experimental drawing
● Fully booked
● Cancelled
Saturday 14 July 2018
10am — 4pm
Meet at the learning desk, Burlington House, Royal Academy of Arts
Get inspired by this workshop exploring different drawing techniques.
£65. Includes coffee/tea, lunch, materials and exhibition entry.
Talks
Yvonne Farrell and Shelley McNamara, Grafton Architects
28th Annual Architecture Lecture
● Fully booked
● Cancelled
Monday 16 July 2018
6.30 — 8pm
The Benjamin West Lecture Theatre, Burlington Gardens, Royal Academy of Arts, Piccadilly
The Royal Academy welcomes curators of the 2018 Venice Architecture Biennale and founders of Grafton Architects Yvonne Farrell and Shelley McNamara to deliver the 28th Annual Architecture Lecture.
£25, £15 concessions. Includes drinks reception in Summer Exhibition until 9pm.
Courses and Classes
Friends and Academicians’ Room members life drawing: superimposed drawings
Evening session
● Fully booked
● Cancelled
Tuesday 17 July 2018
6.15 — 9.15pm
The Sir Hugh Casson Room for Friends, The Keeper's House, Royal Academy of Arts, Piccadilly
An exclusive opportunity to enjoy monthly life-drawing sessions for Friends and Academicians’ Room members in the Sir Hugh Casson Room, designed to be both rewarding and fun. This month’s session concentrates on superimposed drawings.
£50. Includes a drinks reception and all practical materials. Friends and Academicians’ Room members only.
Booking is now open to Friends of the RA.
Talks
Turkishceramics Grand Prize for Architecture
Winner talk
● Fully booked
● Cancelled
Friday 20 July 2018
7 — 7.30pm
Meet in the Architecture Room, Main Galleries, Burlington House, Royal Academy of Arts, Piccadilly
Join us in the Summer Exhibition Architecture Room to hear the recipient of the Turkishceramics Grand Prize for Architecture discuss their winning project.
Free with exhibition entry, no booking required.
Courses and Classes
Urban identities: art, architecture and the right to the city
Weekend-long art theory course
● Fully booked
● Cancelled
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21 July 2018, 10am — 5pm
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22 July 2018, 10am — 5pm
The British Academy Room, Burlington Gardens, Royal Academy of Arts, Piccadilly
This course is an introduction to the analysis of urban environments, urban creativity and how they have shaped the style and politics of the city. We examine different visual languages from graffiti to corporate and public art, to understand how the city is used, and who urban spaces belong to.
£360. Includes all materials, light refreshments and a wine reception.
Courses and Classes
From antique to life: drawing, painting and printmaking inside the historic art school
Six-day practical and theoretical summer course
● Fully booked
● Cancelled
23—28 July 2018
The RA Schools, Royal Academy of Arts
An intensive, expert-led summer course exploring the traditional teaching methods pioneered by the Royal Academy Schools, including working from antique classical casts as well as life models, exploring drawing, oil painting and printmaking.
£2,400. Includes all materials, light refreshments and lunch each day and drinks receptions throughout the week.
Friends events
Friends excursion: more Shropshire secrets
Three-day tour
● Fully booked
● Cancelled
30 July — 1 August 2018
Shropshire
Following our very successful visit to Shropshire last October, we return to the magnificent stately home Weston Park for two nights, to explore their collections more fully and to visit two more of Shropshire’s private country houses.
On request.
For full details of the itinerary, please contact Sue Stamp, Friends Tours and Excursions Manager, at sue.stamp@royalacademy.org.uk or 020 7300 5811.
September 2018
Courses and Classes
Colour, light and space: theory into practice
Six-day practical and theoretical course
● Fully booked
● Cancelled
1—6 September 2018
The British Academy Room and The Clore Learning Centre, Royal Academy, Burlington Gardens
A unique and immersive week-long practical and theoretical course exploring colour, light and space in art using a variety of media including dry and wet drawing materials, collage, oil and acrylic paints.
£2,400. Includes all materials, light refreshments and lunch each day and drinks receptions throughout the week.
Talks
The Rothschild Foundation lecture
● Fully booked
● Cancelled
Monday 17 September 2018
The Benjamin West Lecture Theatre, Burlington Gardens, Royal Academy of Arts
Join us for the annual Rothschild Foundation lecture in the Royal Academy’s new lecture theatre.
Ticket information will be released later in 2018.
Friends events
RA250 lecture: Tim Marlow presents 2019 exhibitions
● Fully booked
● Cancelled
Thursday 20 September 2018
6.30 — 8pm
The Benjamin West Lecture Theatre, Burlington Gardens, Royal Academy of Arts
Artistic Director Tim Marlow introduces the 2019 exhibition programme, revealing what’s coming up at the RA.
Free, booking required. RA250 Supporters and Patrons only.
Preview
Friends previews: ‘Oceania’
● Fully booked
● Cancelled
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26 September 2018, 10am — 10pm
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27 September 2018, 10am — 6pm
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28 September 2018, 10am — 6pm
Main Galleries, Burlington House, Royal Academy of Arts, Piccadilly
We invite Friends of the RA to join us for an exclusive preview of our ‘Oceania’ exhibition before it opens to the public.
Free. Friends of the RA and members of the Academicians' Room only.
Booking is now open to Friends of the RA.
Courses and Classes
Anatomical drawing
Weekend-long practical course
● Fully booked
● Cancelled
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29 September 2018, 10.30am — 5.30pm
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30 September 2018, 10.30am — 5.30pm
The Life Room, Royal Academy Schools
Artist, writer and broadcaster Dr Sarah Simblet will lead a detailed examination of the human body, explored through the eyes of the artist. With particular reference to physicality and aesthetic beauty, Sarah Simblet will make use of works from the RA’s historic teaching collection, as well as life models, to explore this complex subject matter.
£420. Includes all materials, lunch, and wine reception.