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Second Nature: The Art of Charles Tunnicliffe RA
11 July — 8 October 2017
See the natural world through the eyes of Charles Tunnicliffe RA, one of the best-known wildlife illustrators of the 20th century.
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Leonard Rosoman RA
Artist and Illustrator
1 June — 28 July 2017
Spanning a period of almost 80 years, this Print Room display brings together paintings, posters and murals by consummate illustrator Leonard Rosomon.
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Matisse in the Studio
5 August — 12 November 2017
Step into the studio of Henri Matisse, brimming with the artist’s treasured objects. Focusing exclusively on their important role in his work for the first time, we will reveal how this eclectic collection took on new life in his transcendent art.
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The Interpretation of Movement (a 9:8 in blue)
Terrace Wires: Conrad Shawcross RA
From 22 June 2017
Sculptor and Royal Academician Conrad Shawcross presents a new public installation in St Pancras International station
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A-level Summer Exhibition Online 2017
Here, There and Everywhere
12 June — 20 August 2017
The A-level Summer Exhibition Online is a unique opportunity for 16-18 year old student artists to show their artwork in a groundbreaking exhibition on the Royal Academy of Arts website.
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Only Connect
Art Sales at the RA
28 April — 11 September 2017
The RA is proud to present the latest exhibition from the Royal Academy’s Art Sales programme; ‘Only Connect’, curated by Professor David Remfry RA.
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Fred Cuming RA
Academicians in Focus
29 March — 16 October 2017
Senior Academician Fred Cuming RA’s work is characterised by his exploration of dramatic light and shadow within the natural landscape. Reflecting upon the presence of man and society within nature, Cuming continues to work with passion and energy into his 80s. For this exhibition, he has produced a number of new paintings that are being shown for the first time.
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Jasper Johns: ‘Something Resembling Truth’
23 September — 10 December 2017
“One hopes for something resembling truth, some sense of life, even of grace, to flicker, at least in the work.” Jasper Johns, 2008.
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Dalí / Duchamp
7 October 2017 — 3 January 2018
Take another look at two artistic giants: father of conceptual art Marcel Duchamp, and larger-than-life Surrealist Salvador Dalí. This is the first exhibition to throw light on their surprising relationship and its influence on the work of both artists.
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Charles I: King and Collector
27 January — 15 April 2018
Lead sponsor BNY Mellon
Discover the legendary art collection of Charles I. For the first time since the 17th century, this landmark exhibition will bring together the astounding treasures that changed the taste of the nation.
Events
July 2017
Talks
Summer Exhibition edits
In-gallery talk
● Fully booked
● Cancelled
20 June — 18 August 2017
Next session: 18 August 2017
Main Galleries, Burlington House, Royal Academy of Arts, Piccadilly
The Summer Exhibition edits programme invites guests to select the five works in this year’s exhibition that intrigue them the most. Join us for a series of special tours with learning partners, exploring what they chose and why.
Free with exhibition entry.
Special events
RA250: Behind the scenes – last-chance hard hat tour
● Fully booked
● Cancelled
1 July — 31 August 2017
Burlington House and Burlington Gardens, Royal Academy of Arts
The Royal Academy of Arts is currently undergoing one of the biggest physical changes in its 249-year history. We’ll take you on a full site tour and show you how the building work is unfolding ahead of time – the public won’t see the results until 2018.
£250. Includes tour and refreshments. Tours can be booked at a time that is mutually convenient.
Courses and Classes
From antique to life: drawing and painting inside the historic art school
Six-day practical and theoretical summer course
● Fully booked
● Cancelled
24—29 July 2017
The RA Schools, Burlington House, 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, watercolour and oil painting.
£2,400. Includes all materials, light refreshments and lunch each day and a drinks reception at the end of the final day
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.
Friends events
Friends excursions: The Charterhouse
● Fully booked
● Cancelled
Thursday 27 July 2017
2.15 — 4pm
Meet at The Charterhouse, Charterhouse Square, EC1
Led by one of the Charterhouse’s ‘Brothers’, our popular annual tour of this historic palace includes the Courts, Great Hall, Library, Great Chamber and Chapel.
£30. Includes tea in the Old Library.
Friends events
Craft chocolate and whisky tasting
● Fully booked
● Cancelled
Thursday 27 July 2017
7 — 9pm
The Sir Hugh Casson Room for Friends, The Keeper's House, Royal Academy of Arts, Piccadilly
This tasting is a comprehensive introduction to the world of craft chocolate, paired with carefully selected whiskies.
£40. Includes ten chocolates and three whiskies.
Family events
Gallery works: family holiday workshop
● Fully booked
● Cancelled
Friday 28 July 2017
11am — 1pm
Meet at the learning desk in the Front Hall, Burlington House, Royal Academy of Arts, Piccadilly
Join us for a creative workshop inspired by the ‘Summer Exhibition 2017’, led by an experienced artist educator.
£15 for adults, £5 for children. Booking required.
Talks
Yuji Tanabe: Arup Prize for Emerging Talent for Architecture
Winner talk
● Fully booked
● Cancelled
Friday 28 July 2017
7 — 7.30pm
Main Galleries, Burlington House, Royal Academy of Arts
The Summer Exhibition Architecture Room hosts a talk discussing the winning project for this prize for up-and-coming architects – Flower Apartment by Yuji Tanabe.
Free with exhibition entry, no booking required.
Academicians' Room events
DJ Night in the Academicians’ Room
Sunil Pawar (SUNSLINGSHOT) and Monty O
● Fully booked
● Cancelled
Friday 28 July 2017
8 — 11pm
The Academicians’ Room, The Keeper’s House, Royal Academy of Arts
For 2017, resident DJs SUNSLINGSHOT and Monty O are returning to the Academicians’ Room every month for DJ Night. Join us for an evening session of eighties soul, rare groove and future beats.
Free, no booking required. Open to Academicians’ Room members, Friends of the RA and the general public.
Friends events
Friends private view: Summer Exhibition 2017
● Fully booked
● Cancelled
Saturday 29 July 2017
7 — 10pm
Burlington House, Royal Academy of Arts, Piccadilly
Enjoy an exclusive private view of the 249th annual Summer Exhibition away from the crowds, with live music in the courtyard, a DJ in the galleries and themed food and drinks available to purchase.
£25. Includes welcome drink.
Booking is now open to Friends of the RA.
Patrons events
Patrons evening preview: ‘Matisse in the Studio’
● Fully booked
● Cancelled
Monday 31 July 2017
6.30 — 8.30pm
Sackler Wing of Galleries, Burlington House, Royal Academy of Arts, Piccadilly
RA Patrons have the first opportunity to see this sumptuous exhibition, which offers a rare glimpse into the artist’s personal collection, as well as the paintings, sculptures and drawings it inspired.
Free. Patrons only.
Patrons events
Patrons dining club: ‘Matisse in the Studio’
● Fully booked
● Cancelled
Monday 31 July 2017
8.30 — 10.30pm
Full directions on RSVP
Join us for a Patrons dining club in celebration of the opening of ‘Matisse in the Studio’
£75. Includes three-course dinner with wine. Patrons only.
August 2017
Talks
Summer Exhibition edits
In-gallery talk
● Fully booked
● Cancelled
20 June — 18 August 2017
Next session: 18 August 2017
Main Galleries, Burlington House, Royal Academy of Arts, Piccadilly
The Summer Exhibition edits programme invites guests to select the five works in this year’s exhibition that intrigue them the most. Join us for a series of special tours with learning partners, exploring what they chose and why.
Free with exhibition entry.
Special events
RA250: Behind the scenes – last-chance hard hat tour
● Fully booked
● Cancelled
1 July — 31 August 2017
Burlington House and Burlington Gardens, Royal Academy of Arts
The Royal Academy of Arts is currently undergoing one of the biggest physical changes in its 249-year history. We’ll take you on a full site tour and show you how the building work is unfolding ahead of time – the public won’t see the results until 2018.
£250. Includes tour and refreshments. Tours can be booked at a time that is mutually convenient.
Friends events
Friends excursions: Fitzrovia Chapel
● Fully booked
● Cancelled
Tuesday 1 August 2017
11am — 12.15pm
Pearson Square, off Mortimer Street, W1T
Join Friends of the RA for a private tour of this stunning grade II-listed chapel, in the heart of London’s historic Fitrovia.
£23. Includes donation to the Fitzrovia Chapel.
Patrons events
Opening reception: ‘Matisse in the Studio’
● Fully booked
● Cancelled
Tuesday 1 August 2017
6.30 — 8.30pm
Sackler Wing of Galleries, Burlington House, Royal Academy of Arts, Piccadilly
We invite RA Patrons to celebrate the formal opening of ‘Matisse in the Studio’ in our Sackler Wing of Galleries.
Free. Patrons only.
Booking is now open to Friends of the RA.
Friends events
Friends preview – ‘Matisse in the Studio’
● Fully booked
● Cancelled
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2 August 2017, 10am — 10pm
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3 August 2017, 10am — 6pm
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4 August 2017, 10am — 10pm
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 ‘Matisse in the Studio’ before it is open to the public. Step into the studio of Henri Matisse, brimming with the artist’s treasured objects.
Free, booking required.
Booking is now open to Friends of the RA.
Family events
Gallery works: family holiday workshop
● Fully booked
● Cancelled
Wednesday 2 August 2017
11am — 1pm
Meet at the learning desk in the Front Hall, Burlington House, Royal Academy of Arts, Piccadilly
Join us for a creative workshop inspired by the ‘Summer Exhibition 2017’, led by an experienced artist educator.
£15 for adults, £5 for children. Booking required.
Family events
Gallery works: family holiday workshop
● Fully booked
● Cancelled
Friday 4 August 2017
11am — 1pm
Meet at the learning desk in the Front Hall, Burlington House, Royal Academy of Arts, Piccadilly
Join us for a creative workshop inspired by the ‘Summer Exhibition 2017’, led by an experienced artist educator.
£15 for adults, £5 for children. Booking required.
Teacher events
Private views for teachers
'Matisse in the Studio'
● Fully booked
● Cancelled
Monday 7 August 2017
9 — 10am
The Sackler Wing, Burlington House, Royal Academy of Arts
An ideal opportunity to exchange and share ideas with other teachers.
Free, booking essential.
Tours
Audio-described touch tour and art making session: ‘Summer Exhibition 2017’
InTouch
● Fully booked
● Cancelled
Monday 7 August 2017
9am — 12pm
Meet in the Front Hall, Burlington House, Royal Academy of Arts, Piccadilly
Artist Sally Booth leads this audio-described touch tour and art-making session for blind and visually impaired visitors.
Free, booking required.
Talks
Introduction to ‘Matisse in the Studio’
● Fully booked
● Cancelled
Monday 7 August 2017
1 — 2pm
The Reynolds Room, Burlington House, Royal Academy of Arts, Piccadilly
Step into the studio of Henri Matisse, as co-curator Ann Dumas introduces the exhibition and discusses the ways in which Matisse’s collection of objects from Africa, Asia and the Middle East was a constant stimulus for his art.
Free, booking required.
Friends events
Friends excursions: William Morris Gallery private tour
● Fully booked
● Cancelled
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8 August 2017, 11am — 12.30pm
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8 August 2017, 12.30 — 2pm
Meet at William Morris Gallery, Lloyd Park, 531 Forest Rd, E17
Friends privately tour the William Morris Gallery, the only public gallery devoted to the life and legacy of William Morris: designer, craftsman and socialist.
£26.
Booking is now open to Friends of the RA.
Family events
Gallery works: family holiday workshop
● Fully booked
● Cancelled
Wednesday 9 August 2017
11am — 1pm
Meet at the learning desk in the Front Hall, Burlington House, Royal Academy of Arts, Piccadilly
Join us for a creative workshop inspired by the ‘Summer Exhibition 2017’, led by an experienced artist educator.
£15 for adults, £5 for children. Booking required.
Friends events
Friends excursions: the Museum of Domestic Design and Architecture
● Fully booked
● Cancelled
Wednesday 9 August 2017
11am — 12.30pm
MoDA Collections Centre, Middlesex University, 9 Boulevard Drive, Beaufort Park, London NW9. Full directions with ticket.
Visit a hidden gem, housing one of the UK’s most comprehensive collections of 19th and 20th-century decorative arts for the home.
£20.
Booking is now open to Friends of the RA.
Friends events
Friends excursions: the Museum of Domestic Design and Architecture
● Fully booked
● Cancelled
Wednesday 9 August 2017
2 — 3.30pm
MoDA Collections Centre, Middlesex University, 9 Boulevard Drive, Beaufort Park, London NW9. Full directions with ticket.
Visit a hidden gem, housing one of the UK’s most comprehensive collections of 19th and 20th-century decorative arts for the home.
£20.
Booking is now open to Friends of the RA.
Friends events
A quintessentially English tasting: Beckett’s Gin
● Fully booked
● Cancelled
Thursday 10 August 2017
7 — 9pm
The Sir Hugh Casson Room for Friends, the Keeper's House, Royal Academy of Arts, Piccadilly
Neil Beckett of Beckett’s Gin guides a tasting of small batch gins, distilled and bottled in London. Unique in using handpicked English juniper berries, Beckett’s Gin has a rich story of its British provenance and conservation work.
£30
Booking is now open to Friends of the RA.
Family events
Gallery works: family holiday workshop
● Fully booked
● Cancelled
Friday 11 August 2017
11am — 1pm
Meet at the learning desk in the Front Hall, Burlington House, Royal Academy of Arts, Piccadilly
Join us for a creative workshop inspired by the ‘Summer Exhibition 2017’, led by an experienced artist educator.
£15 for adults, £5 for children. Booking required.
Friends events
Friends excursions: Lambeth Palace
● Fully booked
● Cancelled
Friday 11 August 2017
2 — 4pm
Meet at Lambeth Palace, corner of Lambeth Palace Rd, SE1 (opposite Lambeth Bridge).
Friends privately tour Lambeth Palace, the London home of the Archbishop of Canterbury, with its 13th-century vaulted crypt and Tudor gatehouse.
£30. Includes tea.
Booking is now open to Friends of the RA.
Family events
Stories of the supernatural
Stories of birds and beasts brought to life in a family-friendly setting
● Fully booked
● Cancelled
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12 August 2017, 11am — 12pm
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12 August 2017, 2 — 3pm
In the exhibition 'Second Nature: The Art of Charles Tunnicliffe RA (1901-1979)', Tennant Gallery, Royal Academy of Arts, Burlington House, Piccadilly
Come along as a family to listen to fantastical stories about nature in the unique setting of the RA galleries.
Free, booking required.
Workshops
Open Saturdays: Demonstrate & Create
● Fully booked
● Cancelled
Saturday 12 August 2017
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.
Family events
Stories of the supernatural
Stories of birds and beasts brought to life in a family-friendly setting
● Fully booked
● Cancelled
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13 August 2017, 11am — 12pm
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13 August 2017, 2 — 3pm
In the exhibition 'Second Nature: The Art of Charles Tunnicliffe RA (1901-1979)', Tennant Gallery, Royal Academy of Arts, Burlington House, Piccadilly
Come along as a family to listen to fantastical stories about nature in the unique setting of the RA galleries.
Free, booking required.
Family events
Family studio: mix it up
● Fully booked
● Cancelled
Sunday 13 August 2017
11am — 3pm
The John Madejski Fine Rooms, Burlington House, Royal Academy of Arts
Capture a kaleidoscope of patterns, prints and a pop of colour at this family studio inspired by ‘Matisse in the Studio’.
Free, no booking required.
Friends events
Friends excursions: William Morris Gallery private tour
● Fully booked
● Cancelled
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15 August 2017, 11am — 12.30pm
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15 August 2017, 12.30 — 2pm
Meet at William Morris Gallery, Lloyd Park, 531 Forest Rd, E17
Friends privately tour the William Morris Gallery, the only public gallery devoted to the life and legacy of William Morris: designer, craftsman and socialist.
£26.
Booking is now open to Friends of the RA.
Workshops
Creative workshop for access and community groups: Summer Exhibition 2017
InStudio
● Fully booked
● Cancelled
Tuesday 15 August 2017
2.30 — 5.30pm
Meet at the learning desk in the Front Hall, Burlington House, Royal Academy of Arts, Piccadilly
A creative workshop inspired by artworks in Summer Exhibition 2017.
Free, booking required
Friends events
Friends excursions: Lancaster House
● Fully booked
● Cancelled
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18 August 2017, 11am — 12.30pm
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18 August 2017, 2.30 — 4pm
Meet at Lancaster House, Stable Yard, St James's, London SW1.
By popular demand, we return to the magnificent Lancaster House, whose sumptuous Louis XV interiors recently stood in for Buckingham Palace in the award-winning series, ‘The Crown.’
£26.
Booking is now open to Friends of the RA.
Tours
Summer Exhibition edit: St.Christopher’s Hospice
Tamsin Dives
● Fully booked
● Cancelled
Friday 18 August 2017
3 — 3.30pm
Meet in the Wohl Central Hall, Burlington House, Royal Academy of Arts, Piccadilly
For this tour, join music therapist Tamsin Dives to explore her selection of this year’s Summer Exhibition.
Free with exhibition entry. No booking required.
RA Lates
RA Summer Lates: The Other Paradise
● Fully booked
● Cancelled
Saturday 19 August 2017
7 — 11.45pm
Royal Academy of Arts
Come and experience art, music, cocktails, mermaid life drawing, performance art, tropical funk DJs, craft activities, talks and more at the RA’s end of summer party on Piccadilly.
£45
Talks
Art, coffee and conversation sessions for people living with dementia
InMind
● Fully booked
● Cancelled
Monday 21 August 2017
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.
Friends events
Friends excursions: Southbank Centre – behind the scenes
● Fully booked
● Cancelled
Monday 21 August 2017
6.15 — 7.45pm
Meet at Level 2 ticket desk Royal Festival Hall. Directions will be included with your ticket.
This guided tour for Friends looks behind the scenes of this world-famous arts centre.
£23.
Booking is now open to Friends of the RA.
Workshops
Into the woods
Family holiday workshop
● Fully booked
● Cancelled
Wednesday 23 August 2017
10.30am — 3.30pm
Meet at the learning desk in the Front Hall, Burlington House, Royal Academy of Arts, Piccadilly
Join us for an bespoke all-day creative workshop inspired by ‘Second Nature: The Art of Charles Tunnicliffe RA (1901-1979)’, led by professional illustrator Charlotte Steel.
£65 per person. Includes lunch and refreshments.
Friends events
Friends excursions: The Charterhouse
● Fully booked
● Cancelled
Thursday 24 August 2017
2.15 — 4pm
Meet at The Charterhouse, Charterhouse Square, EC1
Led by one of the Charterhouse’s ‘Brothers’, our popular annual tour of this historic palace includes the Courts, Great Hall, Library, Great Chamber and Chapel.
£30. Includes tea in the Old Library.
Booking is now open to Friends of the RA.
Tours
Access and community programme: artist presentations
InPractice
● Fully booked
● Cancelled
Friday 25 August 2017
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.
Workshops
Globe-trotting textiles
Family workshop for children with special educational needs
● Fully booked
● Cancelled
Sunday 27 August 2017
11am — 1pm
Meet at the learning desk in the Front Hall, Burlington House, Royal Academy of Arts, Piccadilly
Join us for a free creative workshop inspired by ‘Matisse in the Studio’, for children with special educational needs and their family and friends
Free, booking required.
September 2017
Tours
Audio described tour and handling session: ‘Matisse in the Studio’
InTouch
● Fully booked
● Cancelled
Monday 4 September 2017
9 — 11am
Meet in the Front Hall, Burlington House, Royal Academy of Arts, Piccadilly
At this event for blind and visually impaired visitors, artist educator Harry Baxter will lead an audio described tour of the exhibition, followed by refreshments and a handling session.
Free, booking required.
Friends events
Friends excursions: the Art Workers’ Guild
● Fully booked
● Cancelled
Monday 4 September 2017
11am — 12.30pm
Meet at Art Workers' Guild, 6 Queen Square, WC1N
Friends discover the history and work of the Arts Workers’ Guild, formed in the Arts and Crafts era, led by architectural historian Alan Powers.
£29. Includes coffee.
Booking is now open to Friends of the RA.
Courses and Classes
Friends and Academicians’ Room members life drawing: measurement and proportion
Evening session
● Fully booked
● Cancelled
Tuesday 5 September 2017
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. These practical sessions provide expert-led tuition in a social and welcoming environment. This month’s session concentrates on measurement and proportion.
£50. Includes a drinks reception and all practical materials. Friends and Academicians’ Room members only.
Booking is now open to Friends of the RA.
Courses and Classes
Drawing essentials: understanding the human form and anatomy
Five-week practical evening course
● Fully booked
● Cancelled
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6 September 2017, 6.15 — 9.15pm
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13 September 2017, 6.15 — 9.15pm
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20 September 2017, 6.15 — 9.15pm
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27 September 2017, 6.15 — 9.15pm
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4 October 2017, 6.15 — 9.15pm
The Life Room, Royal Academy Schools
Learn the essentials to drawing the human form and anatomy, including the head and upper and lower body, in the Royal Academy’s historic Life Room – a space purpose-built for life drawing – with practising artist Adele Wagstaff.
£85 for individual sessions. £400 for full course. Includes all materials, light refreshments on arrival and a drinks reception at the end of the final session.
Friends events
Friends excursions: Turner’s House
● Fully booked
● Cancelled
Wednesday 6 September 2017
2.30 — 4.15pm
Meet at Sandycombe Lodge, Sandycombe Road, TW1. Directions will be included with your ticket.
Friends privately tour Sandycombe Lodge, which was built by 1813 to the designs of England’s great landscape painter, J.M.W. Turner.
£32. Includes tea.
Friends events
English wine tasting: a celebration of summer
● Fully booked
● Cancelled
Wednesday 6 September 2017
7 — 9pm
The Sir Hugh Casson Room for Friends, the Keeper's House, Burlington House, Royal Academy of Arts, Piccadilly
Discover six English wines, ideal for the summer months, and learn the story behind England’s growing success as a wine-making country.
£40. Includes tastings of six or seven English wines.
Booking is now open to Friends of the RA.
Workshops
Open Saturdays: Demonstrate & Create
● Fully booked
● Cancelled
Saturday 9 September 2017
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.
Talks
Art, coffee and conversation sessions for people living with dementia
InMind
● Fully booked
● Cancelled
Monday 11 September 2017
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.
Friends events
Friends excursions: Highgate Cemetery
● Fully booked
● Cancelled
Tuesday 12 September 2017
11am — 1pm
Highgate West Cemetery, Swains Lane, Highgate, N6. Full directions with ticket.
Due to popular demand, we return to Highgate Cemetery for a guided tour of the private West Cemetery and its atmospheric Lebanon Circle Vaults, Egyptian Avenue and recently opened Terrace Catacombs.
£28
Booking is now open to Friends of the RA.
Special events
RA250: round table lunch with the Royal Academy’s Chief Executive
● Fully booked
● Cancelled
Tuesday 12 September 2017
1 — 3pm
The Keeper's House Restaurant, Royal Academy of Arts, Piccadilly
Join Charles Saumarez Smith, our Secretary and Chief Executive, for a special lunch at the Royal Academy where you’ll hear first-hand about our plans for the Academy’s future.
£150. Includes lunch and an RA gift bag.
Friends events
Friends excursions: Brooks’s
Private members' club
● Fully booked
● Cancelled
Wednesday 13 September 2017
9.30 — 11am
Meet at Brooks's Club, St James's Street, London SW1A.
Friends of the RA are invited to tour this exclusive private members’ club situated in the heart of Mayfair, a stone’s throw from the RA.
£30
Friends events
Friends excursions: PricewaterhouseCoopers’ art collection
● Fully booked
● Cancelled
Thursday 14 September 2017
6.30 — 8.30pm
Meet in reception at 1 Embankment Place, London WC2N.
With the kind permission of the PwC partnership, we are able to offer a special introduction to PwC’s art collection and a tour of the art on display at the recently refurbished Embankment Place, designed by architect Sir Terry Farrell.
£35. Includes drinks and canapés.
Patrons events
Patrons breakfast preview: ‘Matisse in the Studio’
● Fully booked
● Cancelled
Friday 15 September 2017
8.45 — 10am
Sackler Wing of Galleries, Burlington House, Royal Academy of Arts, Piccadilly
RA Patrons are invited to a special breakfast preview and curator-led tour of our ‘Matisse in the Studio’ exhibition.
Free. Patrons only.
Friends events
Friends excursions: Spitalfields walking tour
● Fully booked
● Cancelled
Friday 15 September 2017
11am — 1.30pm
Meet outside Christ Church, Spitalfields, on the corner where Fournier Street meets Commercial Street, London, E1
Take a walking tour with Friends of the RA around the curious, closed world of early Georgian terraces and grand 17th-century silk weavers’ houses that marks the fault-line between the City and neighbouring Tower Hamlets.
£35. Includes a donation to Christ Church and entry to the Charnel House
Family events
Stories of the supernatural
Stories of birds and beasts brought to life in a family-friendly setting
● Fully booked
● Cancelled
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16 September 2017, 11am — 12pm
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16 September 2017, 2 — 3pm
In the exhibition 'Second Nature: The Art of Charles Tunnicliffe RA (1901-1979)', Tennant Gallery, Royal Academy of Arts, Burlington House, Piccadilly
Come along as a family to listen to fantastical stories about nature in the unique setting of the RA galleries.
Free, booking required.
Family events
Stories of the supernatural
Stories of birds and beasts brought to life in a family-friendly setting
● Fully booked
● Cancelled
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17 September 2017, 11am — 12pm
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17 September 2017, 2 — 3pm
In the exhibition 'Second Nature: The Art of Charles Tunnicliffe RA (1901-1979)', Tennant Gallery, Royal Academy of Arts, Burlington House, Piccadilly
Come along as a family to listen to fantastical stories about nature in the unique setting of the RA galleries.
Free, booking required.
Family events
Family studio: animal house
● Fully booked
● Cancelled
Sunday 17 September 2017
11am — 3pm
Follow signs to the Learning Studio and Reynolds Room, Burlington House, Royal Academy of Arts, Piccadilly
Flock together to draw your favourite feathered friends at this family studio.
Free, no booking required.
Tours
Tour of ‘Matisse in the Studio’ for mobility impaired visitors
InMotion
● Fully booked
● Cancelled
Monday 18 September 2017
9 — 11am
Meet in the Front Hall, Burlington House, Royal Academy of Arts, Piccadilly
A tour of ‘Matisse in the Studio’ designed for wheelchair users and mobility impaired visitors.
Free, booking required.
Friends events
Friends excursions: Fitzrovia Chapel
● Fully booked
● Cancelled
Monday 18 September 2017
11am — 12.15pm
Pearson Square, off Mortimer Street, W1T
Join Friends of the RA for a private tour of this stunning grade II-listed chapel, in the heart of London’s historic Fitrovia.
£23. Includes donation to the Fitzrovia Chapel.
Booking is now open to Friends of the RA.
Talks
KWK Promes | Robert Konieczny
International Architects Series
● Fully booked
● Cancelled
Monday 18 September 2017
6.30 — 7.45pm
Geological Society, Piccadilly, W1
Polish architect Robert Konieczny talks about his innovative approach to residential architecture through some of his most recent projects.
£12, £6 concessions. Includes talk and drinks reception.
Workshops
Creative workshop for access and community groups: ‘Matisse in the Studio’
InStudio
● Fully booked
● Cancelled
Tuesday 19 September 2017
2.30 — 5.30pm
Meet in the Front Hall, Burlington House, Royal Academy of Arts, Piccadilly
A creative workshop inspired by artworks in ‘Matisse in the Studio’.
Free, booking required.
Friends events
Friends excursions: House of Lords
Art and architecture tour
● Fully booked
● Cancelled
Tuesday 19 September 2017
5 — 7.30pm
Meet at Palace of Westminster (full directions with ticket)
Join fellow Friends for a special guided tour inside one of the most recognised buildings in the world, the Palace of Westminster, and the art collection it houses.
£58. Includes tour, champagne and nibbles.
Friends events
Friends preview – ‘Jasper Johns’
● Fully booked
● Cancelled
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20 September 2017, 10am — 10pm
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21 September 2017, 10am — 6pm
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22 September 2017, 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 ‘Jasper Johns’ before it is open to the public. Jasper Johns is regarded as one of the most important artists of the 20th century, and has remained central to American contemporary art since his arrival in New York in the 1950s.
Free, booking required.
Booking is now open to Friends of the RA.
Special events
RA250: private lunch for eight with Christopher Le Brun PRA
● Fully booked
● Cancelled
Wednesday 20 September 2017
12 — 2.30pm
Royal Academy of Arts
Enjoy a private lunch with our President of the Royal Academy, Christopher Le Brun, and seven of your guests at this exclusive opportunity to hear first-hand about plans for the Royal Academy’s future.
£1,500. Includes lunch for you and seven guests plus an RA gift bag.
Courses and Classes
Behind the scenes: stars of the RA Collection
Evening session
● Fully booked
● Cancelled
Wednesday 20 September 2017
6 — 8pm
The Library, Burlington House, Royal Academy of Arts
An exciting opportunity to explore highlights from the Royal Academy’s collection with Annette Wickham, Curator of Works on Paper, including drinks, for a unique Royal Academy experience.
£120. Includes exclusive welcome drinks in the Academicians Room, an expert-led tour of the Academy's collection and a tour of the John Madejski Fine Rooms.
Friends events
Opera in the Royal Academy’s historic Life Drawing Room
● Fully booked
● Cancelled
Thursday 21 September 2017
7 — 9pm
The Life Room, Royal Academy Schools
This exclusive evening event will take you on a journey of operatic excellence in the RA’s historic Life Drawing Room.
£95. Includes drinks reception
Booking is now open to Friends of the RA.
Friends events
Friends excursions: Armourers’ Hall
● Fully booked
● Cancelled
Friday 22 September 2017
11am — 12.30pm
Meet at Armourers’ Hall, 81 Coleman St, EC2R
Friends privately tour the home of the Worshipful Company of Armourers and Braziers, viewing the company’s exceptional collection of Tudor art and armour.
£28. Includes coffee.
Booking is now open to Friends of the RA.
Courses and Classes
‘Matisse in the Studio’: the object as actor
Weekend-long practical course
● Fully booked
● Cancelled
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23 September 2017, 10.30am — 5.30pm
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24 September 2017, 10.30am — 5.30pm
The Learning Studio, Burlington House, Royal Academy of Arts, Piccadilly
Artist Gregory Ward leads a two-day oil painting course exploring the nature of the still life as seen within the context of the ‘Matisse in the Studio’ exhibition, studying the artist’s unique method of working with his collection of objects.
£480. Includes all materials, lunch and wine reception at the end of the second day.
Courses and Classes
The vogue of vanitas and mortality
Ten-week art history and theory course
● Fully booked
● Cancelled
25 September — 4 December 2017
The Sir Hugh Casson Room for Friends, The Keeper's House, Royal Academy of Arts, Piccadilly
Join international scholars and art world experts for a 10-week series on memento mori and vanitas, exploring the aesthetic and philosophical themes around the transience of life – treated by artists across disciplines and cultures and over the ages from ancient Egypt to the present day.
£540 for full course, £320 for weeks 1 - 5 OR weeks 6 - 10. Includes all materials, light refreshments throughout and a drinks reception at the end of weeks 5 and 10.
Friends events
Friends excursions: Humphrey Ocean RA
The artist in his studio
● Fully booked
● Cancelled
Tuesday 26 September 2017
2 — 3.30pm
West Norwood, London SE27. Full directions with ticket.
Get an intimate glimpse of the working studio of Royal Academician Humphrey Ocean, Professor of Perspective at the RA Schools, as he opens his studio to a small group of Friends of the RA.
£30, includes tea and biscuits.
Booking is now open to Friends of the RA.
Special events
Royal Academy America 2017 Gala
Honouring Marina Abramović Hon RA, Thomas Heatherwick RA and Aryeh B Bourkoff
● Fully booked
● Cancelled
Tuesday 26 September 2017
6.30 — 10.30pm
IAC Building, 555 West 18th Street, New York City
Join us this September as we celebrate the creative forces and voices of leadership behind the RA at the Royal Academy America 2017 gala celebration in New York City.
For enquiries, contact April Moorhouse, Events and Patron Membership Manager, at rsvp@raamerica.org or +1 (212) 980-8404.
Friends events
Tea-infused cocktail making workshop
● Fully booked
● Cancelled
Tuesday 26 September 2017
7 — 9pm
The Sir Hugh Casson Room for Friends, The Keeper's House, Royal Academy of Arts, Piccadilly
Tregothnan and The Oxford Blue collaborate for a workshop on how to make tea-infused cocktails. Using the finest ingredients, they will blend their passions for both tea and cocktail-making in a must-attend event for contemporary cocktail fans and tea lovers alike.
£55. Includes five cocktails.
Booking is now open to Friends of the RA.
Talks
NL Architects
International Architects Series
● Fully booked
● Cancelled
Wednesday 27 September 2017
6.30 — 7.45pm
Royal Society of Chemistry, Burlington House, Piccadilly
Dutch practice NL Architects joins our programme to discuss its work, including an award-winning renovation of a post-war housing block.
£12, £6 concessions. Includes talk and drinks reception.
Friends events
Friends excursions: Shakespeare’s London and the Rose Playhouse
Walking tour
● Fully booked
● Cancelled
Thursday 28 September 2017
Meet the RA representative in the entrance hall of Blackfriars underground station, on the north side of Blackfriars Bridge.
Join fellow Friends for a fascinating walking tour of Bankside and Blackfriars. See where the Bard sold his plays, then pay a visit the site of the historic Rose Playhouse.
£60. Includes a light lunch, glass of wine, coffee/tea and entry to the Rose Playhouse.
Booking is now open to Friends of the RA.
Talks
Provocations in art: cultural appropriation
● Fully booked
● Cancelled
Friday 29 September 2017
6.30 — 7.45pm
The Reynolds Room, Burlington House, Royal Academy of Arts, Piccadilly
Artists Yinka Shonibare RA and Wessie Ling join ‘Matisse in the Studio’ co-curator Ellen McBreen to examine the ethical and artistic considerations of cultural appropriation within the arts, in a discussion chaired by writer and broadcaster Bidisha.
£12, £6 concessions.
Talks
Art chat
'Matisse in the Studio'
● Fully booked
● Cancelled
Friday 29 September 2017
7 — 8pm
The Belle Shenkman Room, the Keeper's House, Royal Academy of Arts, Piccadilly
Join us for an informal, drop-in conversation and share your thoughts about our current ‘Matisse in the Studio’ exhibition.
Free, no booking required.
Courses and Classes
Contemporary art valuation
Two-day art business course
● Fully booked
● Cancelled
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30 September 2017, 10am — 5pm
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1 October 2017, 10am — 5pm
The Life Room, RA Schools, Piccadilly
This weekend course offers practical insights into valuation – one of the most opaque aspects of the art world – focussed on one of the most exciting and buoyant sectors: contemporary art. Discussion of strategies as well as underlying structures, systems and practices provide insight in the process of valuation, drawing on both cutting-edge theory and real-world expertise.
£290 for one day / £540 for two days. Includes all materials, light refreshments, lunch and a wine reception at the end of both days.
Talks
The Mycological Twist: the artist’s studio 2.0
● Fully booked
● Cancelled
Saturday 30 September 2017
3 — 4.30pm
General Assembly Room, Burlington House, Royal Academy of Arts, Piccadilly
Join us for a roundtable exploring alternative studio practice, chaired by collaborators and founders of The Mycological Twist, Anne de Boer and Eloïse Bonneviot.
£8, £5 concessions.
Talks
Introduction to ‘Second Nature: The Art of Charles Tunnicliffe RA’
Free talk
● Fully booked
● Cancelled
Saturday 30 September 2017
3 — 4pm
The Reynolds Room, Burlington House, Royal Academy of Arts, Piccadilly
Join Professor Robert Meyrick, Head of the School of Art at Aberystwyth University, for an introduction to ‘Second Nature: The Art of Charles Tunnicliffe RA’.
Free, booking required.
October 2017
Courses and Classes
Drawing essentials: understanding the human form and anatomy
Five-week practical evening course
● Fully booked
● Cancelled
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6 September 2017, 6.15 — 9.15pm
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13 September 2017, 6.15 — 9.15pm
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20 September 2017, 6.15 — 9.15pm
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27 September 2017, 6.15 — 9.15pm
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4 October 2017, 6.15 — 9.15pm
The Life Room, Royal Academy Schools
Learn the essentials to drawing the human form and anatomy, including the head and upper and lower body, in the Royal Academy’s historic Life Room – a space purpose-built for life drawing – with practising artist Adele Wagstaff.
£85 for individual sessions. £400 for full course. Includes all materials, light refreshments on arrival and a drinks reception at the end of the final session.
Courses and Classes
The vogue of vanitas and mortality
Ten-week art history and theory course
● Fully booked
● Cancelled
25 September — 4 December 2017
The Sir Hugh Casson Room for Friends, The Keeper's House, Royal Academy of Arts, Piccadilly
Join international scholars and art world experts for a 10-week series on memento mori and vanitas, exploring the aesthetic and philosophical themes around the transience of life – treated by artists across disciplines and cultures and over the ages from ancient Egypt to the present day.
£540 for full course, £320 for weeks 1 - 5 OR weeks 6 - 10. Includes all materials, light refreshments throughout and a drinks reception at the end of weeks 5 and 10.
Family events
Nature trailers
Family workshop for children with special educational needs
● Fully booked
● Cancelled
Sunday 1 October 2017
11am — 1pm
Meet at the learning desk in the Front Hall, Burlington House, Royal Academy of Arts, Piccadilly
Join us for a free creative workshop, inspired by the colourful illustrations in ‘Second Nature: The Art of Charles Tunnicliffe RA (1901-1979)’, for children with special educational needs and their family and friends.
Free, booking required.
Talks
Matisse’s faces: “A portrait is a quarrel”
Free talk
● Fully booked
● Cancelled
Monday 2 October 2017
1 — 2pm
The Reynolds Room, Burlington House, Royal Academy of Arts, Piccadilly
Independent co-curator of ‘Matisse in the Studio’, Ellen McBreen, examines a series of iconic portraits featured in the exhibition and highlights the role of portraiture in the artist’s move towards abstraction.
Free, booking required.
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Courses and Classes
Working with paint
Four-week practical evening course
● Fully booked
● Cancelled
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3 October 2017, 6.30 — 9.30pm
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10 October 2017, 6.30 — 9.30pm
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17 October 2017, 6.30 — 9.30pm
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24 October 2017, 6.30 — 9.30pm
Learning Studio, Burlington House, Royal Academy of Arts, Piccadilly
Abstract artist Emyr Williams leads a course experimenting with the qualities of acrylic paint. Using “open” acrylics, a slow-drying paint, participants will explore the range of creative possibilities associated with this medium in relation to colour theory.
£420. Includes all materials and a drinks reception at the end of the final session.
Friends events
Friends preview – ‘Dalí / Duchamp’
● Fully booked
● Cancelled
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4 October 2017, 10am — 10pm
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5 October 2017, 10am — 6pm
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6 October 2017, 10am — 6pm
Weston Rooms, Burlington House, Royal Academy of Arts, Piccadilly
We invite Friends of the RA to join us for an exclusive preview of the ‘Dalí / Duchamp’ exhibition before it is open to the public.
Free, booking required.
Booking is now open to Friends of the RA.
Talks
Aino Aalto
Forgotten Masters
● Fully booked
● Cancelled
Wednesday 4 October 2017
6.30 — 8pm
The Reynolds Room, Burlington House, Royal Academy of Arts, Piccadilly
Join us for a discussion on Aino Marsio-Aalto and her often overlooked contribution to Nordic Modernist architecture.
£12, £6 concessions.
Courses and Classes
‘Matisse in the Studio’: the studio as theatre
Weekend-long practical course
● Fully booked
● Cancelled
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7 October 2017, 10.30am — 5.30pm
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8 October 2017, 10.30am — 5.30pm
The Learning Studio, Burlington House, Royal Academy of Arts, Piccadilly
Working exclusively in oil paints, and inspired by the ‘Matisse in the Studio’ exhibition, participants will work with partially costumed female life models within a decorative and theatrical setting, in order to replicate Matisse’s immersive approach to painting in the studio.
£480. Includes all materials, lunch and wine reception at the end of the second day.
Courses and Classes
Jasper Johns: ‘Something Resembling Truth’
Two-day art history and theory course
● Fully booked
● Cancelled
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7 October 2017, 10am — 5pm
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8 October 2017, 10am — 5pm
The Reynolds Room, Burlington House, Royal Academy of Arts
This course provides a unique opportunity to explore in detail the life and works of the Honorary Royal Academician Jasper Johns as well as providing insight into the cultural, social, political and economic context of the time.
£360. Includes all materials, light refreshments and a wine reception at the end of the Saturday.
Tours
Audio described tour and handling session: ‘Jasper Johns’
InTouch
● Fully booked
● Cancelled
Monday 9 October 2017
9 — 11am
Meet in the Front Hall, Burlington House, Royal Academy of Arts, Piccadilly
This event for blind and partially sighted visitors starts with an audio-described tour of the exhibition, followed by refreshments and a handling session.
Free, booking required.
Workshops
Creative workshop for access and community groups: ‘Matisse in the Studio’
InStudio
● Fully booked
● Cancelled
Tuesday 10 October 2017
2.30 — 5.30pm
Meet at the learning desk in the Front Hall, Burlington House, Royal Academy of Arts, Piccadilly
A creative workshop inspired by artworks in ‘Matisse in the Studio’.
Free, booking required
Courses and Classes
Friends and Academicians’ Room members life drawing: coordination of hand and eye
Evening session
● Fully booked
● Cancelled
Tuesday 10 October 2017
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. These practical sessions provide expert-led tuition in a social and welcoming environment. This month’s session concentrates on hand and eye coordination.
£50. Includes a drinks reception and all practical materials. Friends and Academicians’ Room members only.
Booking is now open to Friends of the RA.
Courses and Classes
Great exhibitions: from the ancient to the virtual
Ten-week art history and theory course
● Fully booked
● Cancelled
11 October — 13 December 2017
The Life Room, Royal Academy Schools
Andrea Tarsia, Head of Exhibitions returns to lead an international group of scholars to debate and discuss what makes an exhibition great and how great exhibitions can impact the way we view and understand art.
£540 for full course, £320 for weeks 1-5 OR weeks 6-10. Includes all materials, light refreshments throughout and a drinks reception at the end of weeks 5 and 10.
Booking is now open to Friends of the RA.
Friends events
Friends excursions: Lambeth Palace
● Fully booked
● Cancelled
Friday 13 October 2017
2 — 4pm
Meet at Lambeth Palace, corner of Lambeth Palace Rd, SE1 (opposite Lambeth Bridge).
Friends privately tour Lambeth Palace, the London home of the Archbishop of Canterbury, with its 13th-century vaulted crypt and Tudor gatehouse.
£30. Includes tea.
Booking is now open to Friends of the RA.
Courses and Classes
Essential forms: revealing antiquities
Two-day art history and theory course
● Fully booked
● Cancelled
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14 October 2017, 10am — 5pm
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15 October 2017, 10am — 5pm
The Life Room, The Royal Academy Schools
Leading art-world experts and international scholars introduce and de-mystify the fascinating world of antiquities and the ancient arts – with a view to the timeless forms, ideas and universal motifs that are so influential across the arts and culture up to the present day.
£420. Includes all materials, light refreshments at the beggining of each day and wine reception at the end of both days.
Workshops
Open Saturdays: Demonstrate & Create
● Fully booked
● Cancelled
Saturday 14 October 2017
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.
Friends events
RA250: Friends “After Dark” triple private view
‘Matisse in the Studio’, ‘Jasper Johns’ and ‘Dalí / Duchamp’
● Fully booked
● Cancelled
Saturday 14 October 2017
7 — midnight
Main Galleries and The Sackler Wing of Galleries, Burlington House, Royal Academy of Arts, Piccadilly
Enjoy three landmark exhibitions away from the crowds at a special edition of our Friends private views – all in support of our fundraising appeal Make Your Mark.
£50. Includes welcome drink and donation to the Royal Academy capital appeal.
Booking is now open to Friends of the RA.
Friends events
Friends excursions: secret Shropshire
● Fully booked
● Cancelled
23—26 October 2017
Shropshire
A tour of Shropshire’s finest private houses and collections, curated by the RA Friends’ events team for the Academy’s Friends and Patrons.
Booking required.
Friends events
American wine tasting: the Vinifera Revolution
● Fully booked
● Cancelled
Tuesday 24 October 2017
7 — 9pm
The Sir Hugh Casson Room for Friends, the Keeper's House, Royal Academy of Arts, Piccadilly
Join us for a wine tasting inspired by our exhibitions focusing on American art, including Jasper Johns: ‘Something Resembling Truth’.
£40. Includes tastings of six to seven wines.
Booking is now open to Friends of the RA.
Friends events
American craft chocolate and wine tasting experience
● Fully booked
● Cancelled
Thursday 26 October 2017
7 — 9pm
The Sir Hugh Casson Room for Friends, The Keeper's House, Royal Academy of Arts, Piccadilly
To coincide with our celebration of the great American artist Jasper Johns, we take you on an exploration of the evolving world of American craft chocolate, pairing each choice one carefully selected wines.
£40. Includes ten chocolates and five wine tastings.
Booking is now open to Friends of the RA.
Courses and Classes
Drawing the portrait
Weekend-long practical course
● Fully booked
● Cancelled
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28 October 2017, 10.30am — 5.30pm
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29 October 2017, 10.30am — 5.30pm
The Life Room, Royal Academy Schools
Artist and member of the Royal Society of Portrait Painters Andrew James leads a practical course exploring the descriptive and expressive possibilities contained within the drawing of the human head, using charcoal and graphite.
£420. Includes all materials, lunch and wine reception at the end of the second day.
Courses and Classes
Combining opposites: exploring alternative painting techniques
Weekend-long practical course
● Fully booked
● Cancelled
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28 October 2017, 10.30am — 5.30pm
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29 October 2017, 10.30am — 5.30pm
The Learning Studio, Burlington House, Royal Academy of Arts, Piccadilly
Artist and Print Tutor at the Royal Academy Schools Leigh Clarke will lead a practical course inspired by the works of Jasper Johns. Taking influence from Johns’s multi-media method of painting, participants will create works that cross-process printmaking, collage, stencilling and painting.
£420. Includes all materials, lunch and wine reception at the end of the second day.
Courses and Classes
Joie de vivre: Matisse as collector of the world
Two-day art history and theory course
● Fully booked
● Cancelled
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28 October 2017, 10am — 5pm
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29 October 2017, 10am — 5pm
The Reynolds Room, Burlington House, Royal Academy of Arts, Piccadilly
Join international expert on Matisse and modern art, Dr Nicholas Watkins, for a thrilling insight into Matisse’s art and practice, the inner sanctum of his studio and his relationship to the outside world, and people and objects he collected around him.
£360. Includes all materials, light refreshments and a wine reception at the end of the Saturday.
November 2017
Courses and Classes
The vogue of vanitas and mortality
Ten-week art history and theory course
● Fully booked
● Cancelled
25 September — 4 December 2017
The Sir Hugh Casson Room for Friends, The Keeper's House, Royal Academy of Arts, Piccadilly
Join international scholars and art world experts for a 10-week series on memento mori and vanitas, exploring the aesthetic and philosophical themes around the transience of life – treated by artists across disciplines and cultures and over the ages from ancient Egypt to the present day.
£540 for full course, £320 for weeks 1 - 5 OR weeks 6 - 10. Includes all materials, light refreshments throughout and a drinks reception at the end of weeks 5 and 10.
Courses and Classes
Great exhibitions: from the ancient to the virtual
Ten-week art history and theory course
● Fully booked
● Cancelled
11 October — 13 December 2017
The Life Room, Royal Academy Schools
Andrea Tarsia, Head of Exhibitions returns to lead an international group of scholars to debate and discuss what makes an exhibition great and how great exhibitions can impact the way we view and understand art.
£540 for full course, £320 for weeks 1-5 OR weeks 6-10. Includes all materials, light refreshments throughout and a drinks reception at the end of weeks 5 and 10.
Booking is now open to Friends of the RA.
Courses and Classes
‘Dalí / Duchamp’: relationships
A two-day symposium
● Fully booked
● Cancelled
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3 November 2017, 1 — 5pm
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4 November 2017, 10am — 5pm
The Reynolds Room, Burlington House, Royal Academy of Arts, Piccadilly
This symposium explores the extraordinary relationship between Salvador Dalí and Marcel Duchamp, and the legacy of two of the 20th century’s greatest artists.
£120 for two days. Includes early bird entry into the exhibition on Saturday morning, refreshments throughout and a drinks reception at the end of the second day
Courses and Classes
The power of the flower! Experimentations with botanical collage
Weekend-long practical course
● Fully booked
● Cancelled
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4 November 2017, 10.30am — 5.30pm
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5 November 2017, 10.30am — 5.30pm
Learning Studio, Burlington House, Royal Academy
Flowers will be the inspiration for creating colourful and innovative artworks using mixed media, découpage and collage in this practical course led by Sadie Hennessy, Screen Print Fellow at the Royal Academy.
£420. Includes all materials, lunch and wine reception at the end of the second day.
Courses and Classes
Oil paint into collage: a point of departure
Four-week practical evening course
● Fully booked
● Cancelled
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7 November 2017, 6.30 — 9.30pm
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14 November 2017, 6.30 — 9.30pm
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21 November 2017, 6.30 — 9.30pm
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28 November 2017, 6.30 — 9.30pm
The Learning Studio, Burlington House, Royal Academy of Arts, Piccadilly
Figurative painter Andy Pankhurst leads both a techniques and ideas-based course working directly and perceptually from differing life models and poses each week.
£420. Includes all materials and a drinks reception at the end of the final session.
Courses and Classes
‘Matisse in the Studio’: the nude
Weekend-long practical course
● Fully booked
● Cancelled
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11 November 2017, 10.30am — 5.30pm
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12 November 2017, 10.30am — 5.30pm
The Life Room, RA Schools, Piccadilly
Join artist Adele Wagstaff for an intensive practical course focusing on drawing and painting the nude, exploring the relationship between artist and model, inspired by the ‘Matisse in the Studio’ exhibition.
£420. Includes all materials, lunch and wine reception at the end of the second day.
Workshops
Open Saturdays: Demonstrate & Create
● Fully booked
● Cancelled
Saturday 11 November 2017
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.
Courses and Classes
Friends and Academicians’ Room members life drawing: following the form
Evening session
● Fully booked
● Cancelled
Tuesday 14 November 2017
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. These practical sessions provide expert-led tuition in a social and welcoming environment. This month’s session concentrates on following the form.
£50. Includes a drinks reception and all practical materials. Friends and Academicians’ Room members only.
Booking is now open to Friends of the RA.
Courses and Classes
Oil painting from the life model
Weekend-long practical course
● Fully booked
● Cancelled
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18 November 2017, 10.30am — 5.30pm
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19 November 2017, 10.30am — 5.30pm
Learning Studio, Burlington House, Royal Academy
Learn the practical methods, tools and techniques of using oil paint, while working directly from a life model, in this exciting weekend-long workshop led by award-winning artist Andy Pankhurst.
£480. Includes all materials, lunch and wine reception at the end of the second day.
Courses and Classes
How to write about art
Two-day art theory course
● Fully booked
● Cancelled
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18 November 2017, 10am — 5pm
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19 November 2017, 10am — 5pm
The General Assembly Room, Burlington House, Royal Academy of Arts, Piccadilly
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 drinks reception on Saturday evening.
Courses and Classes
Future figures: digital iPad painting and life drawing
Weekend-long practical course
● Fully booked
● Cancelled
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25 November 2017, 10.30am — 5.30pm
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26 November 2017, 10.30am — 5.30pm
The Life Room, The Royal Academy Schools
The RA Schools’ Head of Fine Art Processes and renowned figurative artist Mark Hampson leads this specialist digital workshop. Explore the possibilities of electronic drawing and painting using Apple’s iPad Pro and Apple Pencil technologies in conjunction with photographic and traditional analogue methodologies.
£420. Includes all materials, lunch and wine reception at the end of the second day.
December 2017
Courses and Classes
The vogue of vanitas and mortality
Ten-week art history and theory course
● Fully booked
● Cancelled
25 September — 4 December 2017
The Sir Hugh Casson Room for Friends, The Keeper's House, Royal Academy of Arts, Piccadilly
Join international scholars and art world experts for a 10-week series on memento mori and vanitas, exploring the aesthetic and philosophical themes around the transience of life – treated by artists across disciplines and cultures and over the ages from ancient Egypt to the present day.
£540 for full course, £320 for weeks 1 - 5 OR weeks 6 - 10. Includes all materials, light refreshments throughout and a drinks reception at the end of weeks 5 and 10.
Courses and Classes
Great exhibitions: from the ancient to the virtual
Ten-week art history and theory course
● Fully booked
● Cancelled
11 October — 13 December 2017
The Life Room, Royal Academy Schools
Andrea Tarsia, Head of Exhibitions returns to lead an international group of scholars to debate and discuss what makes an exhibition great and how great exhibitions can impact the way we view and understand art.
£540 for full course, £320 for weeks 1-5 OR weeks 6-10. Includes all materials, light refreshments throughout and a drinks reception at the end of weeks 5 and 10.
Booking is now open to Friends of the RA.
Courses and Classes
Jasper Johns: a study in print
Weekend-long practical course
● Fully booked
● Cancelled
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2 December 2017, 10.30am — 5.30pm
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3 December 2017, 10.30am — 5.30pm
The Life Room, Royal Academy Schools
Taking inspiration from the ‘Jasper Johns: ‘Something Resembling Truth’’ exhibition, participants will experiment with a range of printmaking techniques to create a series of limited edition “variable” prints.
£420. Includes all materials, lunch and wine reception at the end of the second day.
Courses and Classes
Connoisseurship: who painted what, when and how to tell
Two-day short course
● Fully booked
● Cancelled
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2 December 2017, 10am — 5pm
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3 December 2017, 10am — 5pm
The General Assembly Room, Burlington House, Royal Academy of Arts, Piccadilly
Renowned art historian and dealer Dr Bendor Grosvenor leads an intensive weekend-long course focussing 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 at the end of both days.
Courses and Classes
Friends and Academicians’ Room members life drawing: building a formal group
Evening session
● Fully booked
● Cancelled
Tuesday 5 December 2017
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. These practical sessions provide expert-led tuition in a social and welcoming environment. This month’s session concentrates on building a formal group.
£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 excursions: the Parliamentary Archives
● Fully booked
● Cancelled
Thursday 7 December 2017
11am — 12.30pm
Meet at Black Rod's entrance, Houses of Parliament, SW1A. Directions will be included with your ticket.
Friends exclusively tour the Parliamentary Archives, learning about the process of the continuing preservation of the records of the House of Lords and the House of Commons.
£25.
Workshops
Open Saturdays: Demonstrate & Create
● Fully booked
● Cancelled
Saturday 9 December 2017
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.
January 2018
Workshops
Open Saturdays: Demonstrate & Create
● Fully booked
● Cancelled
Saturday 13 January 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.
Friends events
Friends preview – ‘Charles I: King and Collector’
● Fully booked
● Cancelled
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24 January 2018, 10am — 10pm
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25 January 2018, 10am — 6pm
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26 January 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 the ‘Charles I: King and Collector’ before it is open to the public.
Free, booking required.
Booking is now open to Friends of the RA.
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