All our press releases for current and forthcoming exhibitions, as well as news from around the RA.
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Meet the team
The quickest way to get in touch is to email us at press.office@royalacademy.org.uk or give us a call on 020 7300 5615.
Head of Press, Susie Gault
020 7300 5730
susie.gault@royalacademy.org.ukSenior Press Officer, Alexandra Bradley
020 7300 5614
alexandra.bradley@royalacademy.org.ukPress Officer, Charlotte Hogg
020 7300 3614
charlotte.hogg@royalacademy.org.ukPress Assistant, Nina Sandhaus
020 7300 5615
nina.sandhaus@royalacademy.org.uk
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Materials and resources
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Exhibitions and events
You'll find media kits for all our exhibitions below. We also use www.picselect.com so that you can download all our press images directly. Please register there for a free account, and contact us if there's anything else you need to inform your editorial.
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News from the Academy
Find out moreFrom the appointment of new Academicians to the latest updates on the Academy's redevelopment plans, this is where you'll find all our news announcements.
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Forthcoming exhibitions programme
Download the 2014 Exhibitions ProgrammeWe have an exciting array of exhibitions coming up this year. Find out more about our future programme of exhibitions, including Dennis Hopper: The Lost Album, Anselm Kiefer and Allen Jones RA here.
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Media kits
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Ugo da Carpi, after Parmigianino Diogenes c. 1527
Chiaroscuro woodcut printed from four blocks, the tone blocks in green and blue 47.8 x 34.3 cm Albertina, Vienna. Photo Albertina, Vienna. Organised by the Royal Academy of Arts, London and the Albertina, Vienna.
Renaissance Impressions: Chiaroscuro woodcuts from the Collections of Georg Baselitz and the Albertina, Vienna
Download the press releaseThe Sackler Wing of Galleries
15 March – 8 June 2014Discover the lost art of Chiaroscuro woodcuts - pioneering 16th-century prints based on the exquisite designs of the Renaissance masters.
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Norman Stevens ARA The Fox, Knighsthayes 1982
etching and aquatint Private collection © Estate of the artist
Norman Stevens ARA: Selected Prints
Download the press releaseTennant Gallery
26 February—25 May 2014This spring we present the much admired prints of Norman Stevens ARA, an artist who originally trained as a painter alongside John Loker, David Hockney RA and David Oxtoby in the 1950s at Bradford College of Art and a master of the medium.
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Dennis Hopper Double Standard 1961
Photograph © Dennis Hopper, Courtesy The Hopper Art Trust www.dennishopper.com
Dennis Hopper: The Lost Album
Download the press releaseBurlington Gardens
26 June – 19 October 2014Dennis Hopper: The Lost Album at the Royal Academy of Arts will present more than four hundred original photographs taken between 1961 and 1967 by Dennis Hopper, the American actor, film director and artist. The photographs were personally selected and edited by Hopper for his first major exhibition at the Fort Worth Art Center in Texas in 1970, and the vintage prints were only re-discovered after his death in 2010.
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Media kits
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Hélio Oiticica Pintura 9 1959
Oil on canvas 115.9 x 88.9 cm Colección Patricia Phelps de Cisneros. © Projeto Hélio Oiticica
Radical Geometry: Modern Art of South America from the Patricia Phelps de Cisneros Collection
Download the press releaseThe Sackler Wing of Galleries
5 July – 28 September 2014Radical Geometry will span a dynamic period in South American art, charting the emergence of several distinct artistic movements in the cities of Montevideo (Uruguay), Buenos Aires (Argentina), São Paulo (Brazil), Rio de Janeiro (Brazil) and Caracas (Venezuela), from the 1930s to the 1970s.
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Anselm Kiefer For Paul Celan, Ash Flowers 2006
Oil, emulsion, acrylic, and shellac on canvas with burnt books 330 x 760 cm Private collection, Paris. © Anselm Kiefer.
Anselm Kiefer
Download the press releaseMain Galleries
27 September – 14 December 2014In September 2014, the Royal Academy of Arts will present the first major retrospective of Anselm Kiefer’s work to be held in the UK. Considered to be one of the most important artists of his generation, the exhibition will span over forty years from Kiefer’s early career to the present time, bringing together artwork from international private and public collections.
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R. Norman Shaw RA Working drawing of balustrade for a wooden screen (detail), drawn by W.R. Lethaby 1879-80
Pencil, black ink and coloured washes on paper © Royal Academy of Arts, London. Photo: Prudence Cuming Associates Ltd
Dream, Draw, Work: Architectural Drawings by Norman Shaw RA
Download the press releaseTennant Gallery
30 May – 26 October 2014Considered the most brilliant and influential of their time, Norman Shaw’s architectural drawings are exemplars of Victorian draughtsmanship and practice.
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News from the Academy
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El Anatsui photographed in 2013
Photo: Benedict Johnson
RA elects new Members and Fellows
Download the press releaseThe Royal Academy of Arts elects the architect Louisa Hutton and sculptor Rebecca Warren as new Royal Academicians; the artist El Anatsui and architect Peter Zumthor as Honorary Academicians; the theatre director Nicholas Hytner and author Svetlana Alpers as Honorary Fellows; and the artist Michael Landy RA as the new Eranda Professor of Drawing at the Royal Academy Schools.
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The RA welcomes Tim Marlow as Director of Artistic Programmes
Download the press releaseThe Royal Academy of Arts is pleased to announce the appointment of Tim Marlow in the new role of Director of Artistic Programmes.
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The RA exhibits courtyard installation of sculpture by Lynn Chadwick RA
Download the press releaseThe Royal Academy of Arts, in collaboration with Blain Southern gallery, London, presents a major installation in the RA Courtyard of four large-scale sculptures by Lynn Chadwick RA (1914 - 2003) to celebrate the centenary of his birth.
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Treasures from the RA Collection travel to Australia for the first time
Download the press releaseThe Royal Academy of Arts announces the most significant touring exhibition of its Collection in its 246-year history. Genius and Ambition: The Royal Academy of Arts, London opens 2 March at Bendigo Art Gallery, Australia.
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RA announces election of new academicians
Download the press releaseThe Royal Academy has elected Bob and Roberta Smith and Wolfgang Tillmans as Royal Academicians in the category of painting.
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HLF Grant
Download the press releaseRA Receives £12.7 Million Grant from HLF for Major Redevelopment.
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The Keeper's House
Download the press releaseThe Keeper’s House at the Royal Academy of Arts opens to the public following a major redevelopment
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How else can we help?
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Galleries open to press
We have dedicated press viewings for every exhibition. After the press view, our galleries remain open to all NUJ and CIoJ card holders until two weeks before the exhibition closing date. We also offer discretionary access to working journalists who are covering our exhibitions, get in touch to find out more.
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Filming and photography
As a working art institution we can't always accommodate every request for filming and photography, but we're always happy to hear from you if you'd like to arrange a shoot here. Filming and photography are always allowed on press viewings of exhibitions and we can also arrange out of hours access for crews (although you'll need to avoid filming while we're open to the public).
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