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Britain's first art school was founded in 1768 and moved to the extravagantly Palladian Burlington House a century later. It is now best known for the galleries. Expect to pay for blockbusters (like 2008's popular 'From Russia' show) in the Sackler Wing or main galleries, while shows in the John Madejski Fine Rooms are drawn from the RA's holdings - ranging from Constable to Hockney - and are free. The Royal Academy's biggest event is the Summer Exhibition, which for more than two centuries has drawn from works entered by the public as well its Royal Academicians. The nozzles of the courtyard fountain are layed out to match the position of the stars and planets on the night in 1723 when Sir Joshua Reynolds, artist and RA Founding President, was born.


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Events at Royal Academy of Arts

Nicholas Hawksmoor: Architect of the Imagination

Until Sun Jun 17 Art Free

Printed on the walls are texts - including mentions of Hawksmoor churches in Dickens, TS Eliot and Moore and Campbell...

Johan Zoffany RA: Society Observed

Until Sun Jun 10 Art Critics' choice

All that's great about Zoffany can be contemplated in 'The Tribuna of the Uffizi' (1772-77), the result of a commissi...

Royal Academy Summer Exhibition 2012

Jun 4-Aug 12 Around Town New

Now in its 244th year, the RA's annual open-submission Summer Exhibition combines works in all media, including paint...

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By MATTIE - Jun 12 2011

Enter sadly one of the worst summer exhibitions the RA have put on really lost there way,where are the Kulfelds yeomans beales WARDS the real core of british art today down most of the talent as left the RA...

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By derek - Jan 16 2011

you have to pay for this exhibition, like everything else at this gallery. Kind of average exhibition also.

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