The Great Spectacle: 250 Years of the Summer Exhibition
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Held every year since 1769, the Royal Academy's Summer Exhibition is the world's longest running annual display of contemporary art. Staged to coincide with the 250th Summer Exhibition, The Great Spectacle tells the story of the annual show by featuring highlights from the past 250 years, on display in the RA's The John Madejski Fine Rooms. The exhibition includes works by the Royal Academy's first president, Joshua Reynolds, rival Thomas Gainsborough and fellow artist John Constable. Everyone from J.M.W. Turner to John Singer Sargent, Peter Blake to Zaha Hadid is included in the review.
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VENUE Royal Academy of Arts
A display which illustrates how art, and in particular drawing, has been taught at the Royal Academy over the past 250 years and gives a glimpse of what happens now.
The Making Of An Artist: The Great TraditionThe Making Of An Artist: The Great TraditionHighlights from the RA Collection are brought together to explore whether great art begins with nature, or begins with studying the great art of the past. The display includes an almost full-size 16th-century copy of Leonardo's Last Supper.2018-12-10T10:00:00+00002018-12-31T00:00:00+0000
Where:
Royal Academy of Arts,
Burlington House
W1J 0BD
Category: eventFree EventOngoing
The Making Of An Artist: The Great Traditionevent > Exhibitions > Art exhibitions - Painting | PRICING Free
DATES 19th May to 31st December 2018
VENUE Royal Academy of Arts
Highlights from the RA Collection are brought together to explore whether great art begins with nature, or begins with studying the great art of the past. The display includes an almost full-size 16th-century copy of Leonardo's Last Supper.
Alternate names and popular misspellings for The Great Spectacle: 250 Years of the Summer Exhibition
The Great Spectacle: 250 Years of the Summer Exhibition, The Great Spectacle: 250 Years of the Sumer Exhibition
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