The Great Spectacle: 250 Years of the Summer Exhibition
THIS EVENT ENDED ON THE 19TH AUGUST 2018
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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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DATES 15th September 2018 to 20th January 2019
VENUE Royal Academy of Arts
He has designed some of the most striking buildings in our modern cities, from the Pompidou Centre in Paris to The Shard in London and the new Whitney Museum of American Art in New York. In September 2018, Renzo Piano is the subject of the first annual architecture exhibition in the Royal Academy of Arts' newly refurbished galleries in Burlington G... More about this event
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VENUE Royal Academy of Arts
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VENUE Royal Academy of Arts
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PRICING £16, concs £14
DATES 4th November 2018 to 3rd February 2019
VENUE Royal Academy of Arts
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