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THE ROYAL ACADEMY SUMMER/WINTER EXHIBITION 2020

The summer exhibition has been an annual event since 1769 and is always an occasion for innovation, experiment and debate. But 2020 may prove to be its most extraordinary year yet, with the opening delayed by the Covid-19 pandemic. Indigo by Eileen Cooper OBE RA This is the exhibition that the critics love to hate.… Continue reading THE ROYAL ACADEMY SUMMER/WINTER EXHIBITION 2020

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Picasso and Paper

Royal Academy of Art 25 January- 13 April Pablo Picasso drawing in Antibes 1946 Black and White Photo Copyright Michel Sima/Bridgeman editions. This is the RA Spring 2020 blockbuster Billed as the most comprehensive exhibition devoted to Picasso's imaginative and original uses of paper ever to be held. There are over 300 works encompassing Picasso's… Continue reading Picasso and Paper

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Lucian Freud The Self Portraits

This small but packed exhibition is on from 27th October 2019 until 26th January 2020 in the Sackler Wing at The Royal Academy of Arts Burlington House Piccadilly London W1J 0BD https://www.royalacademy.org.uk/ Ok let's start with the biographical bit, Freud was born in Berlin in 1922 and moved to the UK in 1933 to escape… Continue reading Lucian Freud The Self Portraits

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Antony Gormley at the Royal Academy

Antony Gormley is an internationally renowned sculptor. Known mainly for his huge sculptures such as Angel of the North. This exhibition covers his work from his early beginnings in the late 1970's to his latest works.             The human body is at the core of his practice, but he is not interested in realistic likenesses,… Continue reading Antony Gormley at the Royal Academy