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Royal Academy of Arts (London)
 Royal Academy of Arts (London) ... Society of Artists after an unseemly leadership dispute between two leading architects, Sir William Chambers and James Paine. Paine won, but Chambers vowed revenge and used his strong connections with the King to create a new artistic body, the Royal Academy, in 1768. It was formally launched the following year. Sir Joshua Reynolds was its first president, and Benjamin West its second.Newest Review: ... they commission and buy in international art shows which can range from the art of the Aztecs and the art of Tibet to Byzantine art and blockbuster names like Monet. They need to put on crowd-pleasing shows as they are not funded by government and need to revenue but the exhibitions are always well researched and there is no sham content going on here. The catalogues are seminal books on a ... more ... subject, picture-rich and full of top academic research.
The two exhibition spaces include the main rooms on the first floor which carry the big name shows and the more intimate space on the top floor which can be more experimental bringing lesser kn...more |
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Royal Academy of Arts (London): The Royal Academy of Arts- a top rate art venue (297 words)
by - written on 20/05/09 (Very useful, 5 readings)
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For the general visitor, the Royal Academy of Arts on Picadilly is basically a paying exhibitions space with a rotating programme. The RA doesn't have a collection to care for and display like the National Gallery but accordingly has a freer and more entrepreneurial approach to making art exhibitions as it is not accountable to government. Basically they commission and buy in international art shows which can range from the art of the Aztecs and the art of Tibet to Byzantine art and blockbuster names like Monet. They need to put on crowd-pleasing shows as they are not funded by government and need to revenue but the exhibitions are always well researched and ... Read the complete review
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