Royal Academy of Arts Events

Evening talk: David Nash RA

webmaster@royalacademy.org.uk (Royal Academy of Arts) — 16 Jul 2010 14:10:00 GMT

This summer, Yorkshire Sculpture Park celebrates David Nash's forty-year career with his largest exhibition to date. Nash is perhaps best known for his eloquent understanding of trees, working with their traits to create sculpture, installations and related drawings. He is joined in conversation by Peter Murray OBE, Executive Director of Yorkshire Sculpture Park, and renowned art critic Dr Richard Cork.

Ballardian Architecture: Inner and Outer Space (part two)

webmaster@royalacademy.org.uk (Royal Academy of Arts) — 13 Jul 2010 17:10:00 GMT

Lectures delivered at the symposium 'Ballardian Architecture: Inner and Outer Space', held at the Royal Academy of Arts on 15 May 2010. Part two, chaired by Gavin Parkinson, features a series of brief but powerful commentaries which each open up particular insights into Ballard's work, and together explore how Ballard's perceptions may challenge and inform contemporary architecture. The closing comments are by Ballard's partner Claire Walsh. For full details see http://bit.ly/dt1TAU

Ballardian Architecture: Inner and Outer Space (part one)

webmaster@royalacademy.org.uk (Royal Academy of Arts) — 13 Jul 2010 17:00:00 GMT

Lectures delivered at the symposium 'Ballardian Architecture: Inner and Outer Space', held at the Royal Academy of Arts on 15 May 2010. Part one, chaired by Jeremy Melvin, contains papers presented by John Gray, Nic Clear and David Cunningham, followed by a discussion. For full details see http://bit.ly/dt1TAU

Libraries as Cultural Hubs

webmaster@royalacademy.org.uk (Royal Academy of Arts) — 08 Jun 2010 16:00:00 GMT

One of a series of lectures in which architects outline their ideas for and responses to library projects. Danish architectural practice Schmidt Hammer Lassen see libraries as central to the development of contemporary culture and civic spaces of our cities. Partner, Morten Schmidt, discusses the evolution of their thinking from the Royal Danish Library in Copenhagen opened in 1999 to the University of Aberdeen New Library, now on site.

Mapwork: Sandby and the Topographical Tradition

webmaster@royalacademy.org.uk (Royal Academy of Arts) — 01 Jun 2010 16:00:00 GMT

An evening talk in support of the exhibition 'Paul Sandby RA: Picturing Britain, A Bicentenary Exhibition'. Map-making was a major part of Paul Sandby's early career on the Military Survey of Scotland, and much of his subsequent landscape art maintained connections with cartography. Professor Stephen Daniels, University of Nottingham, shows how cartography arguably enlarged the scope and power of Sandby's art.

Critic's Choice: Hans Ulrich Obrist on Fun Palace by Cedric Price

webmaster@royalacademy.org.uk (Royal Academy of Arts) — 01 Apr 2010 16:00:00 GMT

A new series in which critics make a case for what they consider to be London's most significant or important building. In this talk, Hans Ulrich Obrist discusses The unrealised Fun Palace by Cedric Price; with responses from Jude Kelly, Jeremy Melvin and Catherine Croft. This event took place on 22 March 2010.

Critic's Choice: Tristram Hunt on Trafalgar Square

webmaster@royalacademy.org.uk (Royal Academy of Arts) — 25 Mar 2010 10:31:00 GMT

A new series in which critics make a case for what they consider to be London's most significant or important building. In this talk, broadcaster Dr Tristram Hunt discusses Trafalgar Square, with responses from Edward Jones, Margaret Richardson and Matthew Gandy. This event took place on 8 March 2010.

Critic's Choice: Elain Harwood on the Commonwealth Institute

webmaster@royalacademy.org.uk (Royal Academy of Arts) — 25 Mar 2010 10:31:00 GMT

A new series in which critics make a case for what they consider to be London's most significant or important building. In this talk, historian Elain Harwood discusses the Commonwealth Institute, with responses from Paul Finch, MaryAnne Stevens and Alan Crawshaw. This event took place on 22 February 2010.

Van Gogh's Years in London

webmaster@royalacademy.org.uk (Royal Academy of Arts) — 01 Mar 2010 18:00:00 GMT

A lunchtime lecture by Martin Bailey, author and curator.

Playing Vincent

webmaster@royalacademy.org.uk (Royal Academy of Arts) — 16 Feb 2010 17:30:00 GMT

The 2002 critically acclaimed and award-winning play 'Vincent in Brixton' dramatised the artist's life in Brixton in 1873. Leading actor Jochum Ten Haaf discusses his research and preparation for the role of Vincent with Mark Edel-Hunt, who portrayed Vincent in the play's 2009 national tour.

Van Gogh and Gauguin: The Odd Couple of Art

webmaster@royalacademy.org.uk (Royal Academy of Arts) — 10 Feb 2010 16:30:00 GMT

An evening talk in support of the exhibition 'The Real Van Gogh: The Artist and His Letters'. Renowned author Martin Gayford brings to life the fraught two months in 1888 in which these two great artists shared a small house in Arles, the tensions that arose and the creative cross-pollination that resulted. Please note that parts of this recording have low levels of audio interference.

Van Gogh: The Artist and His Letters

webmaster@royalacademy.org.uk (Royal Academy of Arts) — 08 Feb 2010 09:30:00 GMT

An introduction to the exhibition 'The Real Van Gogh: The Artist and His Letters' by Ann Dumas, exhibition curator.

Van Gogh: Reading Matters

webmaster@royalacademy.org.uk (Royal Academy of Arts) — 08 Feb 2010 09:00:00 GMT

Author and Van Gogh scholar Wouter van der Veen takes us on a journey through Van Gogh's literary influences, focusing on Van Gogh as a reader of novels and poetry, and offering an unconventional approach to his work.

Ed Ruscha, John Baldessari and the West Coast Art Scene of the 1960s

webmaster@royalacademy.org.uk (Royal Academy of Arts) — 10 Dec 2009 16:00:00 GMT

Luce Annual Lecture on American Creativity

Jacob Epstein and the Significance of 'Rock Drill'

webmaster@royalacademy.org.uk (Royal Academy of Arts) — 07 Dec 2009 13:00:00 GMT

In 1974, Ann Christopher RA and her husband, foundryman Ken Cook, reconstructed Jacob Epstein's seminal work 'Rock Drill' for the Hayward Gallery's exhibition 'Vorticism and its Allies'. They join Dr Richard Cork, curator of both 'Vorticism and its Allies' and 'Wild Thing', at the Royal Academy, to revisit the 1974 exhibition, explore the significance of Epstein's 'Rock Drill', and consider its outstanding place in the history of modern British sculpture.

Anish Kapoor RA in Conversation with Sir Nicholas Serota

webmaster@royalacademy.org.uk (Royal Academy of Arts) — 04 Dec 2009 16:00:00 GMT

Sculptor Anish Kapoor RA is joined by the Director of Tate Sir Nicholas Serota for a special evening of conversation.

Anish Kapoor in Brighton

webmaster@royalacademy.org.uk (Royal Academy of Arts) — 02 Dec 2009 15:00:00 GMT

In May 2009, over 80,000 people visited the six Anish Kapoor works that were displayed throughout Brighton during his Artistic Directorship of its annual arts festival. Andrew Comben, Chief Executive of the Brighton Festival, and Andrea Rose, British Council, reflect upon Kapoor's Artistic Directorship of the 2009 Brighton Festival, his site-specific works, and the ways in which the sculptures negotiated Brighton's histories, meanings and culture.

From Colour to Concrete: A Journey through the Work of Anish Kapoor

webmaster@royalacademy.org.uk (Royal Academy of Arts) — 02 Dec 2009 11:00:00 GMT

A lunchtime talk in support of the exhibition 'Anish Kapoor' in the Main Galleries. Delivered by exhibition co-curator Dr Adrian Locke.

Annual Architecture Lecture 2009: Snøhetta - Works

webmaster@royalacademy.org.uk (Royal Academy of Arts) — 09 Nov 2009 15:20:00 GMT

Craig Dykers and Kjetil Thorsen, co-founders of Norwegian architectural practice Snøhetta and designers of Oslo's acclaimed new National Opera & Ballet House, delivered the 2009 Annual Architecture Lecture. The lecture ends with a short video; this and some accompanying slides can be found at www.royalacademy.org.uk/architecture/snohetta.

Andrew Motion at the Royal Academy of Arts

webmaster@royalacademy.org.uk (Royal Academy of Arts) — 06 Oct 2009 16:20:00 GMT

An evening lecture in support of the exhibition 'J.W. Waterhouse: The Modern Pre-Raphaelite'. Former Poet Laureate Andrew Motion looks at the influence Keats and Tennyson had on the work of J. W. Waterhouse. In association with the Poetry Society.

Sir Tim Rice in Conversation

webmaster@royalacademy.org.uk (Royal Academy of Arts) — 17 Jul 2009 15:30:00 GMT

An evening lecture in support of the exhibition 'J.W. Waterhouse: The Modern Pre-Raphaelite'. Lyricist and art collector Sir Tim Rice reveals his enthusiasm and admiration for Waterhouse, and discusses the paintings he has lent to the exhibition, in a conversation with exhibition co-curator MaryAnne Stevens.

Annual Dinner Speech 2009: Sir Nicholas Grimshaw PRA

webmaster@royalacademy.org.uk (Royal Academy of Arts) — 05 Jun 2009 18:30:00 GMT

The Annual Dinner Speech by the President of Royal Academy of Arts, Sir Nicholas Grimshaw.

Annual Dinner Speech 2009: Professor Germaine Greer

webmaster@royalacademy.org.uk (Royal Academy of Arts) — 05 Jun 2009 18:30:00 GMT

Professor Germaine Greer was the guest speaker at the 2009 Annual Dinner at the Royal Academy of Arts.

Chamberlin Powell and Bon: The Architects Who Made London with Maxwell Hutchinson

webmaster@royalacademy.org.uk (Royal Academy of Arts) — 22 Apr 2009 14:30:00 GMT

Chamberlin Powell and Bon designed a larger area of postwar London than any other architectural practice, encompassing the Golden Lane Estate and the adjacent Barbican. Series presenter Maxwell Hutchinson is joined by Elain Harwood who outlines their radical vision for buildings and the spaces around them, combining private and social housing, education buildings and a major arts complex. For more information on this lecture series and the RA's Architecture Programme see www.royalacademy.org.uk/architecture.

Alison and Peter Smithson: The Architects Who Made London with Maxwell Hutchinson

webmaster@royalacademy.org.uk (Royal Academy of Arts) — 22 Apr 2009 14:00:00 GMT

The Smithsons exercised a fascination over London's architectural scene with a small number of iconic projects - and a keen sense of their own importance. Series presenter Maxwell Hutchinson is joined by Max Risselada who discusses their theoretical and architectural impact on London, looking at such buildings as the Economist Building and the controversial Robin Hood Gardens. For more information on this lecture series and the RA's Architecture Programme see www.royalacademy.org.uk/architecture.

Powell and Moya: The Architects Who Made London with Maxwell Hutchinson

webmaster@royalacademy.org.uk (Royal Academy of Arts) — 16 Apr 2009 15:00:00 GMT

Philip Powell RA and Jacko Moya launched their practice when they won the competition for the Churchill Gardens housing estate in Pimlico, bringing a human quality to the modernist style. The incredible structure of the Skylon at the Festival of Britain has stayed in people's imagination, while Powell and Moya's mark was left on London with the Museum of London and the Queen Elizabeth II Conference Centre, as architectural historian Kenneth Powell discusses with series presenter Maxwell Hutchinson. For more information on this lecture series and the RA's Architecture Programme see www.royalacademy.org.uk/architecture.

Sir Denys Lasdun RA: The Architects Who Made London with Maxwell Hutchinson

webmaster@royalacademy.org.uk (Royal Academy of Arts) — 15 Apr 2009 10:00:00 GMT

Denys Lasdun's bold and dramatic designs of the 1960s, like the National Theatre and the Royal College of Physicians, are among the most notable buildings to come from the theoretical energy that made London an important centre for architectural thought in the 1950s. Series presenter Maxwell Hutchinson is joined by Dr Barnabas Calder, University of Strathclyde, who reveals Lasdun's very personal interpretation of archetypal forms, which Lasdun believed to be the essence of architecture and city-making. For more information on this lecture series and the RA's Architecture Programme see www.royalacademy.org.uk/architecture.

Erno Goldfinger RA: The Architects Who Made London with Maxwell Hutchinson

webmaster@royalacademy.org.uk (Royal Academy of Arts) — 03 Apr 2009 13:00:00 GMT

Before the Second World War, Hungarian-born Erno Goldfinger's London work was primarily small projects like his own Hampstead house. By the early 1960s, large-scale development opportunities saw him create some of London's most recognisable buildings, such as Alexander Fleming House and Balfron and Trellick Towers. Professor Alan Powers, University of Greenwich, discusses this important architect with series presenter Maxwell Hutchinson. For more information on this lecture series and the RA's Architecture Programme see www.royalacademy.org.uk/architecture.

Icons and Iconoclasm: Religious Imagery in Christianity, Judaism and Islam

webmaster@royalacademy.org.uk (Royal Academy of Arts) — 26 Mar 2009 16:00:00 GMT

An evening lecture in support of the exhibition 'Byzantium 330-1453'. In contrast to the polytheistic religions and their exuberant depictions of their many gods, Christianity, Judaism and Islam have distinct reservations about displaying images of their God. This panel discussion explores iconoclasm and why, when and how it happens. Panellists Professor Judith Herrin, King's College London; Dr Sabiha Al Khemir, Museum of Islamic Art, Doha; Professor Philip Alexander, University of Manchester Centre for Jewish Studies; and historian and broadcaster Bettany Hughes explore iconoclasm and why, when and how it happens. Supported by the London Centre for Arts and Cultural Enterprise.

A Sinai Illuminated Manuscript of the Heavenly Ladder: Spiritual Ascents through Art

webmaster@royalacademy.org.uk (Royal Academy of Arts) — 18 Feb 2009 10:00:00 GMT

An evening lecture in support of the exhibition 'Byzantium 330-1453'. Father Justin, Librarian of the Monastery of Saint Catherine, Sinai, discusses how the illuminated manuscript of The Ladder of Divine Ascent provides insights into the spirituality of Sinai and the theology of art in the Orthodox Church. Supported by The Hellenic Foundation.

Icons and the Practice of Prayer

webmaster@royalacademy.org.uk (Royal Academy of Arts) — 26 Jan 2009 10:00:00 GMT

A lunchtime lecture in support of the exhibition 'Byzantium 330-1453'. Icons are - among other things - practical aids to meditative prayer, and painted in a climate of prayer. His Grace Dr Rowan Williams, The Archbishop of Canterbury, looks at some aspects of how this has worked in the past and still works today.

Women, Men and Eunuchs: The Three Sexes in Byzantium

webmaster@royalacademy.org.uk (Royal Academy of Arts) — 23 Dec 2008 15:00:00 GMT

An evening lecture in support of the exhibition 'Byzantium 330-1453'. Professor Liz James, University of Sussex, explores the different roles and lifestyles allocated to the three sexes who made up Byzantine society: men, the most important; women, the least significant; and eunuchs, neither one nor the other.

The Maeght Family: A Passion for Collecting Modern Art

webmaster@royalacademy.org.uk (Royal Academy of Arts) — 19 Nov 2008 10:00:00 GMT

An evening lecture in support of the exhibition 'Miró, Calder, Giacometti, Braque: Aimé Maeght and His Artists'. Isabelle and Yoyo Maeght, in conversation with exhibition curator Ann Dumas, recall the story of their extraordinary family and key events in their family history, including the legacy of the internationally renowned Maeght Foundation. This event took place at the Royal Academy of Arts on 31 October 2008.

Four Friends in Close-Up: Miró, Calder, Giacometti, Braque

webmaster@royalacademy.org.uk (Royal Academy of Arts) — 14 Nov 2008 16:55:00 GMT

An evening lecture in support of the exhibition 'Miró, Calder, Giacometti, Braque: Aimé Maeght and His Artists'. Four great, highly dissimilar artists exhibited at the Galerie Maeght in Paris. Rosamond Bernier, creator of the art review L'OEIL, knew them well. She tells us about their surroundings and what they were like as people. This event took place at the Royal Academy of Arts on 10 September 2008.

Annual Architecture Lecture: Kengo Kuma - Nature and Architecture

webmaster@royalacademy.org.uk (Royal Academy of Arts) — 24 Jul 2008 10:55:00 GMT

Celebrated Japanese architect Kengo Kuma delivered the Royal Academy's 2008 Annual Architecture Lecture on 14 July. In recent years Kuma has designed a number of projects in Europe, including the Sake No Hana restaurant in London. Most of his work however remains in Asia. With their exquisite control of surface, which can be transparent, opaque, reflective, sliced or solid, his buildings offer different ways of appreciating their site and through that appreciation to engage in contemplation of ideas or objects within them. The Annual Architecture Lecture is proudly supported by John Robertson Architects and the Japanese Committee of Honour of the Royal Academy of Arts. A selection of images of Kuma's work can be viewed at www.royalacademy.org.uk/kuma.

Discovering Hammershøi

webmaster@royalacademy.org.uk (Royal Academy of Arts) — 09 Jul 2008 17:46:00 GMT

An evening lecture in support of the exhibition 'Vilhelm Hammershøi: The Poetry of Silence', 28 June - 7 September 2008. Michael Palin talks about how he first came across the work of Hammershøi, what it was about it that so impressed him, and how he and his colleagues from BBC Glasgow set about the tricky task of finding out more about the artist himself. This event took place at the Royal Academy of Arts on 4 July 2008.

Tracey Emin RA in Conversation with Matthew Collings

webmaster@royalacademy.org.uk (Royal Academy of Arts) — 07 Jul 2008 16:30:00 GMT

Please note this recording contains explicit language. Tracey Emin RA, in conversation with artist, art critic and broadcaster Matthew Collings, discusses her role within the Royal Academy, the Academy's relationship to the contemporary art world, and her perspective - as an artist - on hanging a gallery in the Summer Exhibition. A Royal Academy Schools Event in collaboration with RA Events. RA Schools Events are supported by the David Lean Foundation. This event took place at the Royal Academy of Arts on 20 June 2008.

Royal Academy Annual Dinner Speech 2008: Mayor Boris Johnson

webmaster@royalacademy.org.uk (Royal Academy of Arts) — 9 Jun 2008 13:50:00 GMT

The Royal Academy of Arts Annual Dinner Speech was delivered this year by London Mayor Boris Johnson.

Norman Foster RA: Russian Projects

webmaster@royalacademy.org.uk (Royal Academy of Arts) — 28 May 2008 13:30:00 GMT

Norman Foster RA unveils plans for an ambitious cultural quarter for the Pushkin State Museum, Moscow. He sets this project in the context of Foster + Partners' work in Russia, ranging from the historic New Holland Island in St Petersburg to Russia Tower, a vertical city in Moscow. This event took place at the Royal Academy of Arts on 3 April 2008. To view the slides associated with this event, see royalacademy.org.uk/foster. Due to recording conditions the sound quality of this recording is lower than usual - please accept our apologies.

London County Council (LCC): The Architects Who Made London with Maxwell Hutchinson

webmaster@royalacademy.org.uk (Royal Academy of Arts) — 15 May 2008 16:26:00 GMT

Each of the stylistic idioms of LCC Architects' Department made their mark on London, and are apparent across the city. The department distinguished itself before 1900 with two outstanding urban social housing schemes at Millbank and Boundary Road in Shoreditch. Later it added cottage estates to the city fringe and the now ubiquitous brick-clad, walk-up, gallery-access apartment blocks. Their contribution to the Thames River frontage can be seen as clients for the London County Hall and as architects of the Royal Festival Hall. Series presenter Maxwell Hutchinson is joined by Simon Pepper, Professor of Architecture at Liverpool University, who looks at the work of the LCC with his particular knowledge of social and architectural history. This event took place at the Royal Academy of Arts on 28 April 2008. For more information on this lecture series and the RA's Architecture Programme see www.royalacademy.org.uk/architecture.

Tecton and Berthold Lubetkin RA: The Architects Who Made London with Maxwell Hutchinson

webmaster@royalacademy.org.uk (Royal Academy of Arts) — 29 Apr 2008 15:33:00 GMT

Led by Berthold Lubetkin, the architectural practice Tecton combined a passion for social reform with a deeper knowledge of European modernism, in the designs for the penguin enclosure at London Zoo, the residential tower block of Highpoint, and the Finsbury Health Centre. The post-war housing schemes of Spa and Priory Greens set a thoughtful precursor to the onslaught of social housing projects which dominated London and set the pattern for other large scale redevelopment by Tecton's successors' practices. Architect and Lubetkin's biographer, John Allan, discusses these and other projects with series presenter Maxwell Hutchinson, elaborating on how Lubetkin's continental and Russian background influenced areas of London we see today. This event took place at the Royal Academy of Arts on 14 April 2008. For more information on this lecture series and the RA's Architecture Programme see www.royalacademy.org.uk/architecture.

Charles Holden: The Architects Who Made London with Maxwell Hutchinson

webmaster@royalacademy.org.uk (Royal Academy of Arts) — 16 Apr 2008 17:05:00 GMT

Schooled in the Arts and Crafts movement, Charles Holden adapted its free composition to large institutional buildings of the 1920s and '30s. Senate House was London's tallest building on completion, and heralded as a synthesis of the demands of modernity and obligations to tradition. But it is his work for London Transport, including its headquarters at 55 Broadway and the magnificent series of underground stations from Arnos Grove to Osterley, that mark his greatest contribution to the city. Eitan Karol, author of the first book-length study of Charles Holden and his architecture, presents him as one of the first of the Moderns in Britain, prior to a discussion with series presenter Maxwell Hutchinson. This event took place at the Royal Academy of Arts on 31 March 2008. For more information on this lecture series and the RA's Architecture Programme see www.royalacademy.org.uk/architecture.

Sir Edwin Lutyens PRA: The Architects Who Made London with Maxwell Hutchinson

webmaster@royalacademy.org.uk (Royal Academy of Arts) — 07 Apr 2008 17:50:00 GMT

Edwin Lutyens' London projects range from the great barn-like churches of Hampstead Garden Suburb to commercial buildings, such as the 'Wrenaissance' headquarters for Country Life in Covent Garden, or the Baroque grandeur of Britannic House on Finsbury Circus. After World War I he was involved in the creation of monuments to commemorate the fallen, including the powerful and moving Cenotaph in Whitehall and the Tower Hill memorial. Margaret Richardson, Honorary Curator of Architecture at the Royal Academy, discusses with series presenter Maxwell Hutchinson how Lutyens' work imaginatively adapted traditional architectural styles to the requirements of his time. This event took place at the Royal Academy of Arts on 10 March 2008. For more information on this lecture series and the RA's Architecture Programme see www.royalacademy.org.uk/architecture.

Richard Norman Shaw RA: The Architects Who Made London with Maxwell Hutchinson

webmaster@royalacademy.org.uk (Royal Academy of Arts) — 07 Apr 2008 13:32:00 GMT

Richard Norman Shaw was the most inventive of a group of late nineteenth-century architects who introduced a new freedom of composition which expressed London's increasing social and physical diversity. His contribution to Bedford Park, London's first garden suburb, showed how such eclecticism could give identity to the rapidly growing city fringe, while buildings like New Scotland Yard and Albert Hall Mansions indicated a way beyond the dichotomy of classical or gothic architecture for city centre sites. Andrew Saint, general editor of the Survey of London, and author of the most comprehensive book on Shaw, discusses Shaw's originality and vision as an architect with series presenter Maxwell Hutchinson. This event took place at the Royal Academy of Arts on 25 February 2008. For more information on this lecture series and the RA's Architecture Programme see www.royalacademy.org.uk/architecture.

Sir Aston Webb PRA: The Architects Who Made London with Maxwell Hutchinson

webmaster@royalacademy.org.uk (Royal Academy of Arts) — 06 Apr 2008 16:35:00 GMT

With Admiralty Arch and the east front of Buckingham Palace, Aston Webb gave central London a grandeur equal to the Edwardian age. His designs for the Victoria and Albert Museum and much of the nearby Imperial College and Royal School of Mines show a great appreciation of architectural tradition. But his restoration of the ruined church of St Bartholomew the Great at Smithfield may be his most personal contribution to London. Series presenter Maxwell Hutchinson is joined by Ian Dungavell, Director of The Victorian Society, in exploring the work of this Royal Academician architect. This event took place at the Royal Academy of Arts on 11 February 2008. For more information on this lecture series and the RA's Architecture Programme see www.royalacademy.org.uk/architecture.

All the Empty Palaces: The Patrons Who Brought Modern Art to Russia

webmaster@royalacademy.org.uk (Royal Academy of Arts) — 03 Apr 2008 15:35:00 GMT

An evening lecture in support of the exhibition 'From Russia: French and Russian Master Paintings 1870-1925 from Moscow and St Petersburg', 26 January - 18 April 2008. By 1917, Moscow textile merchant Sergei Shchukin had assembled the most important collection of modern Western art in the world, including numerous works by Cezanne, van Gogh, Gauguin, Matisse and Picasso. Yet for more than 70 years he and his fellow collector, Ivan Morosov, were obliterated from the Soviet record. Authors Hilary Spurling and Natalia Semonova recount how Beverly Kean first uncovered their remarkable story for her book All the Empty Palaces. This event took place at the Royal Academy of Arts on 29 February 2008.

Allen Jones RA in conversation with Mel Gooding

webmaster@royalacademy.org.uk (Royal Academy of Arts) — 18 Feb 2008 15:06:06 GMT

Allen Jones RA has enjoyed international recognition as a painter, sculptor and printmaker for over 40 years. To coincide with his exhibition in the RA's Tennant Room, the artist discusses Pop Art, eroticism, controversy and success with critic Mel Gooding. In collaboration with the RA Collection. This event took place at the Royal Academy of Arts on Saturday 2 February 2008.

John Richardson in conversation with Richard Shone

webmaster@royalacademy.org.uk (Royal Academy of Arts) — 12 Feb 2008 17:48:00 GMT

An evening lecture in support of the exhibition 'From Russia: French and Russian Master Paintings 1870-1925 from Moscow and St Petersburg',26 January - 18 April 2008. Distinguished author and renowned Picasso biographer John Richardson and Richard Shone, editor of The Burlington Magazine, discuss Pablo Picasso's 1919 visit with the Russian Ballet to London, his relationships with his peers and his personal connection to Russia. This event took place at the Royal Academy of Arts on Friday 23 November 2007.