Royal Academy of Arts Events

Jean-Louis Cohen: Building The Revolution Evening Lecture

webmaster@royalacademy.org.uk (Royal Academy of Arts) — 27 Jan 2012 15:25:00 GMT

Architect and historian Jean-Louis Cohen, (Sheldon H. Solow Professor in the History of Architecture at the Institute of Fine Arts, New York) investigates post-revolutionary Russia and the context for the emergence of this radical new architecture in parallel to contemporary experiments in Europe.

The Future Memory Pavilion

webmaster@royalacademy.org.uk (Royal Academy of Arts) — 16 Jan 2012 16:30:00 GMT

In partnership with the British Council, the Royal Academy commissioned UK designers, Asif Khan and Pernilla Ohrstedt to create a pavilion for Singapore's architecture festival in October 2011. A panel of respondents including Kelvin Ang, conservation architect and former Head of Heritage Studies, Urban Redevelopment Authority, Singapore, and Christopher Woodward, director of the Garden Museum, critique and discuss the pavilion.

An Evening of Conversation with Eric Parry RA

webmaster@royalacademy.org.uk (Royal Academy of Arts) — 11 Jan 2012 15:30:00 GMT

Eric Parry RA shares his interest in materiality, time and context - both physical and psychological - in this discussion with Professor Dalibor Vesely, to accompany the launch of the second published volume of his practice's work.

Jo Noero: Memory and Transformation

webmaster@royalacademy.org.uk (Royal Academy of Arts) — 05 Jan 2012 11:00:00 GMT

South African architect Jo Noero describes the development of the Red Location Cultural Precinct in South Africa, where architecture celebrates the culture of shack settlement, formed around resistance to Apartheid. Please note that due to circumstances beyond our control, the sound quality of this recording is variable. We apologise for any inconvenience caused.

Chris Wilkinson RA: The Challenge of Materials

webmaster@royalacademy.org.uk (Royal Academy of Arts) — 03 Jan 2012 11:00:00 GMT

This lecture explores the influence that technologically advanced materials have had on Wilkinson's approach to architecture, citing projects such as the recent Department of Earth Sciences at the University of Oxford and the Gardens by the Bay conservatories in Singapore as examples.

Radical Post-Modernism Today

webmaster@royalacademy.org.uk (Royal Academy of Arts) — 29 Dec 2011 14:00:00 GMT

This event examines how digital theory and other contemporary phenomena have revived post-modernism's goals of taking architecture into the realms of taste, popular culture and meaning. Speakers include architects Sean Griffiths, Edouard Francois, Alejandro Zaera-Polo, critic Charles Jencks and academic Richard Patterson. Chaired by Jeremy Melvin.

Alexander Brodsky

webmaster@royalacademy.org.uk (Royal Academy of Arts) — 29 Dec 2011 12:00:00 GMT

Alexander Brodsky's work transcends the boundaries between art and architecture, offering a perceptive critique and challenge to the architecture and urban development emerging in contemporary Russia. A lecture in support of the exhibition 'Building the Revolution: Soviet Art and Architecture 1915-1935'.

Richard Pare in Conversation

webmaster@royalacademy.org.uk (Royal Academy of Arts) — 28 Dec 2011 17:40:00 GMT

Richard Pare discusses his 15-year campaign to photograph Russia's extraordinary but much neglected Constructivist architecture with Jay Merrick. A lecture in support of the exhibition 'Building the Revolution: Soviet Art and Architecture 1915-1935'.

John Maine RA in Conversation with Richard Cork

webmaster@royalacademy.org.uk (Royal Academy of Arts) — 28 Dec 2011 17:40:00 GMT

John Maine RA and art critic and broadcaster Dr Richard Cork consider Maine's new work 'After Cosmati', a response to the recently restored pavement at the heart of Westminster Abbey. Supported by the Friends of the Royal Academy.

Revolution: Ideals and Realities in Soviet Art and Architecture 1915-1935

webmaster@royalacademy.org.uk (Royal Academy of Arts) — 10 Nov 2011 13:45:00 GMT

A lecture by MaryAnne Stevens, exhibition co-curator, in support of the exhibition 'Building the Revolution: Soviet Art and Architecture 1915-1935'.

Margarita Tupitsyn: Kandinsky and 'The House of Utopia'

webmaster@royalacademy.org.uk (Royal Academy of Arts) — 8 Nov 2011 17:30:00 GMT

Margarita Tupitsyn considers the legacy of abstract painter Wassily Kandinsky as a theorist of architecture whose influence extended from Russian Constructivism to the German Bauhaus. A lecture in support of the exhibition 'Building the Revolution: Soviet Art and Architecture 1915-1935'.

La Vie Parisienne: The Devil and Opera in Degas's Time

webmaster@royalacademy.org.uk (Royal Academy of Arts) — 1 Nov 2011 10:35:00 GMT

A lecture by Marie-Claude Elliot, the Wallace Collection, in support of the exhibition 'Degas and the Ballet: Picturing Movement'.

Tom Kundig: Landscape, Community and Craft

webmaster@royalacademy.org.uk (Royal Academy of Arts) — 31 Oct 2011 11:30:00 GMT

Tom Kundig (of Seattle-based Olson Kundig Architects) redefines the practice of modern architecture. In his lecture he illustrates how the role of place, materials and setting combine to create his bold but sensitive designs.

Degas and the 'Freeze Frame'

webmaster@royalacademy.org.uk (Royal Academy of Arts) — 13 Oct 2011 15:00:00 GMT

A lecture by Professor Kathy Adler, art historian, in support of the exhibition 'Degas and the Ballet: Picturing Movement'.

Degas and the Dance: A Classical Artist in an Age of Technology

webmaster@royalacademy.org.uk (Royal Academy of Arts) — 10 Oct 2011 12:45:00 GMT

A lecture by Ann Dumas, exhibition curator in support of the exhibition 'Degas and the Ballet: Picturing Movement'.

Deborah Bull: The Everyday Dancer

webmaster@royalacademy.org.uk (Royal Academy of Arts) — 06 Oct 2011 16:45:00 GMT

Deborah Bull CBE, former principal dancer at the Royal Ballet and now Creative Director at the Royal Opera House, joins broadcaster Christopher Cook to preview her forthcoming book 'The Everyday Dancer', and give a behind-the-scenes look at a day in the life of a dancer.

Nigel Hall RA in Conversation with Peter Murray

webmaster@royalacademy.org.uk (Royal Academy of Arts) — 06 Oct 2011 14:30:00 GMT

Nigel Hall RA discusses his current exhibition and the inspiration he derives from landscape with Peter Murray OBE (Yorkshire Sculpture Park). Supported by the Friends of the Royal Academy.

Darcey Bussell in Conversation

webmaster@royalacademy.org.uk (Royal Academy of Arts) — 20 Sep 2011 12:30:00 GMT

In collaboration with Royal Opera House Insights, Darcey Bussell CBE, renowned as one of the greatest English dancers of all time, discusses the representation of ballet in the 21st century with Kevin O'Hare, newly-appointed Director of The Royal Ballet.

Capturing the Artist: Photographing the Artist's Studio

webmaster@royalacademy.org.uk (Royal Academy of Arts) — 19 Jun 2011 17:10:00 GMT

Sarah Lea, Royal Academy of Arts, explores the photographs by Andre Kertesz and Brassai taken in the studios of Mondrian, Matisse and Picasso.

Photographing London: The Hungarian Connection

webmaster@royalacademy.org.uk (Royal Academy of Arts) — 19 Jun 2011 12:35:00 GMT

Mike Seaborne, Senior Curator of Photographs, Museum of London, looks at documentary and street photography throughout London between the two World Wars and the Hungarian influences on their development.

Photography: Hungary's Greatest Import?

webmaster@royalacademy.org.uk (Royal Academy of Arts) — 19 Jun 2011 12:30:00 GMT

A lecture by Colin Ford, exhibition curator, in support of Eyewitness: Hungarian Photography in the 20th Century

The Brutalist and the Classicist: James Stirling and his Architecture

webmaster@royalacademy.org.uk (Royal Academy of Arts) — 15 Jul 2011 15:10:00 GMT

David Dunster, Charles Jencks and Peter Palumbo discuss the late James Stirling RA's work, his early association with Brutalism and his fraught relationship with Classicism.

Michael Craig-Martin RA: The Royal Academy Today

webmaster@royalacademy.org.uk (Royal Academy of Arts) — 17 Jun 2011 15:10:00 GMT

Michael Craig-Martin RA converses with Cornelia Parker RA and Alison Wilding RA, whose work features in the gallery curated by Craig-Martin for the Summer Exhibition, focusing on newly elected Royal Academicians.

Annual Dinner Speech 2011: Sir Nicholas Grimshaw PRA

webmaster@royalacademy.org.uk (Royal Academy of Arts) — 17 Jun 2011 15:00:00 GMT

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

Annual Dinner Speech 2011: Jeanette Winterson

webmaster@royalacademy.org.uk (Royal Academy of Arts) — 17 Jun 2011 15:00:00 GMT

Jeanette Winterson was the guest speaker at the 2011 Annual Dinner at the Royal Academy of Arts.

Monica Ali: 19 Princelet Street, The Museum of Immigration

webmaster@royalacademy.org.uk (Royal Academy of Arts) — 03 Jun 2011 15:17:00 GMT

As part of the lecture series 'Critic's Choice: London's Most Important Building', author Monica Ali selects 19 Princelet Street, an unrestored Huguenot master silk weaver's home, whose shabby frontage conceals a rare surviving synagogue. Ali highlights that despite its unique architectural, cultural and spiritual significance, 'it is so desperately in need of funding it can't afford to open to the public for more than a few days a year'. As she states 'many aspects of Britain's past are written inside the walls of this magical building, which both reflects our past and raises questions about our future.'

Handel and Watteau: Eighteenth-century Music in London and Paris

webmaster@royalacademy.org.uk (Royal Academy of Arts) — 30 May 2011 16:55:00 GMT

Harpsichordist Bridget Cunningham performs musical highlights from the Baroque era - the time of Watteau and Handel - capturing the spirit of the stunning music performed in both fashionable cities. The concert takes place in Burlington House's Saloon, where Handel himself performed when he lived there.

Wim Wenders in Conversation: Places, Strange and Quiet

webmaster@royalacademy.org.uk (Royal Academy of Arts) — 18 Apr 2011 17:55:00 GMT

Renowned film director and photographer Wim Wenders discusses his new exhibition of mostly unpublished photographs with Professor Yve Lomax, (Goldsmiths University), in his first show in London since 2003. A Royal Academy Schools Event supported by the David Lean Foundation.

Carry On Sculpture

webmaster@royalacademy.org.uk (Royal Academy of Arts) — 05 Apr 2011 15:30:00 GMT

A lecture in support of 'Modern British Sculpture' by Dr Jon Wood, Henry Moore Institute.

Preservation/Destruction: OMA - CRONOCAOS - RA Forum: Future Memory

webmaster@royalacademy.org.uk (Royal Academy of Arts) — 04 Apr 2011 17:58:00 GMT

Ippolito Pestellini and James Westcott of OMA discuss the provocations and implications of preservation, exploring how "our obsession with heritage is creating an artificial re-engineered version of our memory...". Respondents include Simon Thurley, Chief Executive of English Heritage, and the artists, Jane and Louise Wilson. Chaired by Christopher Woodward.

Mathias Klotz

webmaster@royalacademy.org.uk (Royal Academy of Arts) — 04 Apr 2011 17:55:00 GMT

Chilean architect Mathias Klotz has gained worldwide recognition over the past fifteen years for work that ranges from exquisite single family homes set in dramatic landscapes, to inspirational public buildings. His work, influenced by a European modernist tradition, is characterised by an intrinsic response to his native land's materials, techniques and traditions.

Fetes Galantes: Against the Rules

webmaster@royalacademy.org.uk (Royal Academy of Arts) — 28 Mar 2011 10:30:00 GMT

A lecture in support of 'Watteau: The Drawings' by Marie-Claude Elliot, the Wallace Collection.

Artists' Selection: Fifteen Important Sculptures

webmaster@royalacademy.org.uk (Royal Academy of Arts) — 23 Mar 2011 17:25:00 GMT

Three generations of sculptors - Phillip King CBE PPRA, Phylida Barlow and Brian Griffiths - nominate and debate their choices for the five most vital and significant sculptures worldwide in this lively discussion. Phyllida Barlow: Pablo Picasso, 'Glass of Absinthe', 1914; Gordon Matta-Clark, 'Day's End', 1975; Louise Bourgeois, 'Blind Leading the Blind', 1947-49; Eva Hesse, 'Contingent', 1969; Paleolithic Handprint, c.12,000 BCE, Caves at El Castillo, Santander Brian Griffiths: Peter Fischli and David Weiss, 'Suddenly This Overview', 1981; Sarah Lucas, 'Au Naturel', 1994; Vincent Fecteau, 'Untitled', 2010; Jeff Koons, 'Balloon Dog (Red)', 1994-2000; Mike Kelley, 'Arena #10 (Dogs)', 1990 Phillip King: Auguste Rodin, 'Eve', 1880-1881; Artemision Bronze (poseidon or Zeus), ca. 460 BCE; Constantin Brancusi, 'Endless Column', 1938; Marcel Duchamp, 'In Advance of the Broken Arm', 1964 (after original of 1915); Michelangelo, 'Pieta Rondanini (unfinished), 1564

Will Self: Stockwell Bus Garage

webmaster@royalacademy.org.uk (Royal Academy of Arts) — 21 Mar 2011 15:10:00 GMT

As part of the lecture series 'Critic's Choice: London's Most Important Building', author Will Self has proposed the Stockwell Bus Garage. Respondents include: Adrian Forty, Elain Harwood and Will Alsop RA. Please note that due to circumstances beyond our control, the sound quality of this recording is variable. We apologise for any inconvenience caused.

Watteau's Drawings: Virtuosity and Delight - an Introduction

webmaster@royalacademy.org.uk (Royal Academy of Arts) — 15 Mar 2011 17:45:00 GMT

A lecture in support of 'Watteau: The Drawings' by Katia Pisvin, exhibition co-curator.

Monuments and Forgetting - RA Forum: Future Memory

webmaster@royalacademy.org.uk (Royal Academy of Arts) — 10 Mar 2011 12:52:00 GMT

Architectural historian Christine Stevenson, architect Ian Ritchie RA and performance artist Rod Dickinson explore the function of monuments, both historically and in contemporary society, and consider the ways they control - and deflect - different types of memory. Chaired by Ines Weizman.

Masterworks: Architecture at the Royal Academy

webmaster@royalacademy.org.uk (Royal Academy of Arts) — 04 Mar 2011 13:55:00 GMT

Exhibition curator Dr. Neil Bingham introduces 'Masterworks: Architecture at the Royal Academy'.

Shock and Awe: Epstein's Adam and the Aesthetics of Carved Sculpture in the 1930s

webmaster@royalacademy.org.uk (Royal Academy of Arts) — 02 Mar 2011 12:55:00 GMT

A lecture in support of 'Modern British Sculpture' by Dr Evelyn Silber, University of Glasgow.

Wolfgang Tillmans: Royal Academy Schools Annual Lecture

webmaster@royalacademy.org.uk (Royal Academy of Arts) — 02 Mar 2011 12:35:00 GMT

Wolfgang Tillmans gives a lecture on his diverse body of work, which is distinguished not only by an attentive and insightful observation of his surroundings but also by an on-going, systematic investigation of the photographic medium's foundations. RA Schools Events are supported by the David Lean Foundation.

Antony Gormley RA: The Hayward Gallery

webmaster@royalacademy.org.uk (Royal Academy of Arts) — 28 Feb 2011 12:41:00 GMT

As part of the lecture series 'Critic's Choice: London's Most Important Building', sculptor Royal Academician Antony Gormley has nominated the Hayward Gallery as London's most important building. Respondents include: Piers Gough RA and Christopher Woodward.

British Sculpture Meets American Modernism

webmaster@royalacademy.org.uk (Royal Academy of Arts) — 15 Feb 2011 17:38:00 GMT

A lecture in support of 'Modern British Sculpture' by Professor Anne Wagner, The Henry Moore Foundation Research Curator at Tate, interrogating the modernist antipathy to advanced British sculpture to show that it is not merely a matter of form.

Something Old, Something New, Something Borrowed, Something Polychrome: The New Sculpture

webmaster@royalacademy.org.uk (Royal Academy of Arts) — 04 Feb 2011 12:05:00 GMT

A lecture in support of 'Modern British Sculpture' by Dr Mark Stocker, University of Otago.

British British Sculpture Sculpture

webmaster@royalacademy.org.uk (Royal Academy of Arts) — 02 Feb 2011 16:35:00 GMT

A lecture in support of 'Modern British Sculpture' by Dr Penelope Curtis, Tate Britain, and Keith Wilson, artist, exhibition co-curators.

Stephen Farthing RA in Conversation

webmaster@royalacademy.org.uk (Royal Academy of Arts) — 07 Dec 2010 13:43:00 GMT

Stephen Farthing RA discusses his Artists' Laboratory exhibition 'The Back Story' with art historian Professor Dawn Ades OBE.

Just What Made the Glasgow Boys so Special?

webmaster@royalacademy.org.uk (Royal Academy of Arts) — 03 Dec 2010 17:33:00 GMT

A lecture in support of 'Pioneering Painters: The Glasgow Boys 1880-1900' by MaryAnne Stevens, exhibition co-curator.

Heroes' Square: The Museum of Fine Arts Budapest

webmaster@royalacademy.org.uk (Royal Academy of Arts) — 03 Dec 2010 13:33:00 GMT

Deputy Director of the Museum of Fine Arts Budapest, Dr Andrea Czere, explores the development of its collections from 1906 to the present day. A talk in support of 'Treasures from Budapest: European Masterpieces from Leonardo to Schiele'.

Gauguin and the Glasgow Boys

webmaster@royalacademy.org.uk (Royal Academy of Arts) — 01 Dec 2010 13:03:00 GMT

A lecture by Dr Nina Lubbren, Anglia Ruskin University, in support of 'Pioneering Painters: The Glasgow Boys 1880-1900'.

Glasgow Boys and Girls

webmaster@royalacademy.org.uk (Royal Academy of Arts) — 01 Dec 2010 12:44:00 GMT

Professor Tony Jones, School of the Art Institute of Chicago, puts the Glasgow Boys paintings into context, and introduces the artists and personalities of the period. A talk in support of 'Pioneering Painters: The Glasgow Boys 1880-1900'. Please note that due to unforeseen circumstances, the recording of this event is slightly truncated.

An Art Collection for Hungary

webmaster@royalacademy.org.uk (Royal Academy of Arts) — 01 Dec 2010 12:16:00 GMT

A lecture by Joanna Norman, co-curator of 'Treasures from Budapest: European Masterpieces from Leonardo to Schiele'.

Ian McKeever RA: Hartgrove Paintings

webmaster@royalacademy.org.uk (Royal Academy of Arts) — 10 Nov 2010 15:00:00 GMT

Ian McKeever RA discusses his recent Artists' Laboratory exhibition at the RA with the Royal Academy's Secretary and Chief Executive, Charles Saumarez Smith.

Treasures from Budapest: An Introduction

webmaster@royalacademy.org.uk (Royal Academy of Arts) — 09 Nov 2010 17:00:00 GMT

By Professor David Ekserdjian, exhibition curator.

Diana Balmori: Landscape Manifesto - RA Forum

webmaster@royalacademy.org.uk (Royal Academy of Arts) — 29 Oct 2010 14:00:00 GMT

Landscape is an art of the present, fundamental to how we shape and understand both the built and natural environments. In this event chaired by art critic Richard Cork, internationally acclaimed landscape and urban designer, Diana Balmori, proposes a 25-point Landscape Manifesto that seeks to 'realign' landscape's role as a transformative and potentially transgressive art. She presents the Manifesto alongside specially devised work of Japanese video artist Mami Kosemura and a response by Eric Parry RA.

Sargent Storms Paris

webmaster@royalacademy.org.uk (Royal Academy of Arts) — 06 Oct 2010 11:00:00 GMT

The young Sargent was immediately recognised in Paris for his precocious and remarkable talent. Professor Kathy Adler considers how his brief but scintillating career there was effectively ended by the controversy surrounding his submission of 'Madame X' to the Salon of 1884.

Man with a Blue Scarf: On Sitting for a Portrait by Lucian Freud

webmaster@royalacademy.org.uk (Royal Academy of Arts) — 05 Oct 2010 14:00:00 GMT

Lucian Freud spent seven months painting a portrait of art critic Martin Gayford. The resulting book recounts their conversations and gives a rare insight into the artist's working practice. In this talk, Gayford previews his book with Freud's assistant and photographer, David Dawson, and art critic Dr Richard Cork.

Peter Rich: Landscape, Nature, Culture and Light

webmaster@royalacademy.org.uk (Royal Academy of Arts) — 24 Sep 2010 10:35:00 GMT

Monday 20 September saw a lecture by South African architect, Peter Rich, one of the leading proponents of a contemporary African architecture that fuses modernism with a tradition born from a deep understanding of African iconography and vernacular. In his lecture, he presents an array of projects that are deeply embedded in time and place promoting a truly sustainable architecture with a lasting legacy.

Annual Architecture Lecture: Louisa Hutton and Matthias Sauerbruch

webmaster@royalacademy.org.uk (Royal Academy of Arts) — 27 Aug 2010 10:35:00 GMT

The work of Berlin-based practice Sauerbruch Hutton enchants with its refined forms, sophisticated use of colour and intelligent response to urban fabric. Matthias Sauerbruch and Louisa Hutton discuss themes that inform their work, including the relationship between art and architecture, the interdependence of colour and space, and the aesthetics of sustainable architecture.

Sargent: A Personal View

webmaster@royalacademy.org.uk (Royal Academy of Arts) — 10 Aug 2010 14:35:00 GMT

An evening talk in support of the exhibition 'Sargent and the Sea'. Drawing on personal documents and reminiscences, Richard Ormond, Sargent's great-nephew and Director of the Sargent catalogue raisonne project, traces the story of Sargent's upbringing as an expatriate American in Europe, his early career and successes in Paris, his struggles to establish himself in London, his rise to fame as the greatest Anglo-American portraitist of his generation, and his prolific output as a landscapist.

Sargent and the Sea

webmaster@royalacademy.org.uk (Royal Academy of Arts) — 10 Aug 2010 15:10:00 GMT

A lunchtime lecture in support of the exhibition 'Sargent and the Sea'. Exhibition curator Sarah Cash, Corcoran Gallery of Art, investigates the themes addressed in this groundbreaking exhibition of Sargent's early marine paintings, watercolours and drawings, executed in Europe and on transatlantic voyages as a young man.

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.