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Sidney Nolan, 'Ned Kelly' (detail), 1946. Enamel paint on composition board. 90.8 x 121.5 cm. National Gallery of Australia, Canberra. Gift of Sunday Reed, 1977.
George Bellows, 'Stag at Sharkey’s' (detail), 1909. Oil on canvas, 92 x 112.6 cm. The Cleveland Museum of Art. Hinman B. Hurlbut Collection. Photo © The Cleveland Museum of Art.
Sydney Lee, 'The Sleeping Square' (detail), 1928. Aquatint, mezzotint and roulette. Private collection. © estate of the artist.
Sir Hugh Casson PRA, 'Elephant and Rhinoceros Pavilion, London Zoo'(detail), c.1971. © Royal Academy of Arts, London.
Viewing events occurring on 26 February 2009
31 January—13 April 2009
Exhibitions - In the Main Galleries, Burlington House
FINAL DAYS
The Royal Academy of Arts presents the first exhibition devoted to Andrea Palladio (1508 - 1580) to be held in London for over 30 years. Palladio was not only one of the...
25 October 2008—22 March 2009
Exhibitions - In the Main Galleries, Burlington House
FINAL DAYS
Supported by The J.F. Costopoulos Foundation, the A.G. Leventis Foundation and the Stavros Niarchos Foundation.
This ground-breaking exhibition, a collaboration between...
20 February—1 March 2009
Exhibitions - In The Sackler Wing of Galleries, Burlington House
Free
The Premiums exhibition is a selection of the best contemporary work being produced by second year students studying at the Royal Academy Schools.
18 November 2008—17 April 2009
Exhibitions - In the Library Print Room
Free
From the Royal Academy’s own collection, this display brings together drawings and images showing the creation the great staircase during Regency London between 1812 and 1818 for the wealthy Lord George...
Read more about Samuel Ware and the Creation of the Great Staircase, Burlington House
12 December 2008—17 March 2009
Exhibitions - In the Sir Hugh Casson Room for Friends of the Royal Academy
Free
27 January—28 April 2009
Exhibitions - In the Architecture Space
Free
Due to popular demand the film interviews will be on show until 28 April.
Through film interviews and pictorial essays, international architects identify their affinity with, or indeed their critique...
Read more about Andrea Palladio: Through the eyes of contemporary architects
20 December 2008—29 November 2009
Free
A little-known national treasure, the Royal Academy's Collection focuses predominantly on British art and architecture from the 18th century to the present day.
Read more about The Permanent Collection on display in the John Madejski Fine Rooms
26 February 2009
SOLD OUT Opening especially for Friends, Kelmarsh Hall is an eighteenth-century Palladian-style manor designed by James Gibbs.
Every Thursday until 19 March 2009
Gallery and spotlight talks - In the Main Galleries, Burlington House
Free
10-minute talks on individual works in 'Byzantium 330–1453'.
