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Events and activities

All events take place at 6 Burlington Gardens and are free with an exhibition ticket with no booking required.

Free Friday Lates

In conversation with Ackroyd & Harvey

6.30–7.30pm

Ackroyd & Harvey, Beuys' Acorns, 2007 onwards.
Ackroyd & Harvey, Beuys' Acorns, 2007 onwards. Mixed media, Courtesy of the artists

These talks focus on the human interdependence with the natural world through the presence of trees.

29 January
Award-winning author Jay Griffiths joins Ackroyd & Harvey. Griffiths’s publications include Wild: An Elemental Journey, Pip Pip: A Sideways Look at Time, and Anarchipelago. “Like Henry David Thoreau, Jay Griffiths wants to live deep and suck out all the marrow of life….an immersionist… [her] research is impressive… [her] writing dexterous and lush… a passionate plea for the preservation of wilderness.” – The New York Times

Free Gallery Talks

2.30pm Thursdays
45-minute introductory talks; free with an exhibition ticket.

Access for all

The RA offers a range of visual aids for use in the galleries and an access programme of events. Disabled visitors can book parking spaces and wheelchairs on 020 7300 8028. Contact the Access Officer on tel/text 020 7300 5732, fax 020 7300 8013 or email access@royalacademy.org.uk

One-minute manifestos

We invited exhibiting artists, art world luminaries and visitors to record their own 1-minute manifestos in response to the exhibition. This was the result