Video: Grayson Perry inside the Summer Exhibition
By Amy Macpherson
Published on 11 June 2018
Take a look inside the 250th Summer Exhibition in this video with coordinator Grayson Perry RA, as he shows us some of his highlights of this year's show.
Inside the 250th Summer Exhibition with Grayson Perry
Explore the "sensory overload" of the 2018 Summer Exhibition with Grayson Perry RA, who led a committee of fellow artists and architects in selecting and hanging this year's show. Find out more about the works he discusses in the gallery below.
Learn more about the artworks featured in this video:
182 - AC16, 2018
221 - VOTE TO LOVE, 2018
228 - SCREAM, 2018
222 - GOOD MORNING MR CORBYN - HOW ARE THE SPEED TRIALS GOING?, 2018
265 - INFINITY, 2018
260 - NIGEL FARAGE MEP, 2018
436 - RED BEAR, 2018
465 - TRANSFORMING LANDSCAPE PAINTING AFTER JOHN CONSTABLE (150 minutes), 2018
729 - LOST IN THOUGHTS, 2018
696 - CHANGE IN FORTUNE, 2018
833 - TEMPORARY FENCE, 2018
880 - SEVEN TROLLIES, SIX AND A HALF STOOLS, SIX PORTRAITS, ELEVEN PAINTINGS, AND TWO CURTAINS, 2018
879 - INSIDE IT OPENS UP AS WELL, 2018
49 - ROYAL VALKYRIE, 2018
908 - SELFIE WITH POLITICAL CAUSES, 2018
1276 - YOUNG ACADEMICIAN , 2018
1208 - HUMAN CARGO (TRIPTYCH), 2018
1265 - ONE GRAIN OF RICE, 2018
1308 - UNTITLED, 2018
1344 - CLOSING DOWN SALE, 2018
The 250th Summer Exhibition is in the Main Galleries, The Sackler Wing of Galleries and The Ronald and Rita McAulay Gallery until 19 August 2018.
The Great Spectacle
As well as celebrating the art of today, we’re also looking back at some of the important moments in the history of the Academy and its shows in The Great Spectacle: 250 Years of the Summer Exhibition. See some of the art that’s captured the interest of millions of visitors, in a cultural phenomenon that’s spanned the Enlightenment, Industrial Revolution, two world wars and the rise of the Young British Artists.
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