The Royal Academy Summer Exhibition returns to an autumn slot for a second year as the ramifications of the pandemic continue to play out.\n\nKirsty Wark and Brenda Emmanus go behind the scenes at the London arts institution to find out which aspiring artists will make it on to the walls this year. The 2021 edition is the vision of celebrated British-Nigerian artist Yinka Shonibare, whose bold ambition to reclaim magic permeates every choice in this monumental show.\n\nKirsty meets Cathie Pilkington, the new Keeper of the Royal Academy Schools, to learn about the plans afoot for the country's most prestigious art college, while Brenda investigates an intriguing act of censorship from the 1770s in the early days of the RA.\n\nThe programme culminates with the Royal Academy's legendary Summer Exhibition Preview Party, with an exclusive musical performance from rising superstar Joy Crookes. Featuring work by major artists including Gary Hume, Angela de la Cruz, Grayson Perry and Tracey Emin, this is the story of the country's favourite exhibition.
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2021. 2021
The Royal Academy Summer Exhibition returns to an autumn slot for a second year as the ramifications of the pandemic continue to play out.\n\nKirsty Wark and Brenda Emmanus go b ...
02-10-2021
BBC 2
2020. 2020
Kirsty Wark and Brenda Emmanus present this year's Royal Academy Summer Exhibition, a show with challenges like no other in its 252-year history. Postponed into the winter month ...
17-10-2020
BBC 2
4. 2018
This year the Royal Academy celebrates its 250th Summer Exhibition and artist Grayson Perry takes the helm to coordinate the world's longest running and largest open-submission ...
16-06-2018
BBC 2
4. 2018
This year the Royal Academy celebrates its 250th Summer Exhibition and artist Grayson Perry takes the helm to coordinate the world's longest running and largest open-submission ...
16-06-2018
BBC 2
2020. 2020
Kirsty Wark and Brenda Emmanus present this year's Royal Academy Summer Exhibition, a show with challenges like no other in its 252-year history. Postponed into the winter month ...
17-10-2020
BBC 2
2021. 2021
The Royal Academy Summer Exhibition returns to an autumn slot for a second year as the ramifications of the pandemic continue to play out.\n\nKirsty Wark and Brenda Emmanus go b ...
02-10-2021
BBC 2