RA’s Summer Exhibition rescheduled to autumn

The Summer Exhibition at the Royal Academy of London has been an annual event ever since 1769. However this year, the event, originally due to run 9 June — 16 August, will be postponed due to the Covid-19 pandemic causing widespread disruption to society and everyday life. The RA says the rescheduled new dates in the autumn will be announced in due course.

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The Summer Exhibition is billed as the world’s largest open submission art show, and each year, a committee of diverse artists chooses an array of art in all mediums – prints and paintings, film and photography, sculpture, architectural works and more – for the show for everyone to enjoy.
This high-profile event on the art show calendar traditionally features work by leading artists, Royal Academicians and household names, as well as new and emerging talent you might not know, according to the RA.
Proceeds from sales of artwork help fund RA’s non-profit-making activities, including training the next generation of artists in the Royal Academy Schools.