LONDON, ENGLAND - APRIL 25: Royal Academician Grayson Perry (C) and Royal Academy Trustee Stephen Fry (R) attend the Topping Out Ceremony for Keeper's House at the Royal Academy of Arts on April 25, 2013 in London, England. Key Royal Academy of Arts' personnel are celebrating the architectural milestone in the redevelopment of Keeper's House; a major project to transform facilities for visitors to the Royal Academy. The work, which opens to the public in autumn 2013, is being undertaken by architects Long & Kentish, with interior design by David Chipperfield Architects. The space includes a new restaurant, bar and walled garden.
LONDON, ENGLAND - APRIL 25: Key personnel in in the redevelopment of Keeper's House at the Royal Academy of Arts attend the 'Topping Out Ceremony' on April 25, 2013 in London, England. The Royal Academy of Arts is celebrating the architectural milestone in the redevelopment of Keeper's House; a major project to transform facilities for visitors to the Royal Academy. The work, which opens to the public in autumn 2013, is being undertaken by architects Long & Kentish, with interior design by David Chipperfield Architects. The space includes a new restaurant, bar and walled garden. (L-R) Managing Director of Sykes & Son Andrew Burr, architect Professor Sir David Chipperfield, Royal Academician Grayson Perry, Royal Academy Trustee Stephen Fry, Keeper of the Royal Academy Schools Eileen Cooper, Chief Executive of the Royal Academy of Arts Charles Saumarez Smith, President of the Royal Academy of Arts Christopher Le Brun, restauranteur Oliver Peyton, Ronald Zeghibe, architect Rolfe Kentish.
Artists queue to hand in their submissions for the 245th Summer Exhibition at the Royal Academy of Arts in London April 8, 2013. 11,000 works were submitted in 2012 with 1100 selected for the show.
LONDON, ENGLAND - APRIL 08: Artists queue to submit their completed artworks for the 245th Summer Exhibition at the Royal Academy of Arts on April 8, 2013 in London, England. Last year 11,000 works of art were submitted with just 1,100 selected to hang in the Main Galleries. The RA's Summer Exhibition is the world’s largest open submission contemporary art exhibition, with all profits raised used to help fund the Royal Academy Schools. The Summer Exhibition runs at the Royal Academy of Arts from June 10, 2013 until August 18, 2013.
Artists queue up to submit their works for consideration to be included in the forthcoming annual summer exhibition at the Royal Academy of Arts in London, Monday, April 8, 2013. The academy say the exhibition, which showcases work by both emerging and established artists, is the world s largest open submission contemporary show, with 2013 being it's 245th year.
In this Jan. 2013 photo provided by Phil Grabsky Films, art historian Tim Marlow, left, curator Larry Nichols and the curator of the Manet exhibit at the Royal Academy of Arts Mary Anne Stevens talk in front of a Manet painting at the Royal Academy of Arts in London. On April 11, BY Experience is launching EXHIBITION, broadcasts of current or just closed art exhibitions from around the world to select movie theaters and performing arts centers in nearly 30 countries.