Royal Academy summer exhibition
- Royal Academy summer exhibition
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When the Royal Academy was founded in 1768 one of its key objectives was to establish an annual exhibition, open to all artists of merit, which could be visited by the public.
The first Summer Exhibition took place in 1769; it has been held every year since without exception.
Today, around 1,000 works are selected each year from as many as 10,000 entries representing some 5,000 artists. Presently (2008), any artist (living, known or unknown) may submit up to two works at a fee of £25 per piece for selection by The Summer Exhibition Selection and Hanging Committee. Due to the significant increase in the volume of entries over recent years, the number of entries per artist was reduced to 2 (from 3) and the fee was increased £18 per piece. The committee is formed from the Council of Academicians (the governing body of the RA) and is traditionally chaired by the President of the Royal Academy. In addition to those works selected by the committee, all 80 Academicians are entitled to have six of their own pieces in the exhibition.
Almost all exhibited works are for sale; the Academy receives 30% of the purchase price. In 2003, this amounted to a sum of some £2,000,000 for the institution, which receives no financial support from the state or crown.
The 2005 exhibition theme was "Printmaking and the multiple". In 2006 the theme was "From Life." In 2008 the theme is "Man Made".
Over £70,000 prize money, including the £25,000 Charles Wollaston Award, is awarded each year at the Summer Exhibition. Winners include Gerard Hemsworth (2000), Marc Quinn (2001), Jake and Dinos Chapman (2003), [ [http://static.royalacademy.org.uk/files/summer-exhibition-2007-press-release-107.pdf THE ROYAL ACADEMY OF ARTS 239TH SUMMER EXHIBITION] ] and Chantal Joffe (2006).
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* [http://www.royalacademy.org.uk/?lid=1462 Summer Exhibition 2005] — retrieved July 2005
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