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The 2025 London Reception will take place on Wednesday 14 May 2025 at the Royal Academy of the Arts. A special venue for us to bid farewell to our Provost Dr Claire Craig, who will be retiring at the end of the academic year.
Join us for a short talk by Old Member and Director of Collections and Learning at the Royal Academy, Rebecca Lyons (Modern Languages, 1991) from 7pm; or just for drinks, bowl food and some reflections from the Provost in the Collection Gallery from 7.30pm. This Gallery is a treasure trove of masterpieces, including a sixteenth century copy of Leonardo’s Last Supper, the only marble sculpture by Michelangelo in the UK, and works by leading British artists from the last 250 years.
Places are limited so please book early to avoid disappointment.
Please note that this event is for Old Members only.
Tickets are £35 per person, including drinks and bowl food (served from 7.30pm).
Discounted tickets are available for New Old Members who matriculated in or after 2015.
Programme
18:30 Doors open, welcome drinks
19:00 Talk and Q&A with Rebecca Lyons (Benjamin West Lecture Theatre)
19:30 Drinks reception and bowl food (Collection Gallery)
20:15 Reflections from the Provost
22:00 Close
Talk: A Home for Art and Artists: The Royal Academy of Arts and its Collections
Prior to this, Rebecca has worked for the National Trust, The National Gallery, Christie’s and most recently as the Director of the Attingham Trust’s prestigious Royal Collection Studies. She is a member of the Advisory Council for the Society for the History of Collecting and the Council for the Attingham Trust, and a Fellow of the Society of Antiquaries. Educated at the Universities of Oxford and Cambridge as well as the Courtauld Institute, she publishes on collecting and collections in the 18th and early 19th century and on museum interpretation and education.
