ROYAL ACADEMY OF ARTS PARTNERS WITH MORE THAN SIXTY GALLERIES AND AUCTION HOUSES FOR REVAMP OF LONDON’S ART WEEKEND

The Royal Academy of Arts is partnering with more than sixty galleries and auction houses to rebrand London’s Art Weekend as Mayfair Art Weekend, scheduled to take place June 30 through July 2 this year, according to Anny Shaw in the Art Newspaper. The event will see local galleries including David Zwirner, Hauser & Wirth, Lévy Gorvy, Victoria Miro, and Sadie Coles HQ come together for three days of special events.

The Royal Academy will host a free arts festival featuring temporary artworks by emerging artists in its courtyard as well as across Burlington House. Kate Goodwin, curator of architecture at the RA, said, “We are looking for the next generation who are not yet represented by the nearby blue-chip galleries.” The festival will also coincide with the institution’s “Schools Show,” an annual exhibition of works by students, and the 249th “Summer Exhibition,” the world’s largest open-submission exhibition.

Goodwin says the artworks that are currently transforming Burlington Gardens, which are scheduled to be finished in time for the RA’s 250th anniversary in 2018, have also built a bridge to the local art scene. “For 150 years our address has been on Piccadilly,” she says. “But now we have this new entrance to the north, which leads onto a community of art galleries. It is an opportunity to become an integral part of that.”