Royal Academy of Arts (archive)

We’ve challenged three guest speakers to choose the five works in this year’s Summer Exhibition that intrigue them the most. BBC’s Arts Editor Will Gompertz attempts to narrow down his picks from the plethora of works on display.

We’ve challenged three guest speakers to choose the five works in this year’s Summer Exhibition that intrigue them the most. Fashion historian and DJ Amber Jane Butchart guides us through her favourite works.

We’ve challenged three guest speakers to choose the five works in this year’s Summer Exhibition that intrigue them the most. Curator Susie Allen guides us through her favourites.

Listen to a sample from the audio guide to the exhibition 'Radical Geometry: Modern Art of South America from the Patricia Phelps de Cisneros Collection'.

Curator Susie Allen picks her favourite five works from this year's Summer Exhibition.

With Charles Leadbeater, writer Tessa Jowell MP, former Minister for London Jude Kelly, Artistic Director, Southbank Centre Richard Blakeway, Deputy Mayor for Housing.

A lecture by Dr. Jennifer Sliwka, National Gallery, part of our programme for the 'Renaissance Impressions' exhibition.

Exhibition curator Arturo Galansino introduces 'Renaissance Impressions'.

A short story reading by internationally acclaimed author William Boyd and film, stage and television actor Ed Stoppard. The Royal Academy presents this wonderful and immersive experience in partnership with Pin Drop.

Curator Kate Goodwin explains the process behind the development and creation of this exhibition.

World famous illustrator (and occasional fellow-lithographer) Quentin Blake considers the significance and achievement of Daumier’s work in journalism, in conversation with arts educator Ghislaine Kenyon.

Timothy Hill founded Brisbane-based Donovan Hill in 1992, which has since become one of Australia’s leading practices and also gained an international recognition for its work. In his lecture, he discusses current projects and reflects on the conditions of architecture in Australia.

Author Tim Winton explores his belief that ‘Australia the place is constantly overshadowed by Australia the national idea. Undoubtedly the nation and its projects have shaped my education and my prospects, but the degree to which geography, distance and weather have moulded my sensory palate, my imagination and expectations is substantial. Landscape has exerted a kind of force upon me that is every bit as geological as family.’

Internationally acclaimed Australian contemporary artist Shaun Gladwell, whose ‘Approach to Mundi Mundi’ opens the Australia exhibition, discusses his video ‘performance landscapes,’ which often explore the dynamic between people, the rural or urban spaces they occupy, and extreme sports. In support of the exhibition ‘Australia’.

A lecture by Imants Tillers, exhibition artist, in support of the Australia exhibition.