Royal Academy
About Royal Academy
The Royal Academy of Arts (RA) is an art institution based in Burlington House in Piccadilly, London, England. Founded in 1768, it has a unique position as an independent, privately funded institution led by eminent artists and architects. Its purpose is to promote the creation, enjoyment and appreciation of the fine arts through exhibitions, education and debate.
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Banksy submitted an artwork to the Royal Academy under the name Brian S. Gackman, which is an anagram of the words "Banksy anagram". They did not spot it.
from 246: No Such Thing As The Worm Revolution, 2018-12-07 at 00:47:07 · read transcript
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Very cool. It's very cool. I think people might be familiar with this tower because it's quite a famous iconic thing. They had a replica of it in the Royal Academy last year or the year before, I think. It looks a little bit like the Tower at the Olympic Park. That's exactly what I was thinking. Often if you see any kind of old pictures of Soviet Russia from the 1920s, this is kind of an iconic. image.
No Such Thing As A Communist Caterpillar, 2017-08-04 · listen
There was a plan on the top bit to have this information center, which would issue news bulletins that in the nighttime or on a cloudy day, shot up into the sky and broadcast in light the news announcements or propaganda onto the sky, onto the clouds. Very cool. I think people might be familiar with this tower because it's quite a famous iconic thing. They had a replica of it in the Royal Academy last year or the year before, I think. It looks a little bit like the tower at the Olympic Park. That's exactly what I was thinking.
176: No Such Thing As A Communist Caterpillar, 2017-08-04 · listen
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