Editing Royal Academy of Arts (section)

=== Exhibitions ===
Under the direction of former exhibitions secretary Sir [[Norman Rosenthal]], the Academy has hosted ambitious exhibitions of contemporary art. In its 1997 "[[Sensation exhibition|Sensation]]", it displayed the collection of work by [[Young British Artists]] owned by [[Charles Saatchi]]. The show was controversial for its display of [[Marcus Harvey]]'s [[Myra (painting)|portrait of Myra Hindley]], a convicted murderer. The painting was vandalised while on display.<ref name=artcrime>{{cite web|url=http://www.artcrimes.net/myra|title=Myra – Art Crimes|access-date=5 September 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150302170505/http://www.artcrimes.net/myra|archive-date=2 March 2015|url-status=dead|df=dmy-all}}</ref>

In 2004, the Academy attracted media attention for a series of financial scandals and reports of a feud between Rosenthal and other senior staff. These problems resulted in the cancellation of what were expected to have been profitable exhibitions.<ref name="RA feud guardian">{{cite news|url=http://arts.guardian.co.uk/news/story/0,,1235218,00.html|title=Feud at top 'tearing Royal Academy apart'|last=Higgins|first=Charlotte|date=10 June 2004|access-date=7 March 2007|work=The Guardian|location=London|archive-date=5 February 2008|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080205040259/http://arts.guardian.co.uk/news/story/0,,1235218,00.html|url-status=live}}</ref> In 2006, it attracted the press by erroneously placing only the support for a sculpture on display, and then justifying it being kept on display.<ref name="empty plinth">{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/southern_counties/5081744.stm|title=Empty plinth sidelines sculpture|last=BBC|author-link=BBC|date=14 June 2006|work=BBC News|access-date=7 March 2007|archive-date=5 September 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190905035253/http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/southern_counties/5081744.stm|url-status=live}}</ref> 

From 3 February to 28 April 2024, the RA showed the exhibition "Entangled Pasts, 1768-now" in order to reveal and discuss "connections between art associated with the Royal Academy of Arts and [[United Kingdom|Britain's]] colonial histories."<ref>RA. [https://www.royalacademy.org.uk/file/1969 ''Entangled Pasts: Large Print Guide (Main Galleries)'']. London: RA, 2024, p. 7.</ref> However, according to [[Colin Grant (author)|Colin Grant]], in ''[[The Guardian]]'', the exhibition "appears to be tame" though it attempts to "critique the exclusive and impenetrable RA."<ref> Grant, Colin: [https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2024/jan/30/entangled-pasts-1768-now-review-royal-academy-show "Entangled Pasts 1768-Now review – RA all at sea with its risk-light colonial revisionism"], ''The Guardian'', 30 January 2024.</ref>