The Tokyo Fuji Art Museum held the opening ceremony for the special exhibition, “Genius and Ambition: The Royal Academy of Arts, London 1768-1918” on September 16.Royal Academy President Christopher Le Brun, British Council, Japan Director Jeff Streeter and some 400 distinguished guests.
The exhibition provides an overview of the academy’s 150-year history, from its 18th-century founding to the beginning of the 20th century, through selected works of its esteemed members on a scale never attempted before.
The exhibition opened for public viewing on September 17 and will run through November 24.
