Royal Academy of Arts (archive)

A lecture by Professor Kathy Adler, art historian, in support of the exhibition 'Degas and the Ballet: Picturing Movement'.

A lecture by Ann Dumas, exhibition curator in support of the exhibition 'Degas and the Ballet: Picturing Movement'.

Deborah Bull CBE, former principal dancer at the Royal Ballet and now Creative Director at the Royal Opera House, joins broadcaster Christopher Cook to preview her forthcoming book 'The Everyday Dancer', and give a behind-the-scenes look at a day in the life of a dancer.

Nigel Hall RA discusses his current exhibition and the inspiration he derives from landscape with Peter Murray OBE (Yorkshire Sculpture Park). Supported by the Friends of the Royal Academy.

In collaboration with Royal Opera House Insights, Darcey Bussell CBE, renowned as one of the greatest English dancers of all time, discusses the representation of ballet in the 21st century with Kevin O'Hare, newly-appointed Director of The Royal Ballet.

David Dunster, Charles Jencks and Peter Palumbo discuss the late James Stirling RA's work, his early association with Brutalism and his fraught relationship with Classicism.

Sarah Lea, Royal Academy of Arts, explores the photographs by Andre Kertesz and Brassai taken in the studios of Mondrian, Matisse and Picasso.

Mike Seaborne, Senior Curator of Photographs, Museum of London, looks at documentary and street photography throughout London between the two World Wars and the Hungarian influences on their development.

A lecture by Colin Ford, exhibition curator, in support of Eyewitness: Hungarian Photography in the 20th Century

Michael Craig-Martin RA converses with Cornelia Parker RA and Alison Wilding RA, whose work features in the gallery curated by Craig-Martin for the Summer Exhibition, focusing on newly elected Royal Academicians.

The Annual Dinner Speech by the President of Royal Academy of Arts, Sir Nicholas Grimshaw.

Jeanette Winterson was the guest speaker at the 2011 Annual Dinner at the Royal Academy of Arts.

As part of the lecture series 'Critic's Choice: London's Most Important Building', author Monica Ali selects 19 Princelet Street, an unrestored Huguenot master silk weaver's home, whose shabby frontage conceals a rare surviving synagogue. Ali highlights that despite its unique architectural, cultural and spiritual significance, 'it is so desperately in need of funding it can't afford to open to the public for more than a few days a year'. As she states 'many aspects of Britain's past are written inside the walls of this magical building, which both reflects our past and raises questions about our future.'

Harpsichordist Bridget Cunningham performs musical highlights from the Baroque era - the time of Watteau and Handel - capturing the spirit of the stunning music performed in both fashionable cities. The concert takes place in Burlington House's Saloon, where Handel himself performed when he lived there.

Renowned film director and photographer Wim Wenders discusses his new exhibition of mostly unpublished photographs with Professor Yve Lomax, (Goldsmiths University), in his first show in London since 2003. A Royal Academy Schools Event supported by the David Lean Foundation.