Event Michael Craig-Martin at Royal Academy Director's Circle & Drawing Patrons 18 October 2024, 9:30-10:30am Back Michael Craig-MartinCommon History: Conference, 1999. Acrylic on canvas, 274 x 508 cm. Courtesy Gagosian. © Michael Craig-Martin. Image courtesy Gagosian Location Royal Academy of Arts, Piccadilly, London Our Director’s Circle & Drawing Patron supporters are invited to join us on Friday 18th October, 9.30-10.30am, for an exclusive introduction and tour by the artist Michael Craig-Martin of his solo exhibition at the Royal Academy Our supporters help make possible everything we do – join this private tour by becoming a supporter today. To attend, please RSVP to [email protected]. This is a major exhibition spanning the artist’s 60-year career. A key figure in British art, Michael Craig-Martin came to prominence as one of the most influential conceptual artists and teachers of his generation. Michael has been a long-standing supporter of Drawing Room, as a member of its Advisory Board and in making and donating work for our Drawing Biennials over many years. Craig-Martin has moved between sculpture, installation, painting, prints and digital works and drawing has always played a significant role in his practice – using tape as the drawn line to describe the presence of the everyday object in our world, from smart technology to fruit and vegetables. The RA exhibition presents early experimental sculpture and landmark conceptual works such as An Oak Tree, alongside paintings, drawings, and a new immersive digital work by the artist. This is the largest and most comprehensive exhibition of Craig-Martin’s work ever held in the UK. To attend, please RSVP to [email protected].