British artist Damien Hirst has turned down an offer to become a Royal Academician at the Royal Academy in London, an institution that was founded in 1768 by King George III.

The refusal was revealed by Secretary and Chief Executive Dr Charles Saumarez Smith CBE, who told the Evening Standard that he does not know the reasons of this {...}

3 June – 11 July 2009
SIR HOWARD HODGKIN UNVEILS HIS LARGEST AND MOST AMBITIOUS WORK EVER
Turner Prize winning artist, Sir Howard Hodgkin, is to unveil his largest and most ambitious work to date this summer. The work, As Time Goes By, is comprised of a pair of monumental pictures, each measuring 20 {...}