{"title": "Impressionism and beyond", "start": "2026-10-31T00:00:00Z", "end": "2026-11-01T00:00:00Z", "place": "Royal Academy of Arts", "address": "Piccadilly, W1J 0BD London", "price": "£430. Includes light refreshments and a wine reception at the end of day one.", "price_from": "0.00", "price_to": "0.00", "tickets_url": "https://my.royalacademy.org.uk/53174/53175", "category": "workshops-courses", "tags": ["art/painting/impressionism"], "description": "A weekend art history course at the Royal Academy of Arts exploring Impressionism, the movement that changed Western art from 1874 onwards. Talks led by academics, curators and art-world professionals trace the roots of artists such as Manet, Monet, Morisot, Degas and Renoir and their far-reaching influence, drawing on the exhibition Painting the French Riviera. 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It is held by the Royal Academy, which selected 15 original vintage travel posters from AntikBar for the show, displayed in Gallery 9. The paintings include works by Cezanne, Monet, Picasso, Bonnard, Signac, Matisse and Klein among others, plus a video of Le Train Bleu produced by Diaghilev's Ballets Russes. 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It is organised by the Royal Academy of Arts, London in collaboration with the Cleveland Museum of Art. The exhibition tells the story of how the Côte d'Azur dazzled modern art's great innovators, showing how its radiance roused painters such as Picasso, Matisse, Cezanne, Renoir and Klein, as well as giants of literature, cinema and fashion. 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