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Home of the infamous 'Sensation' exhibition, which was banned when it went on to New York due to the Virgin Mary being made of elephant dung and the inclusion of bisected sheep.

The Royal Academy of Arts is the inheritor of a long tradition and can assemble a collection of works from galleries round the world, displaying them in a new light.

Anyone can enter a painting to the summer selling exhibition, which is renowned for the eclectic nature of the exhibits.

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