Royal Academy of Arts Myra Hindley, a convicted murderer. The painting was vandalised while on display. In 2004, the Academy attracted media attention for a series of financial scandals and reports of a feud between Rosenthal and other senior staff. These problems resulted in the cancellation of what were expected to have been profitable exhibitions. In 2006, it attracted the press by erroneously placing only the support for a sculpture on display, and then justifying it being kept on display. The Academy also hosts an annual Royal Academy summer exhibition of new art, which is a well-known event on the London social calendar. In
Royal Academy of Fine Arts (KASK) Royal Academy of Fine Arts (KASK) The Royal Academy of Fine Arts of Ghent ("Koninklijke Academie voor Schone Kunsten van Gent" in Dutch) in Ghent is one of the oldest art schools in Belgium. It is now part of the Hogeschool Gent. The Academy was founded in 1741 by the painter Philippe Karel Marissal at his home as a liberal private school for drawing. During his studies in Paris, Marissal had become impressed by the Académie royale de peinture et de sculpture. The Academy was granted a royal charter in 1771 by empress Maria Theresa of Austria. In 1995 the