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
Marcus Harvey of Art. At that time he became a close friend of Damien Hirst. Harvey did not take part in the "Freeze" show as he had graduated from Goldsmiths earlier, but Hirst included him when he curated "Some Went Mad, Some Ran Away" (1994). Harvey's work attracted the attention of Charles Saatchi. He currently lives and works in London. Beyond the studio, Marcus Harvey joined with fellow painter Peter Ashton Jones to form Turps Banana Magazine in 2005. Turps focuses on new writing about both art historical and contemporary painting, written entirely by contemporary practicing painters. The magazine is published twice