Andrew Lambirth

The Royal Academy Summer Exhibition offers up the good, the bad and the ugly – and a sore neck

From Conrad Shawcross’s triangular girdering to James Turrell’s hypnotic light work to Gillian Ayres’ abstract woodcuts, the RA has something for everyone

‘Prince Pig’s Courtship’ by Paula Rego [Getty Images/Shutterstock/iStock/Alamy]
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