Join us for this special event celebrating our 2025 Soane Medallist, Madelon Vriesendorp, at the Royal Academy of Arts.
Madelon Vriesendorp is a Dutch artist and co-founder of the Office of Metropolitan Architecture (OMA), and recipient of this year's Soane Medal, which is awarded annually in recognition of architects, artists, critics and educators who have made a major contribution to their field.
Madelon will give a thought-provoking lecture on the role of the artist in architecture.
"All creative things, all life is playing. And the aim is to be connected with the focus you had as a child." - Madelon Vriesendorp
Her lecture will explore the relationship between visual art and designing buildings, and will be followed by a drinks reception.
About the Event
Timings for the event are as follows:
18:30 Doors open
19:00 Lecture from Madelon Vriesendorp
20:00 Drinks reception
Please note this event will take place at the Royal Academy of Arts (Burlington Gardens entrance), Burlington House, Piccadilly, Mayfair, London, W1J 0BD
Your confirmation email serves as your ticket. Tickets are refundable up to 7 days before the event, after which point they are non-refundable or exchangeable.
About Madelon Vriesendorp
Born in 1945 in Holland, Vriesendorp studied at London’s Central St Martin’s before moving to New York in 1972 where she co-founded the Office for Metropolitan Architecture (OMA) with Rem Koolhaas and Elia & Zoe Zenghelis. Here she produced paintings in support of the firm's work that were used for books and magazine covers. In recent years Vriesendorp’s contribution to architecture has finally been recognised, and her influence on one of the most famous architecture firms of the 20th century is now understood more clearly.
We are grateful to Hamish and Sophie Forsyth for their generous support of the 2025 Soane Medal and to ARTscapades for supporting the Soane Medal’s 2025 education programme.