Turks At The Royal Academy

'Turks', the new blockbuster exhibition at the Royal Academy, brings together 350 treasures, from calligraphy to ceramics, to reveal 1,000 years of the Turkic people from AD600. The works have come from 11 countries and 37 lenders, including the Hermitage in St Petersburg, the Louvre and the Bodleian Library, Oxford. The Royal Academy, which has been forced to tighten its belt to balance budgets, has much riding on the exhibition. Advance ticket sales have been brisk and sponsors have raised nearly 800,000 pounds - the most successful campaign in the academy's history. Ends April 12th. For the full story - click the title Irish Art