David Adjaye is to curate the architecture gallery at this year’s Royal Academy Summer Exhibition.

It is a role he was set to undertake last year but delays caused by the pandemic put paid to that because he was not available later in the year. Eva Jiricna agreed to take on the job instead.

The 252^nd Summer Exhibition eventually opened in the autumn before Burlington House was forced to shut its doors again after just a few weeks. It was the first time in its history that the show was disrupted, with not even two world wars achieving what coronavirus managed.

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