Letter: Artful dodge

Artful dodge

Sir: The pounds 3m deficit at the Royal Academy is indeed a mere trifle and should be eliminated immediately by asking all RAs to put paint to canvas; one stroke of their expensive brushes should solve this.

Also, the Summer Exhibition could be sited at two or three additional locations (Bristol, Bradford, Glasgow) and all the paintings sold on a sealed-tender basis, with all sums above estimated value going to Academy funds.

I like simple solutions from the school of naive accounting.

RICHARD ROBINSON

Bath