the Royal College of Art
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- a college for the study of art, in central London, established in 1837. Many famous British artists studied there in the 1950s and 1960s, including David Hockney and Bridget Riley. It now only offers postgraduate courses (= courses above ordinary degree level). see also Royal Academy