The Royal Academy’s followup to “Sensation” is meant to shock. But “Apocalypse is to the Royal Academy what a pair of purple hipsters are to an aged librarian. The show wants so much to be out there, in the loop, feeling the buzz – but pretending you are out there is not the same as being out there, and the latest attempt by the Academy, founded in 1768, to pass itself off as a happening temple of modern culture shock ends up as a rather sad little show, even a pathetic one. This was obviously not the intention.” – The Sunday Times (UK)