Lawton Fitt has resigned as secretary of the Royal Academy. “Ms Fitt, who joined the academy only two years ago, was the first woman and the first American to be appointed as the RA’s secretary, one of the two most powerful positions at the organisation. But earlier this year reports spread of her feuding with Norman Rosenthal, the long-serving exhibitions secretary, a man who is admired as much for his inspired curatorial talent as he is loathed by many people for his abrasive style.”