All drawing collectors have an origin story, a moment or a work that led them down the path of pursuing drawings as objects of pleasure and study. Growing up surrounded by one of the great American private collections of drawings provides a head start, though the challenges of determining what to collect and establishing personal taste remain. How much insight does belonging to an artistic family bring? Does having a personal practice of translating ideas onto paper create a deeper understanding of exploratory works? Join us for a lively and engaging discussion with a second-generation collector who has lived a life with drawings, led by Jennifer Tonkovich, Eugene and Clare Thaw Curator of Drawings and Prints at The Morgan Library & Museum.

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This DRAWINGS WEEK 2026 event is organized by The Drawing Foundation and The Society for the History of Collecting, in association with Master Drawings New York 2026. 

Image: Fra Bartolommeo (1472 – 1517), One Angel Blowing a Trumpet, and Another Holding a Standard (detail), c. 1500. Pen and brown ink, squared in red chalk for transfer on laid paper. Woodner Collection, Gift of Andrea Woodner, National Gallery of Art, Washington DC.