MDNY 2024 Inaugural Lecture: Botticelli Drawings
Italian Cultural Institute in New York 686 Park Avenue, New York, NY, United StatesItalian Cultural Institute in New York
Furio Rinaldi, Curator, Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco. The work of the Florentine artist Sandro Botticelli (ca. 1445-1510) has had an enduring influence and popularity on contemporary culture, embodying the flowering of the Italian Renaissance. Presented exclusively at the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco, Botticelli Drawings is the first and largest exhibition to explore the central role that drawing played in Botticelli’s art and workshop practice.
Collector Conversations: Talking Drawings
Stephen Ongpin Fine Art, Exhibiting at Adam Williams Fine Art 24 East 80th Street, New York, NY, United StatesStephen Ongpin Fine Art, Exhibiting at Adam Williams Fine Art
Over the past twenty-five years, the market for nineteenth-century French drawings has moved from the margins to the center of the drawings field. While works by marquee artists have long been appreciated, the canon has expanded significantly along with the opportunities to acquire excellent sheets by less known draftsmen. Yet the field has not quite […]
The Met Curatorial Conversation: Nature and Narrative: Exploring British Drawings
Sacerdote Lecture Hall, The Metropolitan Museum of Art 1000 5th Avenue, New York, NY, United StatesSacerdote Lecture Hall, The Metropolitan Museum of Art
This curatorial conversation is inspired by the exhibition British Vision, 1700–1900: Selections from the Department of Drawings and Prints, on view from December 7, 2023 through March 5, 2024. The show celebrates recent additions to The Met’s collection by British artists who worked across two centuries, from 1700 to 1900.
Study Session: Nature Observed: Frederic Edwin Church
Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum 2 East 91st Street, New York, NY, United StatesCooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
An intimate look at the breathtaking sketches of Frederic Edwin Church (American, 1826-1900) at Cooper Hewitt. The premier artist of the Hudson River School, Church traveled widely in pursuit of close observation of the natural world and produced a remarkable body of working drawings. Together we will explore Church’s approach to documenting the majesty of […]
Panel Discussion: Drawn to Blue Paper
Institute of Fine Arts, New York University 1 East 78th Street, New York, NY, United StatesInstitute of Fine Arts, New York University
A panel discussion focusing on the collaborative research between art historians and conservators examined in the newly released Getty publication Drawing on Blue: European Drawings on Blue Paper, 1400s–1700s, and associated exhibition, Drawing on Blue (January 30 - April 28, 2024).
Annual Master Drawings Symposium 2024
Villa Albertine, The Payne Whitney Mansion 972 5th Ave, New York, New York, United StatesVilla Albertine, The Payne Whitney Mansion
The annual Master Drawings Symposium is returning for its eighth year to showcase the best and brightest young scholars in the drawings field. The program will feature talks by Ricciardi prize-winning authors published in Master Drawings.
Panel Discussion: Drawn to Teaching / Teaching through Drawings: University Art Museum Collections
Institute of Fine Arts, New York University 1 East 78th Street, New York, NY, United StatesInstitute of Fine Arts, New York University
Since 1832, university art museums in the United States have offered an important opportunity to engage with original artworks. Collections of drawings frequently form the core of such teaching institutions, allowing faculty and students from across the university – far beyond just the art and art history departments – to encounter historic objects. With learning […]
Exhibition Tour: Ellsworth Kelly Sketchbooks
MoMA 11 West 53 Street, New York, NY, United StatesMoMA
Tour the year-long installation at MoMA of Ellsworth Kelly’s Sketchbooks with Samantha Friedman, Associate Curator, Museum of Modern Art. The works that Ellsworth Kelly (1923–2015) created over his six-decade career feature economic lines, reduced geometries, and uninterrupted planes of color. They appear strikingly simple yet embody a semblance of ease that conceals the effort and experimentation involved […]
MDNY Gallery Talk: An intimate moment with Modigliani
Agnews at David Zwirner 34 East 69th Street, New York, NY, United StatesAgnews at David Zwirner
Looking closely at an exceptional collection of nine drawings by Modigliani, from the Dr. Paul Alexandre Collection. These early works, with a unique provenance, tell the story of Modigliani’s first artistic experimentations, and testify to the incredible eye of a collector who recognized the value of these drawings, before the artist’s international recognition. Join us […]
Panel Discussion: Picasso on the Hudson
Hispanic Society Museum & Library 613 W 155th St, New York, NY, United StatesHispanic Society Museum & Library
In 2023–24, numerous exhibitions marking the 50th anniversary of death of Pablo Picasso (1881-1973) took place around the world. New York witnessed important interventions held at the Guggenheim Museum, the Brooklyn Museum of Art, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, and MoMA, in addition to the exhibition currently on view at the Hispanic Society, Picasso and Spanish […]
Panel Discussion: From Drawings to Sculpture: The Harlem Renaissance to Now
The National Arts Club 15 Gramercy Park South, New York, NY, United StatesThe National Arts Club
Early 20th-century Black artists primarily depicted portraits of people and daily life as they lived it. Fighting against false narratives, artists of this period strove to show their humanity. Their sacrifice pushed modern art in America to include new voices that included themes of social justice and even some futuristic elements. Join us for a […]
The Drawing Foundation – All Day Drawing Competition
The National Arts Club 15 Gramercy Park South, New York, NY, United StatesThe National Arts Club
Join up to 65 other artists for a full day of drawing from multiple live models
Collector Conversations: Talking Drawings 2025
Stephen Ongpin Fine Art, Exhibiting at Adam Williams Fine Art 24 East 80th Street, New York, NY, United StatesStephen Ongpin Fine Art, Exhibiting at Adam Williams Fine Art
Most American museums enrich the range and depth of their holdings of works on paper through gifts and bequests from individuals, made in sizable allotments or smaller installments over decades. Such largesse is often the result of close relationships developed over the years and revolving around a shared passion for drawings, questions of taste and budget, and a collector’s belief in a museum’s mission and curator’s vision. This year's conversation features curators reflecting on the joys and pitfalls of collaborating with celebrated collectors.
New Exhibitions of Old Master Drawings: Conversations with Curators
Sotheby's New York 1334 York Avenue, New York City, NY, United StatesSotheby’s New York
Join us for this wonderful opportunity to hear from four early career curators based in European and US collections as they discuss their recent or upcoming exhibitions that focus on old master drawings. Curators will give short presentations about their exhibitions, followed by a lively panel conversation about their curatorial projects and experiences.
(Postponed) Lignier, “The Portraitist of Mushrooms”
Victoria Munroe Fine Art 67 East 80th Street #2, New York, NY, United StatesVictoria Munroe Fine Art
Exhibition Talk with Daniella Berman, PhD on Julien Lignier (1872-1932) On view from January 22 - March 8. 2025 Victoria Munroe Fine Art will present an exhibition of over 30 natural history watercolors by French artist and mycologist Julien Alphonse Lignier (1872-1932). Lignier was a French career military commander who applied his talents in drawing […]
Paris Observed, Paris Imagined: The Drawings of Gabriel de Saint-Aubin
Sacerdote Lecture Hall, The Metropolitan Museum of Art 1000 5th Avenue, New York, NY, United StatesSacerdote Lecture Hall, The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Gabriel de Saint-Aubin (1724–1780) was a prolific and unconventional draftsman whose imagery offers an unparalleled view of life in eighteenth-century Paris. With subjects that range from the elevated to the mundane, his work brims with wit and humanity but eludes easy categorization. Three talks will explore some of the topics and questions raised by the soon-to-close exhibition Paris through the Eyes of Saint-Aubin, on view at The Met through February 4, 2025.
Drawings in the Round: Perspectives on Italian Drawings
Institute of Fine Arts, New York University 1 East 78th Street, New York, NY, United StatesInstitute of Fine Arts, New York University
What goes into preparing for a major exhibition or publication on a singular collection of drawings? This panel brings together three distinct perspectives – those of a scholar, a curator, and a conservator – on three recent or upcoming projects considering Italian drawing collections.
Inspired by China: Chinoiserie and Export Drawings
Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum 2 East 91st Street, New York, NY, United StatesCooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
China has long been a source of inspiration and fascination for European artists. In this study session, we will take a close look at Cooper Hewitt’s holdings of chinoiserie and export drawings from the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, with a focus on works by Jean-Baptiste Pillement and George Chinnery. Pillement’s playful drawings of architecture, flora, and figures highlight the fantastic and romantic visions of China that populated the European imagination. In contrast to these fanciful representations, Chinnery’s sketchbook drawings—made during the artist’s travels to Macau—capture scenes and figures from daily life. In addition to these works, we will explore chinoiserie drawings and designs by various European artists, as well as examples of Chinese export gouaches.
Annual Master Drawings Symposium 2025
Villa Albertine, The Payne Whitney Mansion 972 5th Ave, New York, New York, United StatesVilla Albertine, The Payne Whitney Mansion
Young scholars and their prize-winning essays are the focus of the annual Master Drawings Symposium, returning in 2025 for its ninth year. Master Drawings awards the best articles by authors under 40 years with an annual cash prize and an opportunity to present their findings in front of drawings enthusiasts. This year 2024 runner-up Tamara Kobel will delve into the fascinating world of Swiss artist Wilhelm Stettler (1643-1708) and his “Eyerstock,” sketches and doodles that formed a rich artistic tool with a fertile pantry of motifs.
Panel Discussion: Impacts on Modern Design
The National Arts Club 15 Gramercy Park South, New York, NY, United StatesThe National Arts Club
How has architecture, jewelry, sculpture, or furniture been influenced by the “art” of drawing? What details inspire these disciplines? Are nature and culture significant when it comes to moving the arts forward? When computers now generate our visual reality, can we still connect to the skills we once possessed?
Preview and Tour of Caspar David Friedrich: The Soul of Nature at The Met
The Metropolitan Museum of Art 1000 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY, United StatesThe Metropolitan Museum of Art
Join curators Alison Hokanson and Joanna Sheers Seidenstein for a special preview of Caspar David Friedrich: The Soul of Nature at The Met. Opening to the public on February 8, this international loan exhibition brings together more than 75 paintings, drawings, and prints by Friedrich, the celebrated German Romantic artist whose landscapes articulate a profound connection between the natural world and the inner self, or soul.
A Long-Kept Secret: The Collection of European Drawings at the Wadsworth Atheneum
Italian Cultural Institute in New York 686 Park Avenue, New York, NY, United StatesItalian Cultural Institute in New York
The collection of European drawings at the Wadsworth Atheneum in Hartford is barely known, yet it boasts numerous significant works. In conjunction with Paper, Color, Line: European Master Drawings from the Wadsworth Atheneum, a large exhibition on view from January 16th to April 27th, 2025, this talk explores the rich history of the collection.
Curator Talk on The Colorful World of Pancho Fierro, Afro-Peruvian Painter
Hispanic Society Museum & Library 613 W 155th St, New York, NY, United StatesHispanic Society Museum & Library
Please join us for a talk with Senior Curator Emeritus Dr. Marcus Burke about his recently-opened exhibition The Colorful World of Pancho Fierro, Afro-Peruvian Painter. Dr. Burke will discuss Fierro’s vivid depictions of Peruvian society, highlighting the extraordinary upward social mobility that was possible in nineteenth-century Lima, as well as the trans-Pacific networks of exchange that carried Fierro’s watercolors across the globe. The talk will also examine the scientific studies of these works recently completed by a team of scientists from Nottingham Trent University in the UK, casting Fierro’s watercolors in a new light.
The Drawing Competition 2025
The National Arts Club 15 Gramercy Park South, New York, NY, United StatesThe National Arts Club
Join up to 65 other artists for a full day of drawing from multiple live models