500 Years of Drawing

No. 9 Cork Street, London

June 28 - July 5, 2024

In collaboration with London Art Week Trois Crayons presents ‘500 Years of Drawing’, a new venture dedicated to Works on Paper.

From 28 June to 5 July No. 9 Cork Street, Frieze’s permanent exhibition space in London, will be transformed into a ‘drawings hub’ with a group exhibition dedicated to works on paper presented by acclaimed international drawing dealers.

17 galleries from 6 countries will exhibit over 150 drawings, ranging from Old Master through to modern and contemporary, including works by Gian Lorenzo Bernini, Pierre Bonnard, Simon Bussy, Battista Franco, Thomas Gainsborough, Domenico Gnoli, Guercino, Gwen John, G.B. Tiepolo, Henri Matisse, Pablo Picasso, Auguste Rodin, Andy Warhol, Jean-Antoine Watteau & many more.

Open to the public from 10 am to 6 pm Monday to Friday, and from 11 am to 5 pm on Saturday and Sunday, the hub offers a rich programme of events and dedicated talks with curators and experts.

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EXHIBITORS

Events

Monday 1st July, 09:00

SOTHEBY’S, 34-35 NEW BOND STREET

LONDON

Sotheby’s ‘Master Works on Paper from Five Centuries’ Auction Visit - fully booked

A guided visit to the upcoming Sotheby’s auction, ‘Master Works on Paper from Five Centuries’ with Gregory Rubinstein, Worldwide Head of the Old Master & Early British Drawings Department. Discover a selection of exceptional drawings, watercolours, gouaches and pastels that together chart in fascinating ways the development of the art of drawing in Europe over the centuries, and the great variety of functions that this many-faceted art form served.

Monday 1st July, 16:00

NO. 9 CORK STREET

LONDON

MICHELANGELO’S LAST DRAWINGS

Grant Lewis, Milein Cosman project curator at the British Museum and co-curator of the ongoing exhibition ‘Michelangelo: the last decades’, explores the Renaissance master’s late drawings.

Tuesday 2nd July, 16:00

NO. 9 CORK STREET

LONDON

ARTTACTIC, MARKET TRANSITIONS

ArtTactic, industry leaders in art market research, will be hosting a panel featuring a range of voices from the world of drawing to discuss the market of drawings within the broader collecting landscape, including changing collecting habits, influence of the digital landscape and other trends we are seeing. Using ArtTactic’s latest report on the Old Masters Market, with a special focus on Old Master Drawings as the jumping off point, Megan Locke (ArtTactic) will moderate a lively panel discussion between esteemed members of the community

Wednesday 3rd July, 16:00

NO. 9 CORK STREET

LONDON

TOWARDS A NEW CATALOGUE OF RAPHAEL’S DRAWINGS AT THE ASHMOLEAN MUSEUM: CHALLENGES AND DISCOVERIES

Angelamaria Aceto, researcher in Italian drawings at the Ashmolean Museum, delves into the exciting new discoveries made in the production of the Ashmolean’s first comprehensive catalogue of the Raphael drawings in its collection.

Friday 5th July, 15:00

COURTAULD GALLERY, PRINTS & DRAWINGS STUDY ROOM, SOMERSET HOUSE
LONDON

COURTAULD GALLERY’S PRINTS & DRAWINGS STUDY ROOM VISIT - fully booked

Guided visit to the Courtauld Gallery's Prints & Drawings Study Room with Ketty Gottardo, Martin Halusa Senior Curator of Drawings. A rare opportunity to go behind the scenes at the Courtauld Gallery and examine up-close a range of known and lesser-known drawings from the Italian, French and Northern drawings from the 16th to 18th centuries from the Courtauld’s extensive graphic collection.

Please email tom@troiscrayons.art to sign up to the visit. Attendance is limited to 15 spaces.