On Drawings 2024
Monday, October 28 & Tuesday, October 29

New York City

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Join us in New York City for two days of events and conversations among curators, collectors, conservators, and artists focused on historical, modern, and contemporary drawings. The full schedule of partners and events are listed below.

Registration opens on October 1, 2024
Registration for all events is free with membership* to The Drawing Foundation and includes a general admission ticket to The Art Show by ADAA (October 29-November 2).

*Membership will also open on October 1st. Free and discounted memberships are available for students.

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On Drawings 2024 Event Program

Monday, October 28

11am
Drawing Trouble: Fakes, Forgeries, and Close Looking at Old Master Drawings**
Led by John Marciari, Director of Curatorial Affairs & Head of Department, Drawings and Prints, Morgan Library and Museum
** Space is limited. Priority for this workshop will be given to curators responsible for drawing collections and emerging scholars.

2:30pm
Talking Drawings: Beyond Paper
Presented in partnership with The Society for the History of Collecting
Michael Findlay, Director of Acquavella Galleries, and Jacob El Hanani, artist, in a conversation moderated by Elizabeth Pergam, Co-Chair of The Society of the History of Collecting and founder of its Americas Chapter
This event is sponsored by Master Drawings New York.

5:30pm
The Salon du Dessin’s Contributions: A History of the Market for Drawings in France
Presented in partnership with the Salon du Dessin
Lecture by Hervé Aaron, president Didier Aaron, and Louis de Bayser, president of the Salon du Dessin and Fine Arts Paris
This event is sponsored by the Salon du Dessin

6:45pm
Welcome Reception sponsored by the Salon du Dessin

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Tuesday, October 29

10am
Thinking About Process & Drawings: Site Visits
Participants will select one site visit upon registration. Space is limited; register early to reserve a space in your first choice site visit. Among others, options include:

• The Drawings of Sèvres Extraordinaire
  with Charlotte Vignon, independent curator & former director of the department of patrimony and collections at Sèvres et Limoges, Manufacture et Musées nationaux (2020-2023)
  

• Drawings by Indigenous Artists at MoMA, Past and Present
  with Esther Adler, Curator, Drawings and Prints, The Museum of Modern Art
  

• Paris through the Eyes of Saint-Aubin
  with Perrin Stein, Curator, Drawings and Prints, The Metropolitan Museum of Art 
  

• Drawing to Print: Looking at Grosvenor School Artists
  with Jennifer Farrell, Curator, Drawings and Prints, and Rachel Mustalish, Sherman Fairchild Conservator in Charge, Sherman Fairchild Center for Conservation of Work of Art on Paper, The Metropolitan Museum of Art

3pm
Beyond Boundaries: Approaches to Contemporary Drawings
Presented in partnership with the Conservation Center of the Institute of Fine Arts, New York University
Rachel Federman, art historian, writer, and curator; Lindsey Tyne, Conservation Librarian at New York University Libraries, Barbara Goldsmith Preservation and Conservation Department; and Annabel Daou, artist and adjunct association in the art history department, Barnard College. With a discussion moderated by Lisa Conte, Assistant Professor of Paper Conservation and Co-Chair of the Conservation Center of the Institute of Fine Arts.

5pm
Closing Reception sponsored by Master Drawings New York