Chatter #1: Richard Wentworth

Drawing Matter’s 2026 Public Programme begins with the launch of Chatter, a new series of evening events in the archive. Chatter evenings are opportunities to gather and talk around drawings and objects from the collection chosen by an invited guest (or guests) on a theme or subject that interests them. The evenings are not lectures or formal talks, but open discussions; everyone is encouraged to talk to the drawings and to each other. We welcome participants from all backgrounds and disciplines who are interested in sharing an experience.

For Chatter #1, we have collaborated with the artist Richard Wentworth to select drawings and objects that relate to his work and interests in haptic understanding, conjunctions of unalike things, materiality, and things in their time. Included in the selection will be several of Richard’s own works, brought into dialogue with material from the collection.

Format
Doors open at 18.00. At 18.30, Richard will give a short introduction to the selection and to his guests Marina Warner, Roger Malbert and Rowan Moore. Afterwards, everyone is encouraged to look at the drawings and begin chatting freely. The evening will end at 20.00, but you are free to leave at any time!

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Drawing Matter’s public programme offers the public opportunities to experience our drawings collection, which is usually only open to researchers by appointment and for student/practice workshops. Events take the form of temporary exhibitions, talks at the archive, and workshops.

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[Chatter identity: after James Gowan’s sketch titled ‘wooden heads in four pieces’, November 1971. DMC 2602.55]