Trois Crayons is Taking Drawings to Texas
On Paper: Drawings from the Renaissance to the Modern Day
October – november 2026
Trois Crayons Magazine, July 2026
Trois Crayons 2025 Exhibition Tracing Time, at Frieze No.9 Cork Street | © Image credit, Andrew Smith Creative.
We are excited to share the details of the first international iteration of our Drawings Hub which will take place in the form of an expanded, multi-city edition held in the United States this autumn. Building on the success of the 2024 and 2025 editions in London, the 2026 Drawings Hub will be held in respected local galleries in three cities across the state of Texas in October and early November 2026. Alongside openings in each location, the programming around the exhibition will include dedicated museum events with established local institutions. Our Drawings Hub model features no gallery booths and breaks from the traditional art fair structure, with all artworks being thoughtfully curated by the team to create an exciting and innovative selling exhibition.
On Paper: Drawings from the Renaissance to the Modern Day will first open in Houston in collaboration with Josh Pazda Hiram Butler Gallery from 9 October to 13 October. Josh Pazda Hiram Butler is a prominent contemporary gallery located in the Rice Military neighbourhood. Originally founded in 1984, it is renowned for its discerning selection of artists, from acclaimed American postwar modernists and international mid-level creatives to unknown yet crucial voices. Josh Pazda Hiram Butler regularly participates in the ADAA Fair and IFPDA Print Fair, both held in New York.
In Houston, Trois Crayons will be working with the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, to deliver the first talk to coincide with the Drawings Hub, with a focus on collecting drawings. The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, is the second largest museum in America. Their collection spans more than 5,000 years of history with nearly 80,000 works from six continents.
Following the Houston leg, the selling exhibition will move next to the Dallas Fort Worth area, held in collaboration with Gallery 19C in Westlake from 22 October to 29 October. Gallery 19C is an international gallery with an exclusive focus on 19th century European paintings. Founded in 2016, Gallery 19C celebrates the revolutionaries and innovators - artists such as Delacroix, Courbet, Corot and Millet - alongside the art of traditional artists, who have been often overlooked yet equally deserve a place in the pantheon of 19th century art history. Gallery 19C participates at TEFAF Maastricht and the Winter Show in New York.
Paired with the second stop on the tour will be an educational talk with the Dallas Museum of Art. The Dallas Museum of Art is one of the largest art museums in America, located in the nation's largest arts district in downtown Dallas with more than 25,000 works of art spanning 5,000 years.
The multi-city event will have its final showcase in Austin in collaboration with Martha’s from 4 November to 8 November. Martha’s is a contemporary art gallery that specializes in working with early-career artists and is committed to fostering an inclusive and diverse ecosystem for artists and collaborators. Founded by Ricky Morales and Meredith Williams in 2020, Martha’s have most recently participated at NADA Miami, Untitled Houston, The Armory New York & Dallas Art Fair.
During the time at Martha’s, there will be the concluding talk with the Blanton Museum of Art which will take place at the exhibition. The Blanton Museum of Art at The University of Texas at Austin is one of the largest university art museums in the U.S., with a permanent collection consisting of more than 22,000 objects.
Previous editions of the Trois Crayons Drawings Hub included master works on paper spanning five centuries from over 35 participating galleries, including drawings, watercolours and pastels. The selling exhibitions drew more than 2,000 visitors from around the world, receiving widespread praise for their unique approach to displaying and celebrating paper in its many forms.
