This talk took place on 27 June 2025 as part of Tracing Time, the summer exhibition and talks programme presented by Trois Crayons at Frieze No.9 Cork Street.

In a lively discussion moderated by Annette Wickham, three artists, Joana Galego, Nicholas C Williams, and Pippa Young, discussed their use of traditional drawing materials and techniques. The conversation focused on how looking to the practices of the past informs how they approach their own work in the studio.

Panellists:
Joana Galego
Nicholas C Williams
Pippa Young

Moderator:
Annette Wickham, Former Works on Paper Curator, Royal Academy of Arts

This talk took place on 28 June as part of Tracing Time, the summer exhibition and talks programme presented by Trois Crayons at Frieze No.9 Cork Street.

Organising exhibitions centred on historic women artists presents a distinct set of challenges and opportunities. In 2023, Jennifer Higgie released The Other Side: A Journey into Women, Art & the Spirit World. In 2024, Amy Lim was research curator for Now You See Us: Women Artists in Britain 1520–1920 at Tate Britain, while Rachel Sloan is currently developing an exhibition on British women artists and landscape, opening at The Courtauld Gallery in 2026. In this session, panellists presented their projects before engaging in a lively discussion around the complexities, discoveries, and rewards of charting overlooked art historical territory.

Panellists:
Jennifer Higgie, author of The Mirror and the Palette and The Other Side
Amy Lim, Curator of The Faringdon Collection, Buscot Park
Rachel Sloan, Associate Curator of Works on Paper, The Courtauld Gallery

Moderator:
Euthymia Procopé, Director of Development, Rediscovering Art by Women

This talk took place on 30 June as part of Tracing Time, the summer exhibition and talks programme presented by Trois Crayons at Frieze No.9 Cork Street.

Drawing was central to John Constable’s working life. Detailed sketches from nature, sometimes on a tiny scale, underpinned his exhibition works; they could provide inspiration for a watercolour of Stonehenge or information about a specific type of plough. And yet his drawings could also have an emotional dimension: Constable’s most private, soul-searching works are not in oils but in ink and graphite. In this talk Susan Owens explores the wide range of his drawing practice from early Gainsborough-influenced views of East Bergholt lanes to the visionary ink blots of his later years.

About the speaker:
Dr Susan Owens, former Curator of Paintings at the V&A, is an independent art historian. Her recent book, The Story of Drawing: An Alternative History of Art, won the Apollo Book of the Year award in 2024. She is currently preparing a book on Constable, to be published in 2026.

This talk took place on 1 July as part of Tracing Time, the summer exhibition and talks programme presented by Trois Crayons at Frieze No.9 Cork Street.

In the No.9 Cork Street auditorium, located just a few hundred yards from the Royal Academy of Arts at Burlington House, William Aslet delved into his fascinating reassessment of James Gibbs’s unexecuted designs for the façade of Burlington House at the Ashmolean Museum, Oxford.

Guest speaker:
William Aslet, Scott Opler Fellow, Worcester College, Oxford

This talk took place on 2 July as part of Tracing Time, the summer exhibition and talks programme presented by Trois Crayons at Frieze No.9 Cork Street.

This panel explored how traditional connoisseurship and cutting-edge new technologies are reshaping our understanding of Italian Old Master drawings. Rachel Hapoienu and Tom Nevile presented research afforded by emerging tools such as the VSC scanner and the Trois Crayons Museum Forum. Following these presentations, Martin Clayton and Catherine Whistler led a discussion on recent and ongoing research projects in the field.

Panellists:
Martin Clayton, Royal Collection Trust
Rachel Hapoienu, The Courtauld Gallery
Tom Nevile, Trois Crayons
Catherine Whistler, Ashmolean Museum

Moderator:
Luca Baroni, L’IDEA – Testi Fonti Lessico Disegni

This talk took place on 3 July as part of Tracing Time, the summer exhibition and talks programme presented by Trois Crayons at Frieze No.9 Cork Street.

Why are drawings capturing the imagination of a new generation of collectors – especially younger and first-time buyers? This session explored how digital platforms are transforming access to works on paper, reshaping the way collectors discover, connect with, and build trust in galleries online. From social media to virtual viewing rooms, the panel considered the tools driving this shift.

Panellists:
Alesa Boyle, Trois Crayons / Stephen Ongpin Fine Art
Gregory Rubinstein, Sotheby’s
Lorna Tiller, Artsy

Moderator:
Bethany Woolfall, Arcarta

This talk took place on 4 July as part of Tracing Time, the summer exhibition and talks programme presented by Trois Crayons at Frieze No.9 Cork Street.

Between Drawings and Ceramics featured a panel discussion that brought together the worlds of drawings and ceramics. The conversation explored the parallels and contrasts in how these two mediums are collected, appreciated, and understood.

Panellists:
Marijke Varrall-Jones
Rupert Maas
Emma J Davis

Moderator:
Debika Ray

This talk took place on 5 July as part of Tracing Time, the summer exhibition and talks programme presented by Trois Crayons at Frieze No.9 Cork Street.

Watteau has been the focus of two major exhibitions this year — at the Château de Chantilly and the British Museum. In this panel, co-curator Axel Moulinier and curator Grant Lewis discussed their distinct approaches to the 18th-century master.

Panellists:
Grant Lewis, British Museum
Axel Moulinier, Château de Chantilly

Moderator:
Jennifer Tonkovich, Morgan Library & Museum