Considering Collections: New Curatorial Approaches to Northern Drawings

Sunday, February 1, 10:30AM
Trois Crayons
Sotheby's New York, 945 Madison Avenue

Considering Collections: New Curatorial Approaches to Northern Drawings
Presentations and Panel Discussion with:

Olenka Horbatsch, Curator of Dutch, Flemish and German prints and drawings, 1400-1800, British Museum, London
Sarah Mallory, Annette and Oscar de la Renta Assistant Curator of Drawings and Prints at the Morgan Library & Museum in New York
Elizabeth R. Mattison, Andrew W. Mellon Curator of Academic Programming and Curator of European Art at the Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College
Anita V. Sganzerla, Curator for the Katrin Bellinger Collection, London

Moderators:
Alesa Boyle, Co-founder & CEO, Trois Crayon, London
Greg Rubinstein, Head of Old Master & Early British Drawings, Worldwide at Sotheby's

Events are free but registration is required. Registration opens on January 7, 2026.

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Join us for this opportunity to hear from four engaging early career curators based in the UK and US as they discuss their recent or upcoming exhibitions that highlight northern drawings. These curators represent four distinct types or collections: a public municipal museum, a private museum, a university museum, and a private collection.  Panelists will give short presentations about their exhibitions and how they engage with their respective collections, followed by a lively panel conversation about their curatorial projects and experiences.

Panelists:
Olenka Horbatsch, Curator of Dutch, Flemish and German prints and drawings, 1400-1800 at the British Museum, London
Early Netherlandish drawings 1400-1600
British Museum,  April 16 - September 20, 2026

Sarah Mallory, Annette and Oscar de la Renta Assistant Curator of Drawings and Prints at the Morgan Library & Museum, New York
Rembrandt's Lions: Art and Exile in the Dutch Republic
Morgan Library & Museum, October 23, 2026 - January 31, 2027

Elizabeth R. Mattison, Andrew W. Mellon Curator of Academic Programming and Curator of European Art at the Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth, Hanover, NH
Drawing Taught in all its Branches: Selections from the Collection before 1820
Hood Museum of Art, March 20 - May 22, 2027

Anita V. Sganzerla, Curator for the Katrin Bellinger Collection, London
Imagining the artist at work in Northern drawings - recent acquisitions

Moderators:
Alesa Boyle, Co-founder & CEO, Trois Crayons, London
Greg Rubinstein, Head of Old Master & Early British Drawings, Worldwide at Sotheby's

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This DRAWINGS WEEK 2026 event is organized by The Drawing Foundation in partnership with Trois Crayons and in association with Master Drawings New York 2026. We are grateful to Sotheby's New York for generously providing the venue for this event. 

                                     

Image: Maarten de Vos, Preparatory Drawing for Poverty Brings Forth Humility (detail), ca. 1585, pen and ink with brown wash on laid paper. Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth; purchased through the Julia L. Whittier Fund, D.984.2.1.