THURSDAY, OCTOBER 8 | 6–8 PM: Museum of Fine Arts, Houston hosts a lecture with a gallerist, an auction specialist, a collector, and an MFAH curator to discuss collecting drawings in the 21st century. This event is presented by the organization Trois Crayons, which is based in the United Kingdom and strives to expand and connect the global drawings community.

The conversation features Tom Edwards, managing director of Abbott and Holder; Giada Damen, AVP, specialist, and head of sales at Christie’s; and Sebastien Paraskevas, founder of Trois Crayons. Curator Dena M. Woodall moderates. The participants engage with the state of the market for both Old Master and contemporary drawings, with a particular emphasis on the former.

RSVP HERE: This event begins in the American General Conference Room in the Beck Building. After the conversation, guests are invited to visit the Anne Wilkes Tucker Study Center to view a selection of works on paper.

The lecture at MFAH launches Trois Crayons’ first international Drawings Hub, On Paper: Drawings from the Renaissance to the Modern Day at Josh Pazda Hiram Butler.

Premiering in Houston and continuing to Dallas/Fort Worth and Austin, the event marks the first multi-city edition of the Drawings Hub in Texas and brings together leading galleries and dealers from the United States, United Kingdom and Europe specializing in works on paper.

PUBLIC HOURS | Josh Pazda Hiram Butler
Friday, October 9–Tuesday, October 13
FRI 2–5 PM | SAT 1–5 PM | SUN 2–5 PM | MON–TUE 10 AM–5 PM

OPENING RECEPTION | Josh Pazda Hiram Butler
Saturday, October 10, 2026 | 11 AM–1 PM (RSVP here)

The selling exhibition features masterworks on paper by artists including Edward Burne-Jones, Edgar Degas, Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres, Henry Moore, Pablo Picasso, Rosie Sanders, Charles R. Sheeler, Jan Toorop, J.M.W. Turner and Jan van Calcar, among others.

Participating exhibitors include Abbott and Holder, Patrick Bourne & Co., Toby Campbell Fine Art, Clase Fine Art, Jonathan Cooper and Stephen Ongpin Fine Art from the United Kingdom; Découvert Fine Art, Mireille Mosler, Ltd., Jill Newhouse Gallery, Rosenberg & Co. and Wildenstein & Co. from the United States; Thomas Deprez Fine Arts from Belgium; Enrico Frascione from Italy; and Perspective Fine Art from Austria and The Netherlands.

Together, the participating specialists present works spanning centuries of art history, from Old Master drawings to Impressionist, Modern and contemporary works on paper, offering Houston audiences an opportunity to explore drawing across periods, styles and traditions.