Chatter: Richard Wentworth with Roger Malbert, Rowan Moore and Marina Warner (Video)

– Editors

Drawing Matter’s 2026 Public Programme launched with Chatter, an informal evening that encouraged conversation around drawings and objects from the collection. For Chatter #1, we collaborated with the artist Richard Wentworth to select drawings and objects that relate to his work and interests.

For the evening, material from different contexts, alongside objects brought in by Richard, was loosely arranged around themes of demography (including post-war opportunities, planning for people); public realm/public space (including public artworks); and tools/how things are made. 

To introduce the event, Richard was joined by Roger Malbert, Rowan Moore and Marina Warner, who related the drawings to Richard’s work based on their own experiences of knowing and working with him.