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Read the short text ‘Thalia & Melpomene’ by Roberto Cides. Drawing: Aldo Rossi (1931–1997), Teatro del Mondo, 1980. Serigraph, 558 × 728 mm. DMC 3018.

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Drawing Matter News and Events

For Tony Fretton: Practice—now open at S AM Basel—Drawing Matter has lent eight original sketchbooks, and reproduced several drawings. More information.
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Drawing Matter has lent a selection of drawings to the exhibition That Which Appears at Sid Motion Gallery. More information.

Videos in the Archive

Exploring the idea of conveyance through drawings and models from the Drawing Matter collection, asking how architects depict the movement of people, materials, and goods. Moving from roads and railways to airports and ferry terminals, Matthew Wells considers how different forms of architectural representation make travel visible.

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Collection Guides

Collection Guide: Alberto Ponis

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Michael Graves (1934–2015), Collage, 1975. Coloured card collage on board in perspex frame, 290 × 365 mm. DMC 4113.

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