Grayson Perry (b. 1960), Untitled, c. 1984, coloured crayons, watercolour, gouache, pen and ink, with collage of photographs, magazine illustrations and silver glitter
© The Trustees of the British Museum
Reproduced by permission of the artist

This informal walking tour of A British Museum touring exhibition Pushing paper: contemporary drawing from 1970 to now will give audiences an opportunity to meet with some of the exhibition Curators and ask questions. Leading the tour will be: Isabel Seligman, British Museum; Alix Collingwood-Swinburn, Durham University; Alison Cooper, Cooper Gallery, Barnsley and Andrew Parkinson, Pier Arts Centre.

The exhibition illustrates how artists experiment with the power of paper to express their ideas pushing the medium in new directions.

For the first time, the British Museum has co-curated this exhibition with partner museums from around the UK. In a new way of working, curatorial staff from partner museums collaborated with the British Museum to decide on themes within the exhibition and to research and select the works on display, as well as contribute chapters to the accompanying catalogue. The exhibition highlights the breadth and quality of the British Museum’s collection of modern art, as well as its global scope.

Generously supported by the Bridget Riley Art Foundation