The Salon du Dessin on video:
insights from curators
and a collector
What draws a curator from the Met to cross the Atlantic every spring?
What transformed a New York couple into passionate drawing collectors?
On the occasion of the Salon du dessin 2026, we are sharing a series of filmed interviews published on Instagram.
John Marciari and Nadine Orenstein, curators at two of America’s greatest institutions, and Elizabeth Eveillard, a New York collector whose apartment is filled with drawings, offer their singular perspective on the event.
Three voices, three ways of loving drawing.
A collector’s passion:
Elizabeth Eveillard
We had the privilege of sitting down with Elizabeth Eveillard in her New York apartment, surrounded by the drawings she and her husband have collected over a lifetime, to ask her all these questions: the first acquisition, the passion that followed, and what brings them back to Paris every year.
Their first drawing, bought together, was a Sargent — a portrait study. Several years would pass before the next. But in the 1980s and 1990s, they discovered the Salon du dessin, and everything changed.
For Mrs Eveillard, the Salon offers three things to be found nowhere else: an extraordinary concentration of works in a single place, a community of collectors marked by rare collegiality, and dealers who are erudite, generous with their time, and never pressing.
Curators on the Salon du dessin
John Marciari
An interview recorded in New York with John Marciari, Chief Curator and Head of Drawings at The Morgan Library & Museum.
A loyal visitor for over ten years, John Marciari describes the Salon as “the place where the greatest number of new drawings appear each year” — a unique fixture in the international calendar, where works previously unseen on the market come to light for the first time.
For curators, collectors and institutions alike, the Salon du dessin is above all a place of discovery. The breadth of what is on offer is unrivalled: drawings by old masters, modern works and works from the early twentieth century, sheets from every school and every century, presented by leading international galleries. Works long absent from the market appear here for the first time. The quality is exceptional, the attributions sound, and connoisseurship guides every stand.
In his own words, the Salon is “unparalleled in the world of drawing” — whether for study, for enriching museum collections, or for encountering works that renew our understanding of artistic practice.
Nadine Orenstein
Nadine Orenstein is the Drue Heinz Curator in Charge of the Department of Drawings and Prints at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York.
We had the pleasure of recording this interview in New York in early February, on the occasion of the first Salon du dessin reception held there.
For her, the Salon du dessin remains “the place where everything happens” — the key moment of the year when the drawing world gathers in Paris. Dealers present works they have often reserved especially for the occasion. Curators meet colleagues from across the globe, and an exceptional diversity of sheets can be studied in a single place.
The Salon also offers a rare opportunity: to discover works brought by many European dealers who do not exhibit regularly abroad, making the event a genuine place of discovery.
As Nadine Orenstein observes, it is a moment that collectors and museum professionals look forward to throughout the year — a week devoted entirely to drawing, where acquisitions, research and connoisseurship come together.
Catalogue of the 2026 Salon du dessin
Browse the catalogue of the 34th edition of the Salon du Dessin, which took place from 25 to 30 March 2026 at the Palais Brongniart.
The ‘New Collectors’ selection at the Salon du Dessin
Through distinctive signage on the stands of participating galleries, visitors can discover quality drawings at accessible prices (between €2,000 and €8,000)
The 2026 Salon du dessin in pictures
A look at all the stands at the 34th edition of the Salon du Dessin, which offers a fine balance between historical, modern and contemporary drawing.
A Look at the Stand of the Musée d’art moderne André Malraux (MuMa – Le Havre)
A look at the stand of the André Malraux Museum of Modern Art (MuMa – Le Havre), guest of honour at the 2026 Salon du Dessin, which is exhibiting thirty-six works from its collection
Renie Spoelstra, winner of the 2026 Guerlain Prize
The Daniel & Florence Guerlain Contemporary Art Foundation’s 2026 Drawing Prize was awarded to the artist Renie Spoelstra on Thursday 26 March at the Salon du Dessin.
The return of anonymous drawings at the Salon du Dessin
The Salon du Dessin is reviving an earlier tradition by dedicating a space to drawings whose authors have not yet been identified by the exhibitor presenting them.
Pierre Rosenberg signs at the Salon du Dessin
The Librairie du Louvre invites Pierre Rosenberg to its stand at the Salon du Dessin to sign copies of his latest book: “Nicolas Poussin: A Catalogue Raisonné of His Paintings”, on Thursday 26 March at 6pm, during the late-night opening. Don’t wait to discover the full selection of books, special…
Talk : “The Art of Drawing: Creative Processes”
This year at the Salon du dessin, Citadelles & Mazenod is hosting a lecture on the book “The Art of Drawing: Creative Processes”, attended by its author Éric Pagliano and moderated by Guy Boyer, editor-in-chief of Connaissance des Arts, on Thursday 26 March, at 7pm.
Drawing Week: registration is now open
The 26th Drawing Week invites you to more than fifteen museums and institutions for private tours of exhibitions and graphic art collections.
Joint statement
The Salon du Dessin is a signatory to the joint declaration by art market professionals, cultural institutions, artists and representatives of the creative ecosystem.
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