The Drawing Center at 35 Wooster Street reopens its galleries on Friday, October 23, with Form, Shadow, Motion: Selections from the Burger Collection, Hong Kong, an exhibition of roughly fifty works on paper that will take over the museum's entire gallery space. A public opening reception is set for the evening before, Thursday, October 22, from 6 to 8 p.m. The reception is free and no registration is needed. The show stays up through January 24, 2027, and admission to the museum is free.

The galleries have been closed while the installation goes in, so this week marks the first time since the changeover that SoHo residents can walk back into the space just above Canal Street.

What Is on the Walls

The works come from the holdings of the Burger Collection, a private collection based in Hong Kong that, according to the museum, includes more than 1,000 works on paper. The New York selection was organized by Olivia Shao, who serves as curator for the Burger Collection and for its program TOY Meets Art.

The museum describes the exhibition as a concentrated visual essay. Its organizing idea pairs two cities, Hong Kong and New York, as reference points, and pairs two bodies of thought, Eastern philosophy and Western philosophy, as frameworks. In practical terms, that means the drawings, prints and other paper works are grouped around shared historical and poetic concerns rather than by country, date or medium.

The artist list on the museum's page spans generations and continents. Among the names slated for the New York presentation are the Swiss Surrealist Meret Oppenheim, the German painter Blinky Palermo, the American sculptor Anne Truitt, the painter Jack Whitten, the sculptor Robert Gober, the Indian-born printmaker Zarina, the Austrian artist Franz West, the abstract painter Harmony Hammond and the Japanese graphic designer and painter Tadanori Yokoo. Several artists based in Hong Kong are also on the list, including Koon Wai Bong, Kong Chun Hei and Christine Ng Mien Yin, along with contemporary artists such as Alicja Kwade, Julia Phillips, Vivian Suter, Simone Fattal and Maria Taniguchi.

A Show With a Second Stop

After its New York run, the exhibition will travel in an expanded form to Asia Society in Hong Kong in 2027. The museum notes that some artists on its list will appear only in the Hong Kong version, so the SoHo installation is its own edit of the material. A catalog is being published jointly by The Drawing Center and the Asia Society Hong Kong Center. The New York presentation is supported by The Drawing Center's Exhibition Fund.

The exhibition continues a line of programming at The Drawing Center built around significant private collections, giving New York audiences a look at holdings that are not usually on public view.

About The Drawing Center

The Drawing Center is a museum devoted to drawing, located on Wooster Street between Grand and Canal Streets. Admission is free, a policy the museum credits to support from the Cy Twombly Foundation. The galleries, bookstore and restrooms are accessible, and visitors who need special access can reach Visitor Services at (212) 219-2166.

Because admission is free, residents can fold a visit into an afternoon of errands in SoHo, and the reception on Thursday evening offers a first look before regular hours begin on Friday.

How to Go

Opening reception: Thursday, October 22, 2026, 6 to 8 p.m. Free, open to the public, no RSVP required.

Exhibition dates: Friday, October 23, 2026, through Sunday, January 24, 2027.

Regular hours: Wednesday through Sunday, noon to 6 p.m. Closed Monday and Tuesday. The museum suggests checking its site before a visit, since hours can change around installations and holidays.

Address: The Drawing Center, 35 Wooster Street, New York, NY 10013.

Admission: Free.

Subway: Take the 1, A, C, E, 6, N, Q or R to Canal Street, then walk to Wooster Street, about a block and a half from the station.

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