Join ArtReview and Ursula on Tuesday 14 April for a conversation with Hammad Nasar and Billy Tang
ArtReview and Ursula magazine have teamed up to host a series of talks on the first Tuesday of every month in the Wine Bar underneath the Farm Shop in London’s Mayfair. Staged as a series of intimate conversations and more, set in a relaxed and casual bar, the series will allow audiences a insight into the inspirations, working methods and passions of some of today’s key visionaries from artists and thinkers, to filmmakers, designers, philosophers and architects. The events will span creative thinking and how it evolves to match our times. The series is a celebration of traditional conviviality, to be experienced live by those present rather than remotely, on screen. The talk will take place in the restaurant, where food and drink can be ordered throughout the evening.
Time: 6.15pm welcome drink, 7pm event start
Ticketed event: £14, which includes a welcome drink and copies of ArtReview and Ursula magazine
Previous events:
3 March: Ming Wong and Mark Rappolt
4 November: Cooking Sections and Louisa Buck
7 October: Do Ho Suh and Sook-Kyung Lee
2 September: Bex Wade and Danielle Brathwaite-Shirley
1 July: Thomas J. Price and Gus Casely-Hayford
3 June: Martino Gamper and Max Lamb
6 May: Es Devlin and George Rouy
1 April: Sonia Boyce and Ekow Eshun
About Hammad Nasar
Hammad Nasar is a curator, writer and Director of Programmes & Content at Ibraaz in London, UK. His previous roles include: Senior Research Fellow at Yale University’s Paul Mellon Centre; Principal Research Fellow at UAL’s Decolonising Arts Institute; Executive Director of the Stuart Hall Foundation; Head of Research & Programmes at Asia Art Archive; and co-founder of Green Cardamom. Known for collaborative, exhibition-led inquiry, his recent exhibitions include: Urdu Worlds (2026); Beyond the Page (2023 – 2024); British Art Show 9 (2021 – 2022); Turner Prize (2021); and Rock, Paper, Scissors—the UAE’s national pavilion at the 57th Venice Biennale (2017). Nasar is a member of: Board of the Henry Moore Foundation; Acquisition Committee for the UK’s Arts Council Collection; and Working Council of Asia Forum. He advised on the national representation at the Venice Biennale for Australia (2024), Britain (2022) and the UAE (2019). He was awarded an MBE for services to the arts in 2023.
About Billy Tang
Billy Tang is the Artistic Director of the new London-based non-profit Yan Du Project (YDP). YDP is a ‘laboratory’ for new forms of artistic community, experimentation and institutional dialogue, dedicated to Asian and Asian diaspora artists. A prominent curator and writer known for his work with art institutions in the UK, Mainland China, and Hong Kong, Tang built a reputation for championing mid-career and emerging artists, and for rethinking exhibition-making as experimental, living processes rather than static displays. His practice focuses on advancing diversity and amplifying the voices of historically marginalized artists from the Asia Pacific region. Previously, Tang served as Executive Director and Curator of Para Site in Hong Kong. He has also held senior curatorial roles at the Rockbund Art Museum in Shanghai, China and the artist-run Magician Space in Beijing, China. His writing has appeared in numerous periodicals, including ArtAsiaPacific, Leap and Mousse.
