Join ArtReview and Ursula magazine for ‘Off the Record,’ a series of informal talks in the Wine Bar at the Farm Shop in London’s Mayfair.

Held on the first Tuesday of every month from April to July 2025, these intimate and relaxed conversations bring together artists, thinkers and creatives to give an insight into their inspirations, process and evolution of ideas.⁠ The series is a celebration of traditional conviviality, to be experienced live in a relaxed wine bar setting.

The first talk in the series will be with artist and academic Dame Sonia Boyce and writer and curator Ekow Eshun.

• 6.30 pm: Welcome drink

• 7 pm: Talk

Tickets cost £10 per person, which includes a welcome drink, as well as a copy of ArtReview and Ursula magazines. Please note seats will be allocated on a first come, first serve basis.

Wines by the glass, carafe or bottle can be ordered throughout the talks, alongside seasonal sharing plates specially selected for the evening.

About Dame Sonia Boyce
Dame Sonia Boyce OBE RA is an interdisciplinary artist and academic working across film, drawing, photography, print, sound and installation. In 2022, she presented ‘Feeling Her Way’ for the British Pavilion at the 59th Venice Biennale in Italy, for which she was awarded the Golden Lion for Best National Participation. Boyce came to prominence in the early 1980s as a key figure in the burgeoning British Black Arts Movement with figurative pastel drawings and photo collages that addressed issues of race and gender in Britain. Since the 1990s, Boyce has shifted significantly to embrace a social practice that invites improvisation, collaboration, movement, and sound with other people. Working across a range of media, Boyce’s practice today is focused on questions of artistic authorship and cultural difference.

In 2016, Boyce was elected to the Royal Academy of Arts in London, UK, and in 2023, she was elected to the American Academy of Arts and Science in Boston MA. In 2014, she became a Professor at University of the Arts London, UK, where she holds the inaugural Chair in Black Art & Design. In the 2024 King’s New Year Honours List, Boyce was awarded a Damehood. Her work is in many UK and international museum collections including: Tate, London, UK; Saastamoinen Foundation, Helsinki, Finland; Centre Pompidou, Paris, France; and Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Washington DC.

About Ekow Eshun
Ekow Eshun is a writer and curator. He is Chairman of the Fourth Plinth Commissioning Group, and the former Director of the ICA, London, UK. Eshun has curated exhibitions including, the critically acclaimed ‘In the Black Fantastic,’ Hayward Gallery, London, UK (2022); and is author of the books ‘Africa State of Mind’ (2020) and ‘Black Gold of the Sun’ (2005), shortlisted for The Orwell Prize. He has contributed to books on artists including: Mark Bradford; Chris Ofili; Kehinde Wiley; John Akomfrah; and Wangechi Mutu. His writing has appeared in publications including the New York Times, Financial Times and The Guardian.

About Farm Shop Mayfair and Wine Bar
Step downstairs into a hidden space beneath Farm Shop Mayfair and find the Wine Bar. Enjoy a glass, carafe or bottle of wine from around the world with an international and ever-changing wine list, featuring 150 bin wines. You can also find wine closer to home, created from grapes grown on Farm Shop’s estate in Bruton. Bringing a taste of Somerset to your table, the menu centers on fresh and seasonal ingredients, with produce sourced from Durslade Farm, the 1,000-acre estate in Somerset, and selected farmers with a shared passion for quality and sustainability.

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Photography will take place at this event for use on the Hauser & Wirth, ArtReview and Farm Shop websites, social media channels and in other marketing materials.