Join ArtReview and Ursula magazine for ‘Off the Record,’ a series of informal talks in Wine Bar at the Farm Shop Mayfair, in partnership with Berry Bros. & Rudd.

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

The seventh talk in the series will be with Cooking Sections and Louisa Buck to mark the 10th anniversary of ‘Remember Nature,’ the visionary art project initiated by artist Gustav Metzger. The conversation will take inspiration from Hans Ulrich Obrist’s Remember Nature book ‘140 Artists’ Ideas For Planet Earth’ (2021).

• 6.15 pm: Arrival and welcome drink

• 7 pm: Talk

• 8 pm: Informal mingling

Our partner Berry Bros. & Rudd, Britain’s oldest wine and spirit merchant, will welcome each guest with a complimentary glass of wine.

Tickets cost £14 per person, which includes a glass of wine, as well as a copy of ArtReview and Ursula magazines. Please note seats will be allocated on a first come, first serve basis.

An à-la-carte menu of small plates, charcuterie and wines will be available to purchase throughout the evening.

About Cooking Sections
Cooking Sections investigates the systems that shape the world through food, tracing the spatial, ecological and political legacies of extractivism. Founded in London in 2013 by Daniel Fernández Pascual and Alon Schwabe, they use food as a lens and tool to trace the metabolic relations behind industrialized food systems. Since 2015, they run CLIMAVORE, exploring how to eat as humans change climates and how to metabolize climate breakdown. Alon and Daniel are Readers in Architecture and Spatial Practice at the Royal College of Art in London, UK, where they lead CLIMAVORE x Jameel at RCA. They are Fellows at the Canadian Institute for Advanced Research.

About Louisa Buck
Louisa Buck is an art writer and broadcaster on contemporary art. She is a Contributing Editor and the London Contemporary Art Correspondent for The Art Newspaper, as well as a regular reviewer and commentator on BBC radio and TV. She has written catalogue essays for institutions including Tate, Whitechapel Gallery and Institute of Contemporary Arts (ICA) in London, UK; The Hepworth Wakefield; West Yorkshire, UK; Museum of Contemporary Art (MCA) in Sydney, Australia; and Stedelijk Museum in Amsterdam, The Netherlands.

Buck’s books include ‘Moving Targets 2: A User’s Guide to British Art Now’ (Tate, 2000); ‘Market Matters: The Dynamics of the Contemporary Art Market’ (Arts Council England. 2004); ‘Owning Art: The Contemporary Art Collector’s Handbook’ (Cultureshock Media, 2006); ‘Commissioning Contemporary Art: A Handbook for Curators, Collectors and Artists’ (Thames & Hudson, 2012). In 2016, she authored ‘The Going Public Report’ commissioned by Museums Sheffield. Buck was a judge for the 2005 Turner Prize and is a founding member of The Gallery Climate Coalition.

About ‘Remember Nature’
The ‘Remember Nature’ project was instigated by artist Gustav Metzger on 4 November 2015. Arts practitioners and students around the world were encouraged to participate in a Day of Action addressing global issues such as extinction, climate change and environmental pollution. To mark the 10th anniversary of Remember Nature on 4 November 2025, there will be a nationwide day of art action to stand up for nature, realizing Metzger’s hope and belief in the future power of art to halt universal extinction.

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