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 fourth talk in the series will be with artist Thomas J Price and curator Gus Casely-Hayford.

• 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. There will be a choice between Au Bon Climat ‘Wild Boy’ Chardonnay from Santa Barbara County, California (2023) or Au Bon Climat Pinot Noir from Santa Maria Valley, California (2022).

Tickets cost £14 per person, which includes a complimentary 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 Thomas J Price
Thomas J Price’s multidisciplinary practice confronts preconceived attitudes towards representation and identity, foregrounding the intrinsic value of the individual and subverting structures of hierarchy. Celebrated for his large-scale figurative sculptures, Price draws our attention to the psychological embodiment of his fictional characters, highlighting nuanced understandings of social signifiers and predetermined value. Amalgamated from multiple sources, the works are developed through a hybrid approach of traditional sculpting and intuitive digital technology. He encompasses historic constructs with a newness that at first glance can go unnoticed, but that live in the public realm as silent totems for change.

Price was commissioned by Hackney Council in London to create the first permanent public sculptures to celebrate the contribution of the Windrush generation and their descendants in the UK, unveiled in June 2022. Selected 2025 solo exhibitons include: ‘Thomas J Price in Florence,’ Palazzo Vecchio and Museo Novecento, Florence, Italy; ‘Thomas J Price. Resilience of Scale,’ Hauser & Wirth New York, Wooster Street, New York NY; ‘Midnight Moment. Thomas J Price: Man Series,’ Time Square Arts, New York NY; ‘Thomas J Price. Grounded in the Stars,’ Times Square Arts, New York NY; and ‘Thomas J Price,’ Nevada Museum of Art, Reno NV.

About Gus Casely-Hayford
Dr Gus Casely-Hayford OBE is a British curator, cultural historian, broadcaster and lecturer. He has been the inaugural Director of V&A East since 2020 and was formerly the Director of the Smithsonian National Museum of African Art in Washington, DC. He has been a Professor of Practice at SOAS, University of London since 2021 and is a Cultural Fellow at King’s College London.

Casely-Hayford has advised organizations from the Tate and National Portrait Gallery to the Royal Shakespeare Company and the National Trust, and consulted on numerous exhibitions and creative projects. He is a celebrated writer and broadcaster with several presenter credits for the BBC, Sky Arts and Channel 4. In 2017, he gave a TEDGlobal Talk ‘The Powerful Stories that Shaped Africa’ and in 2018, was appointed an Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) in 2018 for his services to arts and culture.

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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.