Enfolded Journeys – curator tour

Chris Taylor will be giving a guided tour and talk about the touring exhibition Enfolded Journeys with co-curator and Visiting Research Fellow John McDowall.

Enfolded Journeys is an open call touring exhibition of 28 new artists’ books made in response to themes suggested by the title.

The themes relate to travel, displacement, geographies and borders, and migration in recent times and in the past as the effects of such movements of peoples, whether compelled or voluntary, may resound through generations.

For this current iteration at DANUM Gallery, Museum and Library in Doncaster, the curators have worked with DANUM's Art Curator Neil McGregor in selecting works from the permanent collection – drawings, prints, paintings and sculptures produced by artists who migrated to the UK and made it their home, and which resonate with the exhibition's theme of travel, migration and place.

Visitors have the opportunity to handle all 28 artists' books, specially produced for Enfolded Journeys.

Enfolded Journeys – Doncaster edition runs to 18 July (open Monday to Saturday, 10am to 5pm). Find out more about the touring exhibition.

Venue

DANUM Gallery, Library and Museum
Waterdale
Doncaster
DN1 3BZ

Open Monday to Saturday, 10am to 5pm.

More information

Enfolded Journeys is a PAGES project, coordinated by artists and researchers John McDowall and Chris Taylor.

Founded in 1998 and operating around the hub of an annual Artists’ Book Fair, the initiative has provided numerous and wide-ranging opportunities for the development and awareness of the book as primary medium in art practice.

Manifestations such as exhibitions, workshops, open calls and curated projects have facilitated experimentation, dissemination and engagement for audience and makers. These include Special Collections, University of Leeds Gallery (2007); From Book to Book, Leeds Art Gallery (2008); Collections & collaborations (2015) and Pages: Future Present (2017), The Tetley.

In September 2026, Enfolded Journeys will travel to the Scuola Internazionale di Grafica in Venice, before returning to Leeds for PAGES artists' book fair and events in March 2027 at Leeds Art Gallery, Leeds Central Library and the Henry Moore Institute Library.

Image

Enfolded Journeys exhibition at DANUM, Doncaster. Photo by Neil McGregor (2026).