An intimate evening with artist Eva Helene Pade in London
The Contemporary Art Society welcomes guests to a candlelit dinner honouring the Danish painter, offering rare access to her practice and newly created works on paper.
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There is a particular grace in gathering around the table with an artist, the evening unfolding beneath candlelight as conversation moves between the personal and the profound. The Contemporary Art Society, in its twenty second iteration of The Artist’s Table, creates precisely this kind of intimacy: a space where patrons, collectors and those simply drawn to art may sit alongside Eva Helene Pade, the accomplished Danish painter whose work has recently entered significant public collections across Europe.
Pade’s practice is one of contemplative mark making and luminous colour, her paintings and works on paper emerging from a sustained engagement with abstraction, gesture and the material possibilities of paint itself. Her practice reflects a deep investigation into form, surface and the dialogue between intention and chance. The Contemporary Art Society has acquired her work ‘Over (Above)’, completed in 2025, for The Laing Museum in Newcastle, a testament to the growing recognition of her contributions to contemporary practice.
This November gathering will be co chaired by India Bhattacharjee and Mary Wolridge, creating an evening that balances conviviality with genuine artistic exchange. Beyond conversation, guests will encounter an exclusive opportunity: a selection of hand painted works on paper, created by Pade at Atelier Clot in Paris, will be available for acquisition. These pieces, made specifically for the occasion, represent the artist’s commitment to direct engagement with collectors and supporters of contemporary art.
The evening serves a purpose beyond the personal and aesthetic. Every ticket and acquisition directly supports the Contemporary Art Society’s charitable mission: the donation of significant artworks to museums throughout the United Kingdom, ensuring that contemporary practice remains accessible and visible across the country’s public collections. It is philanthropy rendered tangible, the act of gathering becoming an act of cultural stewardship.
For those who have followed Pade’s trajectory, the resonance extends further still. In May 2025, members of the Contemporary Art Society visited her exhibition at Arken Museum in Copenhagen, experiencing her practice within one of Europe’s most thoughtfully curated contemporary spaces. That exhibition, and the museum’s commitment to her work, underscored the growing significance of her voice within contemporary painting.
The evening takes place at 9 Columbia Hotel in London on Monday 9 November 2026. It represents the kind of gathering increasingly rare in contemporary life: unrushed, purposeful, devoted to both the work and the artist behind it.
Imagery courtesy of Thaddaeus Ropac (@thaddaeusropac).
