Hettie Judah – On Art and Motherhood
Join an exciting lecture with the renowned curator and writer Hettie Judah.
She recently released the book “Acts of Creation: On Art and Motherhood” (2024), which explores how motherhood has been portrayed in art and how these images have shaped our understanding of being a parent.
In this lecture, Hettie Judah explores how images of motherhood from across art history have reinforced the expectations imposed on flesh and blood parents, and how feminist artists have worked to subvert them, and includes artworks by Frida Kahlo and Louise Bourgeois. By turns thought-provoking, startling and funny, “On Art and Motherhood” takes a fresh, expansive and inclusive look at one of the most universal of human experiences. And guarantees you will never look at the Madonna in quite the same way again.
The lecture is in English and is open to all, but you need a ticket to participate.
Hettie Judah er skribent og kurator og skriver for aviser og kunstmagasiner i Storbritannia og internasjonalt. Hun er kurator for Hayward Gallery Touring-utstillingen «Acts of Creation: On Art and Motherhood 2024/25» og forfatter av boka med samme tittel. Judah er initiativtaker til manifestet «How Not To Exclude Artist Parents» og medgrunnlegger av den britiske organisasjonen «Art Working Parents Alliance». Blant hennes nylige bøker er «How Not To Exclude Artist Mothers (and other parents)» (2022) og «Lapidarium: The Secret Lives of Stones» (2022). Hun har mottatt priser og stipender fra «Association for Art History, Society of Authors» og «Villa Len Foundation».