Hettie Judah on How Not to Exclude Artist Parents

For too long, artists have been told that they cannot have both motherhood and a successful career. This International Women’s Day, art critic and writer Hettie Judah discusses her new book How Not to Exclude Artist Mothers (and other parents) (Lund Humphries, September 2022), which argues that in making small changes and becoming more sensitive to the needs of artist parents, the art world has much to gain.

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In this polemical volume, Judah notes that a paradigm shift is needed within the art world to take account of the needs of artist mothers (and other parents: artist fathers, parents who do not identify with the term mother, and those in other sectors of the art world). Drawing on interviews with artists internationally, the book highlights some of the success stories that offer models for the future.

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Judah will be joined in conversation with Sara Raza, curator and writer.