Hettie Judah's books include Acts of Creation: On Art and Motherhood (Thames & Hudson) and The Secret Life of Stones (John Murray).
The artist’s work is guided by a deep appreciation of the rhythms of the natural world. Ahead of his presentation at the Venice Biennale in the Canadian Pavilion, he talks about how he has grown as an artist
The idea of the beautiful and the damned ugly is a longstanding one, but a problematic one – in art as well as life
Hettie Judah is captivated by the photographer’s seriously thoughtful approach to adolescence
Devotion, in its many different senses, has always been at the heart of the artist’s work
In praise of the late-career artists, Joan Semmel and Caroline Coon among them, who keep on painting their own bodies
For contemporary artists such as Sasha Gordon and Nayland Blake the current moment screams unease
Puffing away is definitely deleterious to your health, but it can still be a ripe subject for art
As the London art world prepares for its busiest month, Hettie Judah explains why she’s planning her escape
The Egyptian artist’s ingenious operas, which he writes, scores, designs and directs, play around with our ideas about history
The artist’s sculptures and installations acknowledge and stand up to the lavish interiors of the Galleria Borghese in equal measure
