Hettie Judah's books include Acts of Creation: On Art and Motherhood (Thames & Hudson) and The Secret Life of Stones (John Murray).
Seeing art is often a purely visual experience, but we shouldn't be afraid of exploring our other senses in the gallery
There are delightful discoveries to be made at this year’s event, but sometimes the central exhibition fizzles where it should spark
Artists over the centuries have often depicted women as mothers, but where are all the deadbeat dads?
Artists may distrust intermediaries but it would be more difficult for anyone to get noticed in the art world without them
In the decades after the Second World War, female artists chafed at the strictures of abstraction and began expressing their gender through their work
For one year, the National Museum of Contemporary Art in Athens has an all-female display of works from its collection and an all-female programme
Work by the artist who painted herself as a sex goddess sits uneasily within the category of feminist art – and is all the better for being discomforting
The artist found freedom in a form of DIY making that teeters on the edge of self-indulgence
Hettie Judah stops her ears to the endless chatter to find a painter whose work is full of flaws and self-doubt – and all the better for it
Creativity often flouts conventions, so it’s no wonder more women want to become thoroughly monstrous
