Hettie Judah's books include Acts of Creation: On Art and Motherhood (Thames & Hudson) and The Secret Life of Stones (John Murray).
Gwen John and the contemporary artist Matthew Krishanu found comfort in a shared composition
A string of recent exhibitions have done much to raise the profile of so-called outsider artists
A new report shows that most practitioners are still working for love rather than fair pay
The Swedish artist is now fêted as a pioneer of abstract art, but her spiritual inclinations are what really resonate today
Hettie Judah revisits the past as it is presented by artists delving into the archives and reusing old footage
Hettie Judah on what artists have got right (and also wrong) when it comes to depictions of girls
While Peter Strickland’s most recent feature sends up sound artists, Georgina Starr’s short makes for a more challenging listen
Contemporary artists are looking to geological forms less for aesthetic cues than for perspective on time, place and human agency
We are well used to art expressing mental anguish, yet when we are presented with work that responds to physical pain, our urge is to look away
Slow painters, who only finish a few works each year, may be less visible in the art world, but their work is no less valuable
