About this Event
An After Session with Hettie Judah
Join us for an informal, intimate, evening event built around art, conversation and community.
The session will open with short presentations from four Morphe artists, each of whom will share their recent and current work.
Hettie Judah then takes a seat at the centre for an open, hour-long conversation, taking questions about the art world, about her work, about navigating a creative life. Bring whatever's on your mind.
After stay for refreshments and a chat.
Hettie will be signing copies of her new book How to Enter the Art World...
"Vital guidance for all artists. Empowering, encouraging and enlightening." — Robert Diament, Talk Art
Hettie Judah is a writer and curator. She is a contributor to The Guardian, Frieze, The Times Literary Supplement and BBC Radio 4’s Front Row, and writes a monthly column for Apollo magazine. Between 2016 and 2024 she was the chief art critic for the British daily newspaper The i. She was curator of the acclaimed Hayward Gallery Touring exhibition Acts of Creation: On Art and Motherhood which toured the UK and Ireland between 2024 and 2026, and authored the standalone book of the same title published by Thames & Hudson. She is the co-founder, with Jo Harrison, of the Art Working Parents Alliance, a nationwide network and advocacy group. Other recent books include How to Enter the Art World (Hoxton Mini Press, 2026), Tracey Emin (Tate, 2026), How Not To Exclude Artist Mothers (and other parents) (Lund Humphries, 2022), Lapidarium: The Secret Lives of Stones (John Murray, 2022) and Lives of the Artists: Frida Kahlo (Laurence King, 2020). Her forthcoming book Looking for Pleasure: Picturing Women’s Desire will be published by Thames & Hudson on 3 September 2027.
is a network of artists across the UK, with projects in London, Wales and Scotland. Morphē supports early to mid-career arts professionals with a focus on encouraging critical engagement between Christian faith and contemporary art. As a charity we run gallery spaces, an artist residency programme, conferences, artists groups and monthly events. We have a wealth of resources for artists including online talks and printed publications. www.morphearts.org
Event venue & nearby stays
St Barnabas Dalston, Shacklewell Row, London, United Kingdom
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