Hettie Judah is a curator, broadcaster and one of Britain’s leading writers on art. She has a monthly column for Apollo magazine and is a regular contributor to the Guardian, Frieze, Times Literary Supplement and BBC Radio 4’s Front Row. Her recent books include Lapidarium: The Secret Lives of Stones (John Murray, 2022) and Acts of Creation: On Art and Motherhood (Thames & Hudson, 2024).
Join us for this special event with artists Chantal Joffe and Claudette Johnson, exhibition curator Ingrid Swenson, and writer, curator and broadcaster Hettie Judah. Joffe and Johnson are two of the 18 contemporary artists whose work features in the Being There exhibition which celebrates Bath Preservation Trust’s acquisition of a family group of four portraits by Thomas Gainsborough. This discussion on portraiture today will range across a number of themes such as intimacy, motherhood and cultural identity.
Join us for this special event with artists Chantal Joffe and Claudette Johnson, exhibition curator Ingrid Swenson, and writer, curator and broadcaster Hettie Judah. Joffe and Johnson are two of the 18 contemporary artists whose work features in the Being There exhibition which celebrates Bath Preservation Trust’s acquisition of a family group of four portraits by Thomas Gainsborough. This discussion on portraiture today will range across a number of themes such as intimacy, motherhood and cultural identity.
