Hettie Judah is a writer and curator. She is a regular contributor to The Guardian, Frieze and The Times Literary Supplement, 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 the curator of the acclaimed Hayward Gallery touring exhibition Acts of Creation: On Art and Motherhood. Her recent books include How To Enter the Art World After (Hoxton Mini Press, 2026); Tracey Emin (Tate, 2026); Acts of Creation: On Art and Motherhood (Thames & Hudson, 2024); Lapidarium: The Secret Lives of Stones (2022) and Lives of the Artists: Frida Kahlo (Laurence King, 2020)

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