An 'After Session' with Hettie Judah -
Hosted by
The Royal Society of Sculptors
at
The Abject Gallery & The Moving Gallery, Athenaeum, Sunderland
13 June, 1.30-3.30pm
with
presentations by Owen Bullett, Ros Burgin, Alexandra Carr, Ali Darke, Peter Hanmer and Caroline Lambard
LIMITED SPACE: BOOKING ESSENTIAL
Tickets £5-£7.50
free tickets available for those who need them - email: howtoentertheartworldafter@gmail.com
Join us for an informal, intimate, daytime event built around art, conversation and community.
This ‘After Session’ takes place in the context of the exhibition Assembly, which brings together thirty-five distinguished members of the Royal Society of Sculptors. The event will start with short presentations by exhibiting artists Owen Bullett, Ros Burgin, Alexandra Carr, Ali Darke, Peter Hanmer and Caroline Lambard, each of whom will discuss their recent and current work.
We will then move into a clustered circle, with Hettie Judah seated at the centre for an open, hour-long Q&A, during which she will take questions about the art world, about her work, about navigating a creative life.
The event ends with refreshments and a chat. Hettie will also be selling and signing copies of her new book, How to Enter the Art World …After — a myth-busting guide for artists whose lives are complicated and human.
"Vital guidance for all artists. Empowering, encouraging and enlightening." — Robert Diament, Talk Art
About Hettie Judah:
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.
About the exhibition:
ASSEMBLY
The Royal Society of Sculptors brings an international survey of contemporary sculpture to Sunderland
13 June – 25 July 2026
The Abject Gallery & The Moving Gallery, Athenaeum, Sunderland
This summer, Sunderland becomes the meeting point for an ambitious international gathering of contemporary sculptural practice as Assembly brings together thirty-five distinguished members of the Royal Society of Sculptors (RSS) for a major exhibition at The Abject Gallery and The Moving Gallery, Sunderland.
Presenting current and site-responsive works by artists from across the UK, Europe, Mexico and the United States, Assembly foregrounds sculpture as one of the most expansive forms in contemporary art today. The exhibition includes artists whose practices span installation, land art, performance, object-making, architectural intervention, film and expanded material experimentation.