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Lucy Wigley

Motherhood exhibition opens with over 100 artworks created by artists who were told being a mother isn’t an ‘appropriate subject for art’

Woman eating on a bed while daughter irons in the background.

After being discouraged from expressing themselves as parents through their art, a group of artists and mothers have opened an exhibition showing how blending art and motherhood can be beautiful.

As soon as she has a baby a woman's life is altered immeasurably, and usually for the wrong reasons. Working mothers earn considerably less than working fathers, and face a number of challenges when it comes to requesting flexible working. Mothers are also being legally gagged from talking about workplace discrimination. 

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