Acts of Creation: On Art and Motherhood BOTY_2025 Through the words of a

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Acts of Creation: On Art and Motherhood BOTY_2025 Through the words of aExploring maternity through the work of artists from prehistory to the present day, Acts of Creation addresses the abiding mother shaped hole in art history. Long taboo, lived experience of motherhoodand all that accompanies ithas become the subject of urgent discussions within the art world. Acts of Creation: On Art and Motherhood proposes the artist mother as an important cultural figure, though one long overlooked. Modern and contemporary artists