How much longer, Mama? Between Artistic Self-Realisation and Care Work”

An event in the Bauhaus-Archiv series “Taking a Stand. Bauhaus and Diversity”

Hilde Hubbuch, Kinderporträt, Vintage Print, ohne Datierung

Motherhood plays a role in numerous women’s art-historical biographies but is seldom investigated in detail. Describing the background of many women Bauhaus photographers, one often runs across a matter-of-fact, yet life-changing side note that reads “With the birth of her daughter that same year, she ended her photographic career.” One exception was Lony Neumann who left her husband and child and emigrated to a different country. Such examples underscore a long-established fact of life: the private sphere is always political.
The life stories of these women offer us an opportunity to reflect on motherhood today. How does one reconcile motherhood and one’s artistic practice in a system in which care work receives little appreciation, where part-time lifestyle has become a buzzword, and female artists struggle for visibility in contrast to their male colleagues? And how do we channel these debates into museums?
Guests: Ines Doleschal from fair share! (Project kunst+care), Kalinka Gieseler (artist) and Bianca Walther (frauenvondamals)
Host: Jo Lücke
Children are welcome to attend as audience members.

Free of charge.
Limited number of participants. Online booking recommended.

Meeting point: foyer

Price info: Free of charge

Booking: booking/prior registration recommended

Next date:

• Date Thursday, 18/June/2026 18:00 bis 19:30
• Venue Museum für Fotografie - Helmut Newton Stiftung
• Address Jebensstraße 2, 10623 Berlin-Charlottenburg