Centers for Equity and Diversity in Arts & Culture
Austria
Region: Vienna
Advocacy group for visual artists focusing on fair working conditions, social security, and gender equity.
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Region: Vienna
Network promoting women in media professions; committed to equality, diversity, and fighting sexism.
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Region: Linz
Platform for feminist cultural work, networking, and empowerment.
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FIFTITU% – Network Office for Women in Art and Culture*
Region: Linz
Advocates for gender equality for women* artists, offering counseling, studies, and lobbying.
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Germany
Region: Germany (nationwide, with regional filter options)
Pinkstinks offers an interactive, user-friendly search tool for people affected by discrimination, (sexualized) violence, exclusion, or psychological stress. The platform is especially aimed at FLINTA* individuals, young people, queer communities, parents, survivors of violence, and those seeking support in care contexts. The search function allows targeted filtering by topic (e.g., mental health, queer counseling, sex education) and region.
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Diversity Audit Arts & Culture
by the Zentrum für Kulturelle Teilhabe Baden‑Württemberg (ZfKT)
Region: Baden-Württemberg
The ZfKT supports and advises cultural institutions in Baden-Württemberg in developing and implementing holistic diversity management. This structured certification program accompanies institutions over a two-year pilot phase to help them further develop their structures, staffing, programming, audience outreach, and strategic orientation with a strong focus on diversity.
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Diversity Arts Culture – Berlin Project Office for Diversity in the Arts
Region: Berlin
Diversity Arts Culture advises cultural institutions and public authorities on diversity issues. They develop training programs for cultural professionals and support artists and workers who face exclusion in the cultural sector. They also offer anti-discrimination counseling and advocate for collecting equality data within Berlin’s cultural institutions.
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Senate Department for Culture and Europe (Kulturverwaltung des Berliner Senats)
Region: Berlin
Promotes equal opportunities and supports diverse women’s cultural initiatives and projects in the creative industries.
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Gunda-Werner-Institut of the Heinrich Böll Foundation (GWI)
Region: Berlin
Advocates for feminism and gender democracy and promotes gender topics in politics, culture, and science.
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Federal Foundation for Gender Equality (Bundesstiftung Gleichstellung)
Region: Berlin
Works across sectors to promote equality, including in arts and culture.
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German Cultural Council (Deutscher Kulturrat)
Region: Berlin
Umbrella Organization of German Cultural Associations. The project office Women in Culture & Media of the German Cultural Council offers a mentoring program for women who aspire to leadership positions in the cultural and media sectors or who wish to strengthen their professional position within the field.
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Region: North Rhine-Westphalia
Supports female artists and their projects in NRW and promotes visibility for women in culture.
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Gender Equality Officers in NRW
Region: North Rhine-Westphalia
Implements the State Equality Act and supports cultural and scientific equality measures.
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Ministry for Science, Research and Culture of the State of Brandenburg
Region: Brandenburg
Supports projects advancing gender equality in the cultural field.
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Bavarian State Ministry of Science and the Arts
Region: Bavaria
Implements gender equality policies in the cultural sector.
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Ministry of Culture and Media Hamburg
Region: Hamburg
Supports gender equality efforts in Hamburg’s cultural institutions.
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Saxon State Ministry for Science, Culture and Tourism
Region: Saxony
Promotes diversity and gender equality in cultural policy and practice.
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Hessian Ministry for Science and the Arts
Region: Hesse
Committed to gender equity across the arts and cultural sectors.
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Ministry of Science, Research and the Arts Baden-Württemberg
Region: Baden-Württemberg
Supports cultural equality initiatives and projects statewide.
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Family-friendly travel grants – Hessian Cultural Foundation
Region: Hesse
Offers funding to cover travel expenses for accompanying persons and children during funded cultural travel.
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Switzerland
Region: Basel (active nationwide)
Coordination office for women* musicians, DJs, and producers in jazz, pop, and rock – with a strong focus on gender equity.
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Region: Basel / Nationwide
Advocates for the structural integration of care work in arts and culture, focusing on equality and parenthood.
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Women in Arts and Culture (WAC) – Switzerland
Region: Nationwide
Network for women in the cultural professions. Dedicated to visibility, justice, and mutual support.
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Fachstelle Kulturvermittlung Schweiz (Equality Division)
Region: Bern
Supports inclusive access and promotes gender diversity in cultural education and mediation.
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m2act – Funding and Networking Project by Migros Culture Percentage
Region: Nationwide
m2act promotes fair, collaborative, and sustainable production conditions in the performing arts, with a focus on care, justice, and structural change.
Reading Lists
Content Overview
Books:
- Art and Care
- Care (Revolution, Society, Structures)
- Art and Gender Equality
- Motherhood, (Non-)Parenthood, Care & Queer Kinship
- Feminist Resistance: Race, Class, Gender, and Beyond
- Disability Justice, Crip Studies & Interdependency
Further Resources:
- Exhibition Catalogues & Fanzines
- Studies & Reports
Sources: The list draws from the reading list published by art+care Schweiz and contains further resources from our own research.
Books:
Art and Care
Why Call It Labor? On Motherhood and Art Work – Mai Abu ElDahab (ed.)
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-Assembling Motherhood(s). On Radical Care and Collective Art as Feminist Practices – Sascia Bailer, Magdalena Kallenberger, Maicyra Leão Teles e Silva (eds.)
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Caring Infrastructures – Transforming the Arts through Feminist Curating – Sascia Bailer
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Other writers need to concentrate – Katharina Bendixen, David Blum, Barbara Peveling, Sibylla Vričic Hausmann (eds.)
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Mothering Myths: An ABC of Art, Birth and Care – Laurie Cluitmans, Heske ten Cate (eds.)
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Art Monsters. Unruly Forms of Womanhood – Lauren Elkin
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Mütter, die gehen (Mothers Who Leave) – Begoña Gómez Urzaiz
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Mother Tongue – Camille Henrot
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Die Träume anderer Leute (The Dreams of Other People) – Judith Holofernes
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Acts of Creation – On Art and Motherhood – Hettie Judah
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KUNSTFORUM International, Heft
284: Mutter-schaft (Mother-hood) – Larissa Kikol
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Radicalizing Care. Feminist and Queer Activism in Curating – Elke Krasny, Sophie Lingg, Lena Fritsch, Birgit Bosold, Vera Hoffmann (ed.)
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Curating with Care – Elke Krasny, Lara Perry (eds.)
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Das Leben der Kunst. Transversale Linien der Sorge (The Life of Art. Transversal Lines of Care) – Bojana Kunst
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Fremdlinge (Strangers) – Anna Katharina Laggner
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Kunst + Care. Fürsorge als Chance und Risiko im aktuellen im Kulturbetrieb – (Art + Care. Care as Opportunity and Risk in Today’s Cultural Sector) Ursula Theißen, Susanne Ristow, Lisa Bosbach (Hg).
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Ambivalenzen der Sichtbarkeit (Ambivalences of Visibility)– Johanna Schaffer
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Meine Arbeit (My Work) – Olga Ravn
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Frühe Pflanzung (Early Planting) – Anna Ospelt
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Ich stehe hier und bügle (I Stand Here Ironing) – Tillie Olsen
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The Mother Artist – Catherine Ricketts
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Arbeitstage (Working Days) – Jenny Schäfer
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To Becoming Two – Alex Martinis Roe
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Migrant Mother. Migrant Gender – Sally Stein
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Hallo Mama (Hello Mama, Graphic Novel) – Polly Dunbar
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Ein Geist in der Kehle (A Ghost in the Throat) – Doireann Ní Ghríofa
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On Connection – Kae Tempest
Care (-Revolution, -Society, -Structures)
for Care and Liberation – Sophie Lewis
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Alle Zeit (All the Time) – Teresa Bücker
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Alles Familie! (All Family!) – Alexandra Maxeiner, Anke Kuhl
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Alles inklusive (All Inclusive) – Mareice Kaise
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Behindert und stolz (Disabled and Proud) – Luisa L’Audace
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Chorus of Mushrooms – Hiromi Goto
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Das Ende der Ehe. Für eine Revolution der Liebe (The End of Marriage. For a Revolution of Love) – Emilia Roig
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Das Ministerium der Träume (The Ministry of Dreams) – Hengameh Yaghoobifarah
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Decolonize Selfcare – Alyson Spurgas / Zoë Meleo-Erwin
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exit RACISM – rassismuskritisch Denken lernen (exit RACISM – Learning to Think Critically About Racism) – Tupoka Ogette
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Freiheit. Vier Variationen über Zuwendung und Zwang – Maggie Nelson
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Für Sorge – wie Equal Care euer Familienleben rettet (Careful – How Equal Care Saves Your Family Life) – Jo Lücke
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Kümmern und Kämpfen (Caring and Fighting) – Anne Waak
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Ich stehe hier und bügle – Tillie Olsen
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Milkyways – Camille Henrot
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Musterbruch (Breaking the Pattern) – Patricia Cammarata
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Meine Arbeit (My Work) – Olga Ravn
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Ökologien der Sorge (Ecologies of Care) – Tobias Bärtsch u.a.
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Parable of the Sower – Octavia E. Butler
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Solidarisch gegen Klassismus. organisieren, intervenieren, umverteilen (In Solidarity Against Classism: Organizing, Intervening, Redistributing) – Francis Seeck, Brigitte Theiß (Hg.)
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The Argonauts – Maggie Nelson
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Technopolitiken der Sorge (Technopolitics of Care) – Christoph Brunner, Grit Marti Lange, Nate Wessalowski (Hg.)
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Und alle so still (And Everyone So Silent) – Mareike Fallwickl
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Unlearn Patriarchy (Bände 1+2) (Unlearn Patriarchy (Volumes 1 & 2)) – Lisa Jaspers, Naomi Ryland, Silvie Hoch (Hg.)
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Utopien für den Alltag (Utopias for Everyday Life) – Kristen R. Ghodsee
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WORKING CLASS DAUGHTERS – Über Klasse sprechen (WORKING CLASS DAUGHTERS – Talking About Class) – Karolina Dreit, Kristina Dreit
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3 Väter (3 Fathers) – Nando von Arb (Graphic Novel)
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Wirtschaft neu ausrichten. Care-Initiativen in Deutschland, Österreich und der Schweiz (Realigning the Economy. Care Initiatives in Germany, Austria and Switzerland) – Uta Meier‑Gräwe, Ina Praetorius, Feline Tecklenburg (Hg.)
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Radikale Selbstfürsorge Jetzt! (Radical Self-Care Now!) – Svenja Gräfen
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Revolution der Verbundenheit (Revolution of Connectedness) – Franziska Schutzbach
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Revolution für das Leben. Philosophie der neuen Protestformen (Revolution for Life. Philosophy of New Forms of Protest) – Eva von Redecker
Art and Gender Equity
The Milk of Dreams – Cecilia Alemani (ed.)
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Women, Art, and Society – Whitney Chadwick
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Now You See Me: An Introduction to 100 Years of Black Women in Art – Jane Chin Davidson
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Feminist Art Manifestos: An Anthology – Katy Deepwell (ed.)
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Orshi Drozdik: Feminist Methodologies in Visual Arts – Katalin Timár (ed.)
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The Expanding Art Canon. Women, Queer, Global – Joanna Fateman, Inka Meißner (eds.)
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Käthe, Paula und der ganze Rest (Käthe, Paula and All the Others) – Carola Muysers, Verein der Berliner Künstlerinnen (eds.)
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Global Feminisms: New Directions in Contemporary Art – Maura Reilly, Linda Nochlin (eds.)
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The Reckoning. Women Artists of the New Millennium – Eleanor Heartney et al.
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Post-Feminist Trans/Feminism in Contemporary Art – Gillian Hannum & Kyunghee Pyun (eds.)
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How to Not Exclude Artist Mothers (and other parents) – Hettie Judah
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Sexual Politics: Judy Chicago’s Dinner Party in Feminist Art History – Amelia Jones
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Kunst/Macht/Politik – Künstlerinnen in der DDR (Art/Power/Politics – Women Artists in the GDR) – Angela Lammert et al.
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A Time of One’s Own – Catherine Grant
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The Story of Art Without Men – Katy Hessel
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Women Artists: The Linda Nochlin Reader – Linda Nochlin
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Why Have There Been No Great Women Artists? – Linda Nochlin
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Nachbilder. Kunst der 1960er bis 1980er Jahre von Künstlerinnen (Afterimages. Art of the 1960s to 1980s by Women Artists) – Museum Ludwig Köln (ed.)
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Contemporary Art and Feminism – Jacqueline Millner
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Kunstfrauen. Künstlerinnen sehen die Welt (Art Women. Women Artists See the World) – Christiane Meixner
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Kunst, die Wissen schafft (Art That Creates Knowledge) – Ulrike Müller (ed.)
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Boobs in the Arts: Fe:male Bodies in Pictorial History – Natanja von Stosch & Juliet Kothe
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Feminisms/Museums/Surveys: An Anthology – Hilary Robinson & Lara Perry
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Old Mistresses: Women, Art and Ideology – Rozsika Parker, Griselda Pollock
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Art and Feminism – Helena Reckitt (ed.)
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Queer Art: A Freak Theory – Renate Lorenz
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Das unterdrückte Talent. Die Rolle der Frauen in der Bildenden Kunst (The Obstructed Talent. The Role of Women in the Visual Arts) – Germaine Greer
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A Room of One’s Own – Virginia Woolf
Motherhood(s), (Non-)Parenthood, Care & Queer Kinship
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Work-Life-Balance (Grafik Novel) *(Work-Life Balance [Graphic Novel]) – Aisha Franz
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Patriarchale Belastungsstörung *(Patriarchal Stress Disorder) – Beatrice Frasl
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Karriere & Familie *(Career & Family) – Claudia Goldin
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Mutterschaft *(Motherhood) – Sheila Heti
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Intimacies – Lucy Caldwell
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Lebenswerk. Über das Mutterwerden *(Life’s Work. On Becoming a Mother) – Rachel Cusk
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Selfish, Shallow, and Self-Absorbed: Sixteen Writers on the Decision Not to Have Kids – Meghan Daum (ed.)
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Mother Reader. Essential Writings on Motherhood – Moyra Davey (ed.)
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Unter Umständen *(Under Certain Circumstances) – Jil Erdmann, Lena Käsermann (eds.)
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Die Wut die bleibt *(The Anger That Remains) – Mareike Fallwickl
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Aus dem Bauch heraus *(From the Gut) – Jana Heinicke
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Krawall und Kekse *(Riot and Cookies) – Shirley Jackson
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Das Unwohlsein der modernen Mutter *(The Malaise of the Modern Mother) – Mareice Kaiser
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Kinder haben *(Having Children) – Heide Lutosch
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Queering Reproduction - Achieving Pregnancy in the Age of Technoscience – Laura Mamo
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Slug – Hollie McNish
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Nobody Told Me – Hollie McNish
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Mutter. Sein. *(Mother. Being.) – Susanne Mierau
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My Mother Was a Freedom Fighter – Aja Monet
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The Argonauts – Maggie Nelson
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Maternal Theory: Essential Readings – Andrea O’Reilly (ed.)
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Maternal Encounters: The Ethics of Interruption – Lisa Baraitser
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The Cultural Contradictions of Motherhood – Sharon Hays
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Ist das OK? *(Is That OK?) – Agota Lavoyer
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Jede_ Frau *(Every_ Woman) – Agota Lavoyer
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Of Woman Born: Motherhood as Experience and Institution – Adrienne Rich
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Radical Reproductive Justice – Loretta Ross, Lynn Roberts, Erika Derkas, Whitney Peoples & Pamela Bridgewater Toure (eds.)
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The Motherhood Constellation – Daniel N. Stern
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The Baby on the Fire Escape: Creativity, Motherhood, and the Mind-Baby Problem – Julie Phillips
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Detransition, Baby – Torrey Peters
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Mythos Mutterinstinkt *(The Myth of Maternal Instinct) – Annika Rösler, Evelyn Höllrigl Tschaikner
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Schwangerwerdenkönnen *(The Capacity to Become Pregnant) – Antje Schrupp
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Die Abwertung der Mütter *(The Devaluation of Mothers) – Anne Theiss
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Nicht nur Mütter waren schwanger *(Not Only Mothers Were Pregnant) – Alisa Tretau (ed.)
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Sorry I Gave Birth I Disappeared But Now I’m Back – Andi Galdi Vinko
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Abolish the Family: A Manifesto for Care and Liberation – Sophie Lewis
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Full Surrogacy Now: Feminism Against Family – Sophie Lewis
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Motherhood and Representation: The Mother in Popular Culture and Melodrama – E. Ann Kaplan
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Without Child: Challenging the Stigma of Childlessness – Laurie Lisle
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Feminist Resistance: Race, Class, Gender, and Beyond
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We Should All Be Feminists – Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
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Dear Ijeawele, or A Feminist Manifesto in Fifteen Suggestions – Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
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Süss – eine feministische Kritik (Sweet – A Feminist Critique) – Ann-Kristin Tlusty
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Decolonizing Methodologies. Research and Indigenous Peoples – Linda Tuhiwai Smith
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Can the Subaltern Speak? – Gayatri Chakravorty Spivak
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A Decolonial Feminism – Françoise Vergès
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Untenrum frei (Free Down Below) – Margarete Stokowski
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Die letzten Tage des Patriarchats (The Last Days of the Patriarchy) – Margarete Stokowski
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Der Ursprung der Welt & Der Ursprung der Liebe (Graphic Novels) (The Origin of the World & The Origin of Love) – Liv Strömquist
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Ain’t I a Woman: Black Women and Feminism – bell hooks
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Feminism Is for Everybody – bell hooks
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Sprache und Sein (Language and Being) – Kübra Gümüşay
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Frauen erfahren Frauen (Women Experience Women) – Jil Erdmann (ed.)
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KINGKONG THEORIE (King Kong Theory) – Virginie Despentes
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Geliebtes Arschloch (Dear Asshole) – Virginie Despentes
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Sister Outsider. Essays and Speeches – Audre Lorde
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The Uses of Anger: Women Responding to Racism – Audre Lorde
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KLASSENFAHRT. 63 persönliche Geschichten zu Klassismus und feinen Unterschieden (FIELD TRIP. 63 Personal Stories About Classism and Subtle Differences) – Frede Macioszek, Julian Knop (eds.)
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Azadi. Freedom. Fascism. Fiction – Arundhati Roy
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Gott der kleinen Dinge (The God of Small Things) – Arundhati Roy
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153 Formen des Nichtseins (153 Forms of Nonbeing) – Slata Roschal
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Women, Race & Class – Angela Y. Davis
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Blues Legacies and Black Feminism: Gertrude “Ma” Rainey, Bessie Smith, and Billie Holiday – Angela Y. Davis
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Gruss aus der Küche. Texte zum Frauenstimmrecht (Greetings from the Kitchen. Texts on Women’s Suffrage) – Rita Jost, Heidi Kronenberg (eds.)
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Caliban und die Hexe (Caliban and the Witch) – Silvia Federici
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Wages Against Housework – Silvia Federici
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Weissen Feminismus canceln (Cancel White Feminism) – Sibel Schick
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Hast du Nein gesagt? (Did You Say No?) – Natalia Widler, Miriam Suter
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Against White Feminism – Wie weisser Feminismus Gleichberechtigung verhindert (Against White Feminism – How White Feminism Obstructs Equality) – Rafia Zakaria
Disability Justice, Crip Studies & Interdependence
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Bewegung tut gut. Crip, Care, Kunst und Kollektive (Movement Feels Good. Crip, Care, Art, and Collectives) – Esther Andradi, Anne Hoffmann, Kimba (eds.)
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Pleasure Activism: The Politics of Feeling Good – adrienne maree brown
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Care Revolution: Living and Learning with Disabled Children – Nina Fletcher
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Being Heumann: An Unrepentant Memoir of a Disability Rights Activist – Judith Heumann
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Intensiv – Wenn der Ausnahmezustand Alltag ist (Intensive – When the Exception Becomes Everyday) – Mareice Kaiser
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Wie behindert ist das denn?! Mein Leben zwischen Perfektion und Pause(How Disabled Is That?! My Life Between Perfection and Pause) – Laura Gehlhaar
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Sex, Disability, and Motherhood: Accessing Care and Control – Kelly Fritsch, Anne McGuire, Christine Kelly (eds.)
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The Care Manifesto – The Care Collective
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Behinderung radikal denken. Eine Streitschrift für eine andere Gesellschaft(Rethinking Disability. A Polemic for Another Society) – Theresia Degener
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Sick Woman Theory – Johanna Hedva
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Technologien der Fürsorge. Perspektiven auf ein Handlungsfeld zwischen Sorge, Herrschaft und Solidarität
(Technologies of Care. Perspectives on a Field between Care, Domination, and Solidarity) – Anna Lipphardt, Regina Römhild, Katja Ketterer (eds.)
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Geist und Körper – Philosophie der Interdependenz(Mind and Body – Philosophy of Interdependence) – Eva von Redecker
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Inklusion. Wer darf dabei sein? (Inclusion. Who Gets to Be There?) – Ninia LaGrande
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Behinderung und Gesellschaft. Crip Perspectives (Disability and Society. Crip Perspectives) – Ninia LaGrande, Raul Krauthausen, Rebecca Maskos (eds.)
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Feminist, Queer, Crip – Alison Kafer
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Crip Kinship: The Disability Justice & Art Activism of Sins Invalid – Shayda Kafai
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Disability Visibility: First-Person Stories from the 21st Century – Alice Wong (ed.)
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The Right to Maim: Debility, Capacity, Disability – Jasbir K. Puar
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Crip Times: Disability, Globalization, and Resistance – Robert McRuer
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Chronically Ill: Disability, Time, and the Art of Living – Esmé Weijun Wang
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Allein im Garten – Tagebuch einer Pflegekraft (Alone in the Garden – Diary of a Care Worker) – Jennifer Sonntag
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No Body Is Disposable: The Logic of Ableism – Eli Clare
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Brilliant Imperfection: Grappling with Cure – Eli Clare
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The Queer Art of Failure – Jack Halberstam
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Disability Justice: Community, Culture and Leadership – Mia Mingus et al.
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Bodyminds Reimagined: (Dis)ability, Race, and Gender in Black Women’s Speculative Fiction – Sami Schalk
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Further Resources:
Exhibition Catalogues & Fanzines on Care, Motherhood(s) & Family
double bind – Kunst Kinder Karriere (Double Bind – Art, Children, Career)
Edited by Signe Theill, Vice Versa Verlag, Berlin
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MUTTER! (MOTHER!)
Exhibition catalog, Kunsthalle Mannheim, Distanz Verlag
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Designing Motherhood: Things That Make and Break Our Births
Exhibition catalog for the international touring show (Mütter Museum Philadelphia, MassArt Boston, ArkDes Stockholm, HCCC Houston), MIT Press
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Fanzine zur Ausstellung “Which Gender has Care?”
D21 Kunstraum Leipzig
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Kochen Putzen Sorgen – Care-Arbeit in der Kunst seit 1960 (Cooking Cleaning Caring – Care Work in Art since 1960)
Exhibition catalog, Josef Albers Museum Quadrat Bottrop, published by Quadrat Bottrop
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Mother Tongue Summit – Fanzine zur Ausstellung On the Horizon: Care, Stuttgart
Editor: Anna Gohmert / Mother* Warriors and Poets
Order via email: contact@mothers-warriors-and-poets.net
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Acts of Creation: On Art and Motherhood
Catalog for the touring exhibition curated by Hettie Judah (Hayward Gallery, Arnolfini, MAC Birmingham, etc.), Thames & Hudson
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Burning Down the House: Rethinking Family
Exhibition catalog, Kunstmuseum St. Gallen, Hatje Cantz
Exhibition Catalogues on Historical Exhibitions on Visibility of Women Artists
Kampf um Sichtbarkeit – Künstlerinnen der Nationalgalerie vor 1919 (Struggle for Visibility – Women Artists of the National Gallery before 1919) – Yvette Deseyve, Ralph Gleis (eds.), Reimer, 2019
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Die schaffende Galatea (The Creative Galatea) – Matthias Rataiczyk (ed.), Kunstverein Talstraße e.V., Halle (Saale), 2019
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Neue Positionen – Verein der Berliner Künstlerinnen 1867 (New Positions – Association of Women Artists in Berlin 1867) – Anna Havemann (ed.), Michael Imhof Verlag, 2019
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Stadt der Frauen – Künstlerinnen in Wien 1900–1938 (City of Women – Women Artists in Vienna 1900–1938) – Sabine Fellner, Stella Rollig (eds.), Prestel, 2019
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Fortsetzung folgt! 150 Jahre Verein der Berliner Künstlerinnen 1867 e.V. (To Be Continued! 150 Years of the Association of Women Artists in Berlin 1867 e.V.) – vice versa, 2017
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Sturm-Frauen. Künstlerinnen der Avantgarde in Berlin, 1910–1932 (Storm Women. Women Artists of the Avant-Garde in Berlin, 1910–1932) – Ingrid Pfeiffer, Max Hollein (eds.), Schirn / Wienand, 2016
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Profession ohne Tradition – 125 Jahre Verein der Berliner Künstlerinnen (Profession without Tradition – 125 Years of the Association of Women Artists in Berlin) – Berlinische Galerie (ed.), Kupfergraben, 1992
Studies & Reports
Gender Pay Gap in der Kultur weiter gestiegen (Gender Pay Gap in the Cultural Sector Continues to Grow) – ver.di Kunst & Kultur, März 2025
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Baustelle Geschlechtergerechtigkeit – Zur wirtschaftlichen und sozialen Lage im Arbeitsmarkt Kultur (Construction Site Gender Equality – On the Economic and Social Situation in the Cultural Labour Market (PDF)) – Gabriele Schulz & Olaf Zimmermann, Deutscher Kulturrat, März 2024
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Einkommensstudie von Künstlerinnen in Bayern (Income Study of Female Artists in Bavaria (PDF)) – Claus-Dieter Söndermann on behalf of the Green Party in the Bavarian State Parliament, 2022
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Elternschaft und Kunstbetrieb. Eine Studie zur Situation von Künstler*innen mit Sorgeverantwortung in Sachsen (Parenthood and the Art Sector. A Study on the Situation of Artists with Care Responsibilities in Saxony) – Landesverband Bildende Kunst Sachsen (ed.), 2023
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Kunstberuf und Familie. Erkenntnisse und Handlungsanleitungen zur Vergabepraxis von Atelierstipendien (Art Profession and Family. Findings and Guidelines for Awarding Studio Grants) – Philippe Sablonier for visarte.schweiz, 2023
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Gender-Monitor zur Gleichstellung in Kunst und Kultur in der Schweiz (Gender Monitor on Equality in Art and Culture in Switzerland) – Anja Zimmermann et al., 2021
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Leitlinien für gute Arbeitszeitgestaltung (Guidelines for Good Working Time Design) – ver.di, December 2021
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Beruf Künstlerin – Forderungen an die Politik (Profession: Female Artist – Political Demands) – BBK Bundesverband Bildender Künstlerinnen und Künstler, 2019
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bbk berlin: Ergebnisprotokoll des Summits zum Gender Gap (bbk berlin: Summary of the Gender Gap Summit (PDF)) – bbk Berlin, 2019
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Frauen und Männer im Kulturmarkt. Bericht zur wirtschaftlichen und sozialen Lage (Women and Men in the Cultural Market. Report on the Economic and Social Situation (PDF)) – Gabriele Schulz & Olaf Zimmermann, Deutscher Kulturrat, 2020
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Forderungskatalog zur Geschlechtergerechtigkeit im Kulturbereich (Catalogue of Demands for Gender Equality in the Cultural Sector) – Deutscher Kulturrat, 2020
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Frauen in Kultur und Medien (Women in Culture and Media) – Deutscher Kulturrat, 2016
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Arbeitsmarkt Kultur. Zur wirtschaftlichen und sozialen Lage in Kulturberufen (Cultural Labour Market. On the Economic and Social Situation in Cultural Professions (PDF)) – Deutscher Kulturrat, 2012
Press Reviews & Articles
BR – Kultur, Karriere und Kind: Wo bleibt die Vereinbarkeit?
(Culture, Career and Children: Where Is the Compatibility?)
Published on 27 June 2025 by BR Kultur-Online
Explores the question of how careers in the cultural sector can be reconciled with parenthood.
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taz – Diskussion um Care-Arbeit: Auch Kinderlose kümmern sich
(Debating Care Work: Child-Free People Care Too)
By Simone Dede Ayivi, published 23 May 2025
A column arguing for broader recognition of care work beyond the context of motherhood.
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taz – Frauen in der Kunst: Viel Care und wenig Kohle
(Women in the Arts: Lots of Care, Little Pay)
By Sascia Bailer, published 31 May 2025
A commentary on the disproportionate care burdens carried by women artists – and their financial consequences.
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ver.di Kunst & Kultur – Gender Pay Gap in der Kultur weiter gestiegen
(Gender Pay Gap in the Cultural Sector Continues to Widen)
Published on 3 March 2025
A trade union report on the worsening gender wage gap within Germany’s cultural industries.
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A text by Elena Philipp, 2024
Personal perspectives and structural analysis on how (in)compatible family life—especially motherhood—is with working conditions in opera and theatre institutions. Published in VAN Magazin.
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Stuttgarter Zeitung – Mütter haben es schwer in der Kunst
(Mothers Have It Hard in the Art World)
By Adrienne Braun, published 14 November 2024
Sascia Bailer discusses the structural challenges faced by mothers working in the cultural sector.
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Kontext Wochenzeitung – Mütter und Kunst: Wie verstecke ich mein Kind?
(Mothers and Art: How Do I Hide My Child?)
Published on 13 November 2024
An interview with the collective Mothers, Warriors and Poets on navigating motherhood in the arts.
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Monopol – Kunst und Care – Der vernachlässigte Zusammenhang
(Art and Care – The Neglected Connection)
By Sascia Bailer, published 8 March 2024
A call to acknowledge and value care work as a crucial component of the art world.
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Stuttgarter Zeitung – Mothers, Warriors and Poets im Kunstverein Wagenhalle
(Mothers, Warriors and Poets at Kunstverein Wagenhalle)
Published on 18 May 2023
A report on the exhibition of the activist mother-artist collective in Stuttgart.
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Frankfurter Rundschau – Kunst, Care und kollektive Praxis
(Art, Care and Collective Practice)
Published on 3 May 2023
A report on emerging collective structures of care within the arts.
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Monopol – Bezahlung und Sichtbarkeit. Wie es um Geschlechtergerechtigkeit in der Kunst steht
(Payment and Visibility: The State of Gender Equality in the Arts)
By Sascia Bailer, published 8 March 2023
An analysis of ongoing gender pay gaps and the lack of visibility for women artists.
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Hannah Cooke in der Monopol – „Der Kunstbetrieb muss elternfreundlicher werden“
(“The Art World Must Become More Parent-Friendly”)
Published in 2021
An interview with artist Hannah Cooke discussing why the art world needs to adapt to the realities of parenting.
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(NICHT) DER REDE WERT: ELTERNSCHAFT UND KUNST
(“NOT” WORTH MENTIONING: Parenthood and Art)
By Marcia Breuer, published 2022 on Call for Kunst
A personal and political reflection on how parenthood is sidelined in the cultural sector.
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And Partners in Crime – Art as Labour. On Art, Motherhood and Institutional Critique (PDF)
Documentation of the 2021/22 project
A curatorial-publication initiative exploring care, motherhood, and structural exclusion in the cultural field
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MATERNAL FANTASIES – Fake Gleichberechtigung (Fake Equality)
By the collective Maternal Fantasies, published 2020 in Arts of the Working Class
A manifesto for embracing care work as a future-oriented, compassionate force in art and society.
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Tagesspiegel / BBK – Vom Malweib zur Quoten-Künstlerin – Warum Umdenken nötig ist
(From “Painting Wives” to Quota Artists – Why a Rethink Is Needed)
By Ines Doleschal, October 2019
A historical and contemporary look at persistent gender inequality in the art field.
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Media (Videos & Podcasts)
Films
Katharina Pethke, REPRODUCTION / REPRODUKTION, 2024
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Laura Kaehr, Becoming Giulia, 2024
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Johanna Faust, I’LL BE YOUR MIRROR, CH 2019, 91 min
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Cosima Spender, PHYLLIDA, 2019. Hauser & Wirth
Documentaries
fair share! for women artists, mind the *gap! (link) 2024 - New National Galery
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Videos from the Conference Writing with CARE / RAGE (link) 2021
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Burning Issues meets Kampnagel, 2020 (link to Burning Issues meets Kampnagel
Selected videos:
Pro Quote Bühne
kunst&kind Berlin
Mehr Mütter für die Kunst
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Link to Panel “Child and Art” at HFBK Hamburg, 2020 (Panel „Kind und Kunst“ an der HFBK Hamburg)
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Art Basel Conversations (2019/2023)
Topic: Motherhood/Parenthood in the Art World (Themenfeld: Mutterschaft/Elternschaft im Kunstbetrieb)
Link to Shifting Mindsets: Welcoming Parenthood in the Art World
Art Basel in Basel, June 14, 2023
Participants: Andrea Büttner, Camille Henrot, Basim Magdy
Moderator: Emily Butler
Video link
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Between Production and Reproduction – Career and Motherhood in the Art World
Art Basel in Basel, June 10, 2019
Participants: Chus Martínez, Coco Fusco, Nadine Zeidler
Moderator: Julieta Aranda
Video link
Podcasts
YES WE CARE!
Fair Share For Women Artists, 2025
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Literary & Solidary Episode 11: Care Work, 2025 (Literarisch Solidarisch, Folge 11: Care Arbeit)
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Deutschlandfunk Kultur: “Motherhood Reclaimed – How Mothers are Changing the Art Scene”, Tina Hammesfahr (Deutschlandfunk Kultur: „Mutterschaft Reclaimed – Wie Mütter die Kunstszene verändern“)
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Podcast for the exhibition Family Affairs at Deichtorhallen Hamburg, 2021 (Podcast zur Ausstellung Family Affairs, Deichtorhallen Hamburg)
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Podcast: Die Leser:innen – The Feminist Books Podcast
Episode 68: Mother, Care, and the Art World – Incompatible?
Conversation with Sascia Bailer on Critical Mother’s Day
(Podcast: Die Leser:innen – Der feministische Buchpodcast, Folge 68: Mutter, Care und Kunstwelt – Unvereinbar?)
LINK to Podcast