https://www.newexhibitions.com/e/68105

An art exhibition presented by Castello 6668 Collective. 8 artists on motherhood.     

“The hand that rocks the cradle is the hand that rules the world.” — William Ross Wallace 

Drawing from the medieval visionary Hildegard of Bingen—who envisioned the female body as a vessel that advances, nourishes, purifies, and cares for future generations—this exhibition considers the mother as creative force: giver, medium, and traveling guardian. Mediating between the wider world and the world-to-come embedded in the growing child, the works trace the living bonds between woman, vessel, and world.

The artists resist a single approach. They explore multiple facets—sometimes in harmony, sometimes in conflict—yet the breadth and emotional force of the work ultimately forms a compelling reflection on the worth of motherhood. The exhibition foregrounds the private capacities of mothers—hands that hold, nurture, and propel—and lifts them from the dismissal they too often encounter in our current social order.

Castello 6668 Collective formed at the Royal College of Art, where it staged its first motherhood exhibition, All Love Begins and Ends Here (2025). The show explored complex, lived experiences of motherhood beyond the venerated European trope of the Virgin and Child. The project led to a feature in the journal Mothers and Mothering Throughout the Life Course, Fall 2025 issue.

Artists: Angele Lautier, Alison Dollery, Charmaine Beneyto, Hannah Scott, Lola Luk, Nelson, Norah Vincent-Michelin, Usoa García Sagüés     

25-29 March 2026 

PV 25 March 6.30-8.30pm

67 York St, London W1H 1QB

Opening Hours:

11am-5pm weekdays

12-5pm Sat, Sun

Wednesday 25 March 6.30-8.30pm - PV, Pearls of Wisdom Activity

Thursday 26 6.30-8pm – Hannah Scott –Artist Talk with filmmaker Teodora Burglund, Pearls of Wisdom Activity

Friday 27 11am-5pm - Pearls of Wisdom Activity

Saturday 28 12-5pm - Artist talks & Pearls of Wisdom Activity
1pm - Norah Vincent-Michelin – Felting with Norah
2pm - Alison Dollery - Artist Talk - The Body as a Canvas, a Practice, a Vessel
3pm - Angele Lautier – Artist Talk - Trinity Collection, Embodying Generational Identity

Sunday 29 12-5pm - Artist talks & Pearls of Wisdom Activity
1pm – Norah Vincent-Michelin – Felting with Norah
2 - 4pm – Lottie McCrindell - Workshop - Poetry