HAYLEY MILLAR BAKER INTERVIEWED ON MOTHERHOOD IN A NEW ARTICLE AHEAD OF NGV GROUP SHOW

28.02.2026

In a new article titled Beyond Brokenness: is motherhood too big a subject for art?, by Lauren Carroll Harris, Hayley Millar Baker shares her thoughts on motherhood as a Gunditjmara artist and parent of two children.

Hayley notes, “[When my firstborn] Maeve was about four months old, I saw motherhood – for me, an Aboriginal woman – as defiant.”

The article comes ahead of MOTHER: Stories from the NGV Collection, opening at the National Gallery of Victoria’s Ian Potter Centre on 27.O3.2O26

Click here to read the full article.

 

Image: Hayley Millar Baker, Nyctinasty (still), 2O21, 7:54-minute single-channel film.

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