Claire Marie Healy Launches Girlhood Studies Substack and Brings MoMu Exhibition to Grand Palais
Today, Claire Marie Healy, a writer from London and the former editor of Dazed, introduced her Girlhood Studies initiative on Substack, building upon a column she previously wrote for AnOther Magazine. This initiative features a collaboratively written book titled Girlhood, which is published by Tate, alongside an exhibition at MoMu Antwerp called Girls: On Boredom, Rebellion and Being In-Between, which Healy curated as a guest. The exhibition is set to move to the Grand Palais in Paris from 9 December 2026 to 21 March 2027. Healy also discussed her cultural interests, which include gallery visits in Hackney, Del LaGrace Volcano's photography, shopping at Twos, and reading works by Charlie Fox and Henry James. She is eager for Gregg Araki's upcoming film and Grouper's sold-out performances in November.
Key facts
- Claire Marie Healy launched the Girlhood Studies series on Substack with the first essay released today.
- Girlhood Studies began as a column for AnOther Magazine, exploring cinema, fashion, and image culture shaping girlhood.
- Healy co-authored the book Girlhood, published by Tate.
- She was guest curator for film for the exhibition Girls: On Boredom, Rebellion and Being In-Between at MoMu Antwerp.
- The exhibition will travel to the Grand Palais in Paris from 9 December 2026 to 21 March 2027.
- Healy recommended galleries Soft Opening, Auto Italia, and The Approach in Hackney, London.
- She is interested in Del LaGrace Volcano's photos of leather dyke communities in San Francisco in the 1970s and 1980s, showing at Auto Italia this autumn.
- Healy is reading Charlie Fox's debut novel Drool and Henry James's The Portrait of a Lady.
- She is a Gregg Araki devotee and anticipates his new film I Want Your Sex.
- Healy seeks the Hightide 16-month Planner and listens to This is Lorelei and Grouper.
Entities
Artists
- Claire Marie Healy
- Del LaGrace Volcano
- Charlie Fox
- Henry James
- Jane Campion
- Gregg Araki
- Rose McGowan
- Elizabeth Hardwick
- Ellis Tree
- Liam Parsons
- Francesca Allen
Institutions
- Girlhood Studies
- Dazed
- AnOther Magazine
- Substack
- Tate
- MoMu Antwerp
- Grand Palais
- Soft Opening
- Auto Italia
- The Approach
- Twos
- Regent Studios
- Perfect Lives
- Donlon Books
- Waste Store
- Bistrotheque
- St John
- Fischer's
- The Phoenix Palace
- Cafe Oto
- It's Nice That
- Kingston School of Art
- Good Morning
Locations
- London
- United Kingdom
- Hackney
- Victoria Park
- San Francisco
- United States
- Antwerp
- Belgium
- Paris
- France
- Farringdon
- Marylebone
- Regent Studios