Helena Reckitt

Helena is a curator and researcher with international experience developing curatorial and critical research projects.

Staff details

Position

Reader in Curating

Helena Reckitt is a curator and researcher with extensive international experience in developing curatorial and critical research projects that focus on the overlapping realms of Art, Curating, Feminism and Sexual Politics; Affect & Relationality; and Curatorial Education.

Her research explores the undetonated potential of earlier moments of cultural and political radicalism, particularly those from the feminist and queer past. Having played a key role in defining, and arguing for the importance of, feminist and queer perspectives on art, theory and activism, recently Reckitt has focused on identifying feminisms that are under-represented within the Anglo-American canon. She explores why these feminisms have been elided, and stages research projects that revisit and reignite them through forms of translation, re-enactment, annotation, and collective reading. Drawing on theories of social reproduction and affect, her research examines the sexual politics of artistic and curatorial labour, including the implications of curators and curatorial students being interpellated as feminized. Connecting these research areas are the numerous exhibitions and discursive events that she has initiated that explore art and curating鈥檚 generative potential and relational dimensions.

Her previous roles include Senior Curator of Programmes, the Power Plant, Toronto (2006 鈥� 2010); Senior Director of Exhibitions and Education, Atlanta Contemporary Art Center, GA (2002 鈥� 2005); Head of Talks/Deputy Director of Talks, Institute of Contemporary Arts, London (1990 鈥� 1998); and Associate Commissioning Editor, Film and Performance Studies, Routledge, London (1988 鈥� 1990). As an independent curator she has developed projects for Nuit Blanche, City of Toronto; Flux Night, Atlanta; Oakville Galleries, Ontario; Ontario College of Art and Design, Toronto; and the ICA, Raven Row, SPACE and The Showroom, London.

Teaching

Prior to arriving at Goldsmiths, Helena served as an adjunct professor for the graduate programme in Art History at York University in Toront, and the Atlanta College of Art and Emory University in Georgia. She was the Clark Collection Critic and Curator in Residence at the University of Victoria in New Zealand.

Professional Projects

Helena is a member and former Board Chair (2011-17) of the Women鈥檚 Art Library at Goldsmiths, a member of the Centre for Feminist Research, and an editorial board member for the Goldsmiths Press. She is a board member and Acting Chair for Electra in London. She has served as a consultant or juror for organizations including the Creative Capital Foundation, MCAD/McKnight Foundation, Kentucky Arts Council, City of Toronto, Ontario College of Art and Design, and C Magazine. Her exhibitions and programmes have been supported by grants from public, private and government agencies including the Arts Council of England, National Endowment for the Arts, Andy Warhol Foundation for the Arts, Jack Weinbaum Family Foundation, Bickel Foundation, French Cultural Consul, Goethe Institute, Danish Arts Agency, Mondriaan Foundation, Japan Foundation, Creative New Zealand, and the Canada Council for the Arts. She is on the editorial board of the Journal of Curatorial Studies, is a cofounder of Feminist Curators United (fCu), and is a member of IKT, the international association of curators of contemporary art.

She has written for magazines including Art Papers, C Magazine, New York Arts Magazine, Art Asia Pacific, frieze, and the Times Higher Education Supplement, for the academic periodicals Art Journal, Reading Room, and the Journal of Curatorial Studies, and for books published by Routledge, Manchester University Press, Liverpool University Press, the University of Minnesota Press, Calvert 22, and the Whitechapel Gallery.

Publications and research outputs

Book Section

Reckitt, Helena. 2025. That Sparkly Feeling: Collective Learning and Exchange in the Feminist Duration Reading Group. In: Lisa Baldissera, ed. Person/ne: Citizenship, Agency and Communities of Care. Vancouver: Griffin Art Projects, pp. 110-129. ISBN 9780995277045
Reckitt, Helena and Moser, Gabrielle. 2025. Why Don't We Quit? In: David Blamey and Stine Herbert, eds. Together. London: Open Editions, pp. 59-64. ISBN 9780949004086
Reckitt, Helena. 2023. Nicole Gets It. In: Mark Godfrey and Monika Bayer-Wermuth, eds. Nicole Eisenman: What Happened? London: Whitechapel Gallery and Museum Brandhorst, pp. 68-69. ISBN 9780854883127

Reckitt, Helena. 2023. From Coping to Curious: Unlearning and Reimagining Curatorial Habits of Care. In: Elke Krasny and Lara Perry, eds. Curating with Care. Abingdon: Routledge, pp. 169-182. ISBN 9781032069913
Reckitt, Helena. 2021. Productive Refusals. In: Edward Ball, ed. Old Land, New Waters. London: Freelands Foundation, pp. 134-139.
Reckitt, Helena. 2020. Taking (Back) Care. In: Sharon Kivland and Rebecca Jagoe, eds. On Care. London: ma bibliotheque, pp. 196-202. ISBN 978-1-910055-71-7
Reckitt, Helena. 2019. Inside Job: Learning, Collaboration, and Queer Feminist Contagion in Killjoy鈥檚 Kastle. In: Allyson Mitchell and Cait McKinney, eds. Inside Killjoy's Kastle: Dykey Ghosts, Feminist Monsters, and Other Lesbian Hauntings. Vancouver and Toronto, Canada: The University of British Columbia Press and The Art Gallery of York University, pp. 1-22. ISBN 9780774861571
Robertson, Selina; Wood, Sarah; Reckitt, Helena and Reynolds, Lucy. 2019. Club des Femmes, Helena Reckitt: An interview on International Women鈥檚 Day 2017. In: Lucy Reynolds, ed. Women Artists, Feminism and the Moving Image: Contexts and Practices. London, UK: IB Tauris. ISBN 9781784537005
Reckitt, Helena; Baker Smith, Diana; Cremona, Cinzia; Damiani, Giulia; Dz虒uverovic虂, Lina; Farinati, Lucia; Fuller, Sabrina; Gibbs, Rose; Guy, Laura; Kertudo, Felicie; Moser, Gabby; Paiola, Sara; Revell, Irene; Sequeira Bras, Patricia; Tobin, Amy and Torrell, Ehryn. 2019. Transmitting Feminisms. In: Sofia Lemos and Alexandra Balona, eds. Metabolic Rifts Reader. Berlin/Lisbon: Atlas Projectos, pp. 143-162. ISBN 9789892093116
Reckitt, Helena. 2018. Introduction: Being Seen, The Politics of Visibility in Feminist Art. In: Helena Reckitt; Hilary Robinson; Amy Tobin and Luci Gosling, eds. The Art of Feminism. San Francisco/London: Chronicle Books/Tate Publishing.
Reckitt, Helena and Martinis Roe, Alex. 2018. Proposition 7, Productive Refusals. In: Alex Martinis Roe, ed. To Become Two: Propositions for Feminist Collective Practice. Berlin: Archive Books, pp. 199-201. ISBN 9783943620580
Reckitt, Helena. 2017. Suzy Lake: Standing Her Ground. In: UNSPECIFIED, ed. Suzy Lake. Steidl.
Reckitt, Helena. 2016. Troubling Canons: Curating and Exhibiting Women鈥檚 and Feminist Art, A Roundtable Discussion. In: Ruth E Iskin, ed. Re-envisioning the Contemporary Art Canon: Perspectives in a Global World. New York, NY, and Abingdon, UK: Routledge. ISBN 9781138192683
Reckitt, Helena; Logue, Deidre and Mitchell, Allyson. 2015. Not at the beginning and not at the end: A Conversation among Deidre Logue, Allyson Mitchell and Helena Reckitt. In: Amelia Jones and Erin Silver, eds. Otherwise: Imagining Queer Feminist Art Histories. Manchester: Manchester University Press, pp. 356-370. ISBN 978-0-7190-9641-9
Pinsky, Michael and Reckitt, Helena. 2014. A conversation between Michael Pinsky and Helena Reckitt. In: Mei Huang, ed. Michael Pinsky Survey. Chengdu, China: Museum of Contemporary Art, Chengdu, Edition Xin Dong Cheng. ISBN 978-2-915823-23-3
Reckitt, Helena. 2014. Between Mirrors. In: Sarah Pucill, ed. Magic Mirror (DVD). London: LUX, pp. 1-17. ISBN 9780992884017
Reckitt, Helena. 2013. Forgotten Relations: Feminist Artists and Relational Aesthetics. In: Angela Dimitrakaki and Lara Perry, eds. Politics in a Glass: Case Feminism, Exhibition Cultures and Curatorial Transgressions. 7 Liverpool: Liverpool University Press, pp. 131-156. ISBN 9781846318931
Reckitt, Helena. 2013. Gerard Byrne: Like a Man. In: Kirsty Ogg, ed. Gerard Byrne: A State of Neutral Pleasure. London and Stockholm: The Whitechapel Gallery, pp. 36-51. ISBN 978-0-85488-212-0
Reckitt, Helena. 2012. GENDER ALARM!: Queer Feminist Exhibitions in a 鈥榊ear of Feminist Art鈥�. In: Leila Pourtavaf, ed. F茅minismes 脡lectriques. Montreal: La Centrale Galerie Powerhouse, pp. 26-41. ISBN 978-2-89091-321-9
Reckitt, Helena. 2008. Neither to Criticize Nor Glorify: Paul Shambroom's Studied Objectivity. In: Diane Mullin, ed. Paul Shambroom Picturing Power. Minneapolis: Weisman Art Museum, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, pp. 32-45. ISBN 9781933045757
Reckitt, Helena. 2007. Boy's Life. In: Nigel Prince, ed. Stephen Shearer. Birmingham, UK, and Toronto, Canada: Ikon and The Power Plant. ISBN 978-1-90486432-5

Article

Reckitt, Helena. 2025. An Honest Conversation, Hard to Hold: 鈥淒oes It Come in Another Colour?鈥� and 鈥淩acing Desire鈥� at London鈥檚 ICA. British Art Studies(27), ISSN 2058-5462
Reckitt, Helena; Bramich, Beth; D啪uverovi膰, Lina; Fuller, Sabrina; Iohe, Taey; Lemos, Mariana and Lock, Katrin. 2023. What is Feminist about 'Feminist' Shows? Art Review, ISSN 1745-9303
Vargas, Chris E; Zhihan, Dot Jia; Reckitt, Helena; Prowse, Jamila; Sadzinski, Sylvia; Iohe, Taey and Hofmann, Vera. 2022. Interdependent unlearning(s) and caring for disruption: A queer-feminist collective writing session on curatorial experiences and desires for instituting otherwise. The Year of the Women / Jahr der Frau,

Reckitt, Helena and Martinis Roe, Alex. 2021. Relationality in Feminist Collective Practice. On Curating(52), ISSN 2673-2955
Reckitt, Helena. 2019. Feminist acts of resistance and withdrawal in London. Burlington Contemporary,
Reckitt, Helena; Baker Smith, Diana; Cremona, Cinzia; Damiani, Giulia; D啪uverovi膰, Lina; Farinati, Lucia; Fuller, Sabrina; Guy, Laura; Kertudo, Felicie; Moser, Gabby; Paiola, Sara; Revell, Irene; Sequeira Bras, Patricia; Tobin, Amy and Torrell, Ehryn. 2018. Co-Authoring Values. Daylight(1), pp. 10-15.
Reckitt, Helena. 2018. Trust and the Artist-Curator Relationship. C Magazine, ISSN 1480-5472
Child, Danielle; Reckitt, Helena and Richards, Jenny. 2017. Labours of Love: A Conversation on Art, Gender, and Social Reproduction. Third Text, 31(1), pp. 147-168. ISSN 0952-8822
Reckitt, Helena. 2017. Generating Feminisms: Italian Feminisms and the 鈥淣ow You Can Go鈥� Program. Art Journal, 76(3-4), pp. 101-111. ISSN 0004-3249
Reckitt, Helena and Moser, Gabrielle. 2016. Feminist Tactics of Citation, Annotation, and Translation: Reflections on the Now You Can Go programme. On.Curating: CURATING in feminist thought(29), pp. 42-48.
Reckitt, Helena. 2016. Support Acts: Curating, Caring and Social Reproduction. Journal of Curatorial Studies, 5(1), pp. 6-30. ISSN 2045-5836
Fisher, Jennifer and Reckitt, Helena. 2016. Introduction: Affect and Relationality. Journal of Curatorial Studies, 5(1), pp. 3-4. ISSN 2045-5836
Fisher, Jennifer and Reckitt, Helena. 2015. Introduction: Museums and Affect. Journal of Curatorial Studies, 4(3), pp. 361-362. ISSN 2045-5836
Reckitt, Helena. 2015. Mary Daly, Gyn/Ecology. C Magazine(126), pp. 27-29.
Reckitt, Helena. 2013. Because the Night: Curating One-Off Nocturnal Events. Art Papers, 37(3), pp. 42-45. ISSN 1524-9581
Reckitt, Helena. 2012. Yoko Ono: To the Light. Times Higher Education Supplement, pp. 19-20.
Reckitt, Helena. 2012. A House Divided: American Art Since 1955. Times Higher Education Supplement, p. 30.
Reckitt, Helena; Conlon, Natasha; Barton, Christina; Smith, Terry; French, Blair; Newby, Kate and Tamait-Quennell, Megan. 2012. Roundtable: Reading Exhibitions, ed. Natasha Conlon. Reading Room: A Journal of Art and Culture, 5, pp. 150-167.
Reckitt, Helena. 2012. Christoph B眉chel, Piccadilly Community Centre. Journal of Curatorial Studies, 1(1), pp. 101-104. ISSN 20455836
Reckitt, Helena; Malik, Suhail; Burton, Johanna; Hartjes, Natalie and Markopoulos, Leigh. 2012. Survey on Gender Ratios in Curating Programs. Red Hook, pp. 10-16.
Reckitt, Helena. 2011. 鈥楨nacting Others: Politics of Identity in Eleanor Antin, Nikki S Lee, Adrian Piper and Anna Deveare Smith鈥�, by Cherise Smith. Times Higher Education Supplement, p. 25.
Reckitt, Helena. 2011. To Make Time Appear. Art Journal, 70(3), pp. 58-63.
Reckitt, Helena. 2010. Touching Animals. C Magazine, 107, pp. 34-39.
Reckitt, Helena. 2010. Wendelien van Oldenburgh: The Past is Never Dead. The Past is Never Dead, pp. 2-3.
Reckitt, Helena. 2009. Who Was that Woman? C Magazine, 104, pp. 88-103.
Reckitt, Helena. 2009. Opening a Closing Door: Feminist and Queer Artists as Historians. Reading Room: A Journal of Art and Culture, pp. 88-103.
Reckitt, Helena. 2008. Stop Making Sense: Felix Gmelin in conversation with Helena Reckitt. SWITCH, pp. 10-14.
Reckitt, Helena. 2006. Unusual Suspects: Global Feminisms and WACK! Art and the Feminist Revolution. n.paradoxa, 18, pp. 34-42. ISSN 1461-0434
Reckitt, Helena. 2006. ---ifesto: Feminist art鈥檚 shifting ground. C Magazine(90), pp. 30-34.
Reckitt, Helena. 2006. My Fuzzy Valentine: Allyson Mitchell. C Magazine(89), pp. 14-17. ISSN 1480-5472

Project

Reckitt, Helena and Scourti, Erica. 23 February 2025 - ongoing Auto.
Reckitt, Helena; Krish, Jessie; Narkevi膷ius, Adomas and Fuller, Sabrina. 4 May 2023 - 15 May 2024 CEED (Central & East European Diasporas) Feminisms.
Reckitt, Helena; Bollettenari, Angelica; Casalini, Giulia; Georgiou, Diana; Guy, Laura; Revell, Irene and Tobin, Amy. 1-13 December 2015 Now You Can Go.

Exhibition Catalogue

Reckitt, Helena. 2017. Habits of Care Exhibition Essay.
Reckitt, Helena. 2014. Getting Rid of Ourselves, Catalogue Essay.
Reckitt, Helena. 2012. Katherine Taylor: Heavy Weather.

Show/Exhibition

Casalini, Giulia; Costa, Maddy; Davies, Kezia; Farinati, Lucia; Fuller, Sabrina; Mahlknecht, Barbara; Moser, Gabrielle; Paiola, Sara; Reckitt, Helena and Quillinan, Susan. 2025. Feminist Duration Reading Group Repertoire for Mundos Habitables (Liveable Worlds). In: "Mundos Habitables (Liveable Worlds)", Online, August 2025-ongoing.
Reckitt, Helena. 2024. And Others: The Gendered Politics and Practices of Art Collectives, as part of 'Hope is a Discipline'. In: "October Salon: What's Left?", Belgrade, Serbia, 20 October - 1 December 2024.
Reckitt, Helena; Bramich, Beth; Lemos, Mariana; Fuller, Sabrina; Lock, Katrin and D啪uverovi膰, Lina. 2024. Feminist Duration Reading Group at 'Hope is a Discipline,' October Salon. In: "October Salon", Belgrade, Serbia, 20 October - 1 December 2024.

Reckitt, Helena; Moser, Gabrielle; Damiani, Giulia and Parent, Vanessa. 2022. Resonance and Transmission. In: "fORUM: Resonance and Transmission", Mercer Union, Toronto and online, Canada, 7 October - 17 November 2022.
Reckitt, Helena. 2017. Habits of Care. In: "Habits of Care", Blackwood Gallery, University of Toronto, Canada, 11-30 September 2017.
Reckitt, Helena. 2014. Getting Rid of Ourselves. In: "Getting Rid of Ourselves", OCAD U Onsite Gallery, Canada, July 16 2014 - October 11 2014.
Reckitt, Helena. 2013. Flux Night: Free Association. In: "Flux Night: Free Association", Flux Projects, Atlanta, United States, 5 October 2013.
Reckitt, Helena. 2012. Once More With Feeling, Nuit Blanche. In: "Nuit Blanche: Once More With Feeling", Toronto, Canada, 30 September 2012.
Reckitt, Helena. 2012. Keren Cytter: Based on a True Story. In: "Keren Cytter: Based on a True Story", Oakville Galleries, Ontario, Canada, 14 April 鈥� 10 June 2012.
Reckitt, Helena. 2010. Adaptation: Between Species. In: "Adaptation: Between Species", The Power Plant, Toronto, Canada, 19 June - 12 August, 2010.
Reckitt, Helena. 2010. Joachim Koester: Hypnagogia. In: "Joachim Koester: Hypnagogia", The Power Plant, Toronto, Canada, 26 March - 24 May, 2010.
Reckitt, Helena and Davies, Jon. 2010. Ryan Trecartin: Any Ever. In: "Ryan Trecartin: Any Ever", The Power Plant, Toronto, Canada, The Power Plant: 26 March - 24 May, 2010; LA MOCA: 18 July - 17 October, 2010; MOCA Miami: 24 June - 4 September, 2011; MoMA/PS1: June 19, 2011鈥擲eptember 3, 2011.
Reckitt, Helena. 2009. Nothing to Declare: Current Sculpture from Canada. In: "Nothing to Declare", The Power Plant, Toronto, Canada, 11 December 2009 - 7 March 2010.
Reckitt, Helena; Mullin, Diane and Scoates, Christopher. 2009. Paul Shambroom: Picturing Power. In: "Paul Shambroom: Picturing Power", Weisman Art Museum- University. of Minnesota, United States, 1 April 2008 - 5 April 2009.
Reckitt, Helena. 2009. Carey Young: Counter Offer. In: "Carey Young: Counter Offer", The Power Plant, Toronto, Canada, 14 March - 18 May 2009.
Reckitt, Helena. 2008. Manon de Boer. In: "Manon de Boer", The Power Plant, Toronto, Canada, 20 September - 23 November, 2008.
Reckitt, Helena; Fletcher, Harrell; Bastos, Augusto; Brandt, Thomas; Frey, Sean; Jickling, Hannah; Kobayashi, Alison SM; O'Donnell, Darren; Reed, Helen; Reid, Kerri; Shaw, Kristin; Swintak, Swintak; Tanaka, Maiko; Wah, Amy and Wielonda, Karen. 2008. Harrell Fletcher: Born out of Pleasure. In: "Harrell Fletcher: Born out of Pleasure", The Power Plant, Toronto, Canada.
Reckitt, Helena. 2008. Not Quite How I Remember It. In: "Not Quite How I Remember It", The Power Plant, Toronto, Canada, 7 June - 1 September, 2008.
Reckitt, Helena and Kwan, Will. 2008. Will Kwan: A Littoral Reconstruction. In: "Will Kwan: A Littoral Reconstruction", The Power Plant, Toronto, Canada, 11 May 2008.
Reckitt, Helena and Burke, Gregory. 2007. Auto Emotion: Autobiography, Emotion and Self-fashioning. In: "Auto Emotion", The Power PLant, Toronto, Canada, 18 May - 19 August 2007.
Reckitt, Helena and Bartana, Yael. 2007. Yael Bartana, Ritual. In: "Yael Bartana, Ritual", The Power Plant, Toronto, Canada, 1 March - 22 April 2007.
Reckitt, Helena; Joyce, Julie and Locke, Hew. 2004. Hew Locke: House of Cards. In: "Hew Locke: House of Cards", Atlanta Contemporary Art Center, Atlanta, GA, United States, November 13 2004 鈥� January 8 2005.
Reckitt, Helena; Murthy, Prema and Oliveri, Michael. 2004. Prema Murthy, Space Invaders ; Michael Oliveri, Fast Food, Hydrocarbons and Waves in Outer Space. In: "Michael Oliveri and Prema Murthy", Atlanta Contemporary Art Center, Atlanta, GA, United States, 19 June - 7 August 2004.
Reckitt, Helena. 2004. What Business Are You In?. In: "What Business Are You In?", Atlanta Contemporary Art Centre, GA, United States, 29 January - 26 March 2005.

Audio

Reckitt, Helena and Fuller, Sabrina. 2021. Nothing Worth Doing is Done Alone: On Friendship and Feminist Organising.
Reckitt, Helena. 2012. Helena Reckitt on Once More With Feeling.

Conference or Workshop Item

Reckitt, Helena. 2026. 'Feminist Citation Reading Group'. In: Moyra Davey public programme. Neuer Berliner Kunstverein (n.b.k.), Germany 22 January 2026.
Reckitt, Helena. 2026. 'Feminist Practices of Citation in Art and Research'. In: Moyra Davey public programme. Neuer Berliner Kunstverein (n.b.k.), Berlin, Germany 22 January 2026.
Reckitt, Helena; Grant, Catherine and Greenan, Althea. 2025. 'Chance Encounters: Archival Fabulations and Feminist Art History'. In: Chance Encounters. Kettle's Yard, Cambridge, United Kingdom 10 October 2025.

Reckitt, Helena; Garfield, Rachel and Hsien, Norah. 2025. 'All About Our Mothers'. In: All About Our Mothers as part of the Auto programme. Women's Art Library, Goldsmiths, United Kingdom 20 September 2025.
Reckitt, Helena. 2025. 'Feminist Duration Reading Group as Minor Democracy'. In: Minor Democracies and Their Infrastructures. Birkbeck, University of London, United Kingdom 24 & 25 June 2025.
Reckitt, Helena; Rudy, Susan and Scourti, Erica. 2025. 'Auto: Open Planning Meeting'. In: Auto: Open Planning Meeting, Feminist Duration Reading Group Residents at Goldsmiths CCA. Goldsmiths CCA, United Kingdom 13 April 2025.
Lock, Katrin and Reckitt, Helena. 2025. 'Reading Conflict, Reading Solidarity'. In: Feminist Battlegrounds Symposium | Negotiating & Creating Solidarities in Feminism Then and Now. Goethe-Institut, London, United Kingdom 21 February 2025.
Reckitt, Helena and Martinis Roe, Alex. 2024. 'Solidarity-in-Difference: Feminist Collective Practices'. In: Solidarity-in-Difference: Feminist Collective Practices, as part of PLATFORM's training programme for young cultural managers and curators. PLATFORM, M眉nchner Arbeit gGmbH, Munich, Germany 14 November 2024.
Reckitt, Helena; Dz虒uverovic虂, Lina; Cruz, Carla; Hall, Lily; Allen, Felicity; Knezevic, Ana and Epstajan, Emilia. 2024. 'Why Don't We Quit?'. In: 'Hope is a Discipline' public programme. October Salon, Belgrade, Serbia 21 October 2024.
Reckitt, Helena. 2024. 'After Gretchen Hupfel: Mourning & Merging, Recovery & Return'. In: Re-Evaluation in Feminism(s) and Contemporary Art. Middlesex University, United Kingdom 13 September 2024.
Reckitt, Helena and Moser, Gabrielle. 2024. 'Strong Feelings and Partly-Healed Arguments: Building Reciprocity and Negotiating Differences in Contemporary Feminist Groups'. In: Wild thoughts - for a feminist psychoanalysis-to-come. Site for Contemporary Psychoanalysis, Birkbeck, University of London, United Kingdom 21-22 June 2024.
Reckitt, Helena. 2024. 'Gossip Girl: Collective and Anonymous Authorship as a Tool of Rumour, Kinship, and Calling Out'. In: The lost-and-found: revising art stories in search of potential changes. Art Academy of Latvia, Riga, Latvia 6-7 June 2024.
Reckitt, Helena; Fuller, Sabrina and Torrell, Ehryn. 2023. 'Drawing for Our Lives'. In: Drawing for Our Lives. Drawing Room, London, United Kingdom 26 March 2024.
Reckitt, Helena; Bramich, Beth; Clements, Leah and Katrin, Lock. 2023. 'What do we mean when we talk about care?'. In: Women in Revolt Conference. Tate Britain, United Kingdom 22-23 March 2024.
Reckitt, Helena and Moser, Gabrielle. 2023. 'Against Structurelessness: the resonance of 1970s and 1980s feminisms on current collective work'. In: College Art Association 112th Annual Conference, Panel 'Group Work: Art and Feminism'. Chicago, United States 14 February 2024.
Reckitt, Helena; Majewska-Guede, Karolina and Cruz, Carla. 2023. 'Writing and Thinking Together about Affective Labour and Collectivity'. In: The lost-and-found: revising art stories in search of potential changes. Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Portugal 6-7 December 2023.
Reckitt, Helena; Fuller, Sabrina; Zhihan, Dot Jia and Iohe, Taey. 2023. 'Collectivity & Care'. In: Collectivity & Care. Eastside Projects, Birmingham, United Kingdom 10 May 2023.
Reckitt, Helena. 2023. 'Listening and Narrating Selves: Feminist tools of teaching, curating and coappearance'. In: Feminists Pedagogy Into and Out of the Art School panel, as part of On Not Knowing: How Artists Teach. Glasgow School of Art, United Kingdom 10 June 2023.
Reckitt, Helena; Moser, Gabrielle; Damiani, Giulia and Carnevale, Fulvia. 2022. 'Listening and Narrating Selves: on self-narration within relational contexts'. In: Listening and Narrating Selves. Nuova Accademia di Belle Arti (NABA) Rome, live-streamed to Milan, Italy 19-20 April 2023.
Reckitt, Helena; McCormack, Chris; van Noord, Gerrie and D啪uverovi膰, Lina. 2022. 'The Third Hand 鈥擟laire, Bernadette and Friends'. In: And Others: The Gendered Politics and Practices of Art Collectives, Panel Four: 鈥楾he Third Hand鈥欌€擟laire, Bernadette and Friends. Birkbeck, University of London, and online, United Kingdom 1 December 2022.
Reckitt, Helena and Berrebi, Sophie. 2022. 'Seventy Years of The Second Sex: A conversation between Sophie Berrebi and Helena Reckitt'. In: Seventy Years of The Second Sex: A Conversation between Sophie Berrebi and Helena Reckitt. Hauser & Wirth, Zurich, Switzerland 7 May 2022.
Reckitt, Helena. 2022. 'Taking Care: Revaluation of Practices and Ethics of Care'. In: This Time We Talk About Gender/Cette fois, parlons du genre: DCA - the French national network for contemporary art centres. Online, France 10 May 2022.
Reckitt, Helena. 2021. 'Feminist Curating and Care: Possibilities and Limits'. In: FEINART LECTURE. Online 2 December 2021.
Reckitt, Helena. 2021. 'Curating and Care: Possibilities and Limits'. In: Aesthetic Agency 鈥� please engage me!,. SMK, Copenhagen, Denmark 29 September 2021.
Reckitt, Helena; Bosold, Birgit; Hofmann, Vera and Boskamp, Ulrike. 2021. 'Year of the Women* / Jahr der Frau Curatorial Conversation'. In: Year of the Women* / Jahr der Frau Booklet Releases. Online, Germany 23 June 2021.
Reckitt, Helena. 2021. 'Friendship and Feminist Organising: The Feminist Duration Reading Group as a structure of reciprocal learning and support'. In: O My Friends, There Is No Friend. Hdk-Valand, Gothenburg, Sweden 12 July 2021.
Reckitt, Helena and Epp-Buller, Rachel. 2020. 'Curator Conversation: Rachel Epp Buller and Helena Reckitt'. In: Curator Conversation: Rachel Epp Buller and Helena Reckitt. Salina Art Centre, Kansas, United States 11 December 2020.
Reckitt, Helena; Fuller, Sabrina and Dunster, Flora. 2020. 'Masculinities: Feminist Duration Reading Group'. In: Masculinities. Barbican Art Gallery and online, London, United Kingdom 5 March 鈥� 17 October 2020.
Reckitt, Helena. 2020. 'Curating and/as Care'. In: New Alphabet School #4 Caring. Haus der Kulturen der Welt, Berlin, Germany 12 June 2020.
Reckitt, Helena. 2020. 'Collective Learning in the Feminist Duration Reading Group'. In: The Independent summit, FRIENDSHIP | SOLIDARITY | ALLIANCES. MAXXI Museum, Rome, Italy 24 鈥� 25 January 2020.
Reckitt, Helena; Ashery, Oreet; Vasey, George and Wilson, Stephen. 2019. 'Dying Under Your Eyes, Discussion'. In: Dying Before Your Eyes, Screening & Discussion. Wellcome Collection, Londono, United Kingdom 10 October 2019.
Reckitt, Helena and Ndritu, Grace. 2019. '(Un)Learning Habits of Care'. In: (Un)Learning Habits of Care Workshop. Studio Voltaire, London, United Kingdom 19-22 September 2019.
Reckitt, Helena; Williams Gamaker, Michelle; Gosling, Lucinda; Al-Mashouk, Tamara and Karamani, Sofia. 2019. 'The Art of Feminism'. In: The Art of Feminism, Tate Late. Tate Britain, London, United Kingdom 7 June 2019.
Reckitt, Helena and Shaw, Christine. 2019. 'Taking (Back) Care Workshop'. In: Taking (Back) Care Workshop. Cit茅 internationale des arts, Paris, France 17 May 2019.
Reckitt, Helena. 2019. 'Durational Feminisms: Collectivity, Support and Intergenerational Exchange'. In: Re-Writing the Canon?. Courtauld Institute, London, United Kingdom 14 May 2019.
Reckitt, Helena. 2019. 'Productive Refusals Workshop'. In: Freelands Artist Programme Symposium. Site Gallery, Sheffield, United Kingdom 19 June 2019.
Reckitt, Helena; Shani, Tai and Sin, Victoria. 2019. 'Unknown: discussion'. In: Unknown screening. Danielle Arnaud Gallery, London, United Kingdom 15 February 2019.
Reckitt, Helena. 2019. 'Seminar with Olivia Plender'. In: PhD Seminar with Olivia Plender. Tensta Konsthall, Stockholm, Sweden 27 May 2019.
Reckitt, Helena. 2018. 'in-waves: curatorial intensive in feminist curating'. In: in-waves intensive on feminist curating. Hanaholmen, Swedish-Finnish Cultural Centre, Helsinki, Finland 26 - 29 November 2018.
Reckitt, Helena. 2018. 'Gallery Walk Through: Still I Rise, Feminisms Gender Resistance'. In: Still I Rise. Nottingham, United Kingdom 31 October 2018.
Reckitt, Helena. 2018. 'Material Matters'. In: Material Matters. The Drawing Room, London, United Kingdom 22 October 2018.
Reckitt, Helena. 2018. 'The Feminist Practice of Affidamento (Entrustment)'. In: Affidamento 鈥� Creating Feminist Solidarity in Art and Curating. Migros Museum, Zurich, Switzerland 15 June 2018 - 16 June 2018.
Reckitt, Helena. 2018. '~in waves~ intensive residency of feminist curating'. In: part 12: ~in waves~ intensive residency of feminist curating. Hanaholmen 鈥� the Swedish-Finnish Cultural Centre, Hanasaarenranta 5, 02100 Espoo, Finland 26-30 November 2018.
Reckitt, Helena; Dunster, Flora; Siwisa, Kefiloe and Tobin, Amy. 2018. 'Soft Covers: Queer Feminist Publishing'. In: Strange Perfume LGBTQIA book fair. South London Gallery, London, United Kingdom 26 May 2018.
Reckitt, Helena. 2018. 'Curating Feminist Legacies: Italian Feminisms and the Now You Can Go Programme'. In: Unveiling Hidden Discourses: 1968. Warwick University, United Kingdom 19th May 2018.
Reckitt, Helena. 2018. 'Being Visible at the ICA'. In: From Critical Studies to Public Programming: Public Knowledge at the Post-Democratic Impasse. 樱桃视频, United Kingdom 18 May 2018.
Reckitt, Helena. 2018. 'Acts of Support: Contradictions of Curating and Care'. In: Metabolic Rifts. Campo Alegre Theatre Caf茅-Teatro, Porto, Portugal 28 April 2018.
Reckitt, Helena. 2017. 'Giving it Time: Thoughts on the Feminist Duration Reading Group'. In: Giving it Time: Thoughts on the Feminist Duration Reading Group. Calgary Contemporary, Canada 16 September 2017.
Reckitt, Helena; Shaw, Christine; Wilkinson, Jayne and Rage, Raju. 2017. 'Curating and Care'. In: Care Crisis, Care Corrective: An Open Forum on Cultural Work. Blackwood Gallery, University of Toronto, Canada 23 September 2017.
Moser, Gabrielle; Rousseau, Christine and Reckitt, Helena. 2017. 'Wages for Housework鈥擳he Canadian Context'. In: Wages for Housework - The Canadian Context. Art Metropole, Toronto, Canada 5 September 2017.
Reckitt, Helena. 2017. 'Affect and Relationality Workshop Discussion'. In: Affect and Exhibitions. Hrafnseyri, The Westfjords of Iceland, Iceland 26 August 2017.
Martinis Roe, Alex and Reckitt, Helena. 2017. 'To Become Two: Alex Martinis Roe in conversation with Helena Reckitt'. In: Alex Martinis Roe in conversation with Helena Reckitt. The Showroom, London, United Kingdom 18 May 2017.
Reckitt, Helena and Bryan-Wilson, Julia. 2017. 'Fray: Art and Textile Politics, Julia Bryan-Wilson and Helena Reckitt in conversation'. In: Fray: Art and Sexual Politics. Courtauld Institute, London, United Kingdom 24 November 2017.
Lloyd, Kirsten; Dimitrakaki, Angela; Perry, Lara; Jefferis, Kerri; Robinson, Hilary; Reckitt, Helena and UNSPECIFIED. 2017. 'Feminist Emergency: The art field'. In: Feminist Emergency: The art field. Birkbeck, University of London, United Kingdom 23 June 2017.
Reckitt, Helena. 2017. 'Curating and Caring: Three-Part Workshop'. In: Habits of Care. University of Toronto, Canada 9-23 September 2017.
Reckitt, Helena. 2017. 'New Institutionalities #2 Feminist curating; an active network?'. In: New Institutionalities #2 Feminist curating; an active network?. Nottingham Contemporary, United Kingdom 13 July 2017.
Phillipson, Heather; Cammock, Helen; Nisbet, Helen; Di Franco, Karen and Reckitt, Helena. 2017. 'Hot Lines'. In: Hot Lines. The Drawing Room, London, United Kingdom 3 July 2017.
Reckitt, Helena. 2017. 'Starting From the Self to Depart From the Self'. In: Starting from the Self in Order to Depart from the Self. Nottingham Contemporary, Nottingham, United Kingdom 11 July 2017.
Reckitt, Helena. 2016. 'Introduction to Feminist Art'. In: Introduction to Feminist Art. Frieze Academy, London, United Kingdom 2 November 2017.
Reckitt, Helena; Blackman, Lisa; Wakeford, Nina and Fisher, Jennifer. 2016. 'Affect and Curating: Feeling the Curatorial'. In: Affect and Curating: Feeling the Curatorial. Whitechapel Gallery, London, United Kingdom 19 January 2017.
Reckitt, Helena. 2016. 'Feminist Durations: Reflections on Italian Feminisms, Disidentification, and the 'Now You Can Go' programme'. In: Work, Strike and Self-Abolition: Feminist Perspectives on the Act of Creating Freedom. La Monnaie, Paris, France 1 October 2016.
Reckitt, Helena and Martinis Roe, Alex. 2016. 'Productive Refusals'. In: To Become Two. Casco,Office for Art, Design & Theory, Utrecht, Netherlands 20 November 2016 - 2017.
Reckitt, Helena. 2016. 'Feminist Durations: Reflections on Italian Feminisms, Human Strike, and the Now You Can Go programme'. In: Critical Soiree, part of Oreet Ashery鈥檚 Revisiting Genesis. Stanley Picker Gallery, Kingston University, London, United Kingdom 21 May 2016.
Reckitt, Helena. 2016. 'Citation, Annotation,Translation: Reflections on Italian Feminisms and the Now You Can Go programme'. In: Curating in Feminist Thought. Migros Museum fuer Gegenwartskunst, Zurich, Switzerland 6-7 May 2016.
Reckitt, Helena and Condorelli, C茅line. 2016. 'C茅line Condorelli in conversation with Helena Reckitt'. In: C茅line Condorelli in conversation with Helena Reckitt. LUMA Foundation, Arles, France 25 February 2016.
Reckitt, Helena. 2016. 'Margaret Harrison: Accumulations Exhibition closing event'. In: Margaret Harrison: Accumulations Exhibition closing event. MIMA, Middlesborough, United Kingdom 23 January 2016.
Lowther, Rachel and Reckitt, Helena. 2016. ''F*CK WAR, LET鈥橲 MAKE ART''. In: F*CK WAR, LET鈥橲 MAKE ART. Glasgow School of Art, United Kingdom 17 February 2016.
Reckitt, Helena; Martinson, Erik and Aarne, Nella. 2016. 'Queer Futures and World-Building'. In: Queer Futures and World-Building. 樱桃视频, United Kingdom 3 May 2016.
Reckitt, Helena and Cervantes, Susana Vargas. 2016. 'Seminar and Workshop: Queering Curatorial Practice'. In: Queering Curatorial Practice. Delfina Foundation, United Kingdom 10 March 016.
Reckitt, Helena. 2015. 'Now Can We Go? Refusal and labour in the art world'. In: Labours of Love, Works of Passion: The social (re)production of art workers from industrialisation to globalisation. AAH2016: Annual Art Historians Conference, Edinburgh, United Kingdom 7-9 April 2016.
Reckitt, Helena; Malik, Suhail; Yuile, Laura; Kulendran Thomas, Christopher; Kulesh, Leslie; Cameron, Angus; Pil & Galia, Kollectiv; DKUK, DKUK; Pollard, Alexander James and Luke, Kristin. 2015. 'Capitalist Artist Scum #1 and #2'. In: FORUM: Capitalist Artist Scum. Open School East, London, United Kingdom 24 September 2015-11 November 2015.
Reckitt, Helena and Pucill, Sarah. 2015. 'Helena Reckitt in Conversation with Sarah Pucill'. In: Helena Reckitt in conversation with Sarah Pucill. Nunnery Gallery, United Kingdom 29 April 2015.
Reckitt, Helena and Phillips, Andrea. 2015. 'Feminist Duration in Art and Curating'. In: Feminist Duration in Art and Curating. 樱桃视频, United Kingdom 16-17 March 2015.
Reckitt, Helena. 2014. 'Drama in the Gallery'. In: Drama in the Gallery. Institute of Contemporary Arts, London, United Kingdom 5 December 2014.
Reckitt, Helena; Ahmed, Sara; Phillipson, Heather; Waidner, Isabel and Calver, Julia. 2014. 'Experimental Feminisms'. In: Experimental Feminisms. Centre for Feminist Research, Goldsmiths, United Kingdom 6 June 2014.
Reckitt, Helena. 2014. 'Do You Wish To Direct Me? Contemporary artists under the influence of feminism'. In: Dialogues on Conflict - Feminist Perspectives and Art Practice. University of Wales, Trinity Saint David, Swansea, United Kingdom 16 May 2014.
Reckitt, Helena. 2014. 'Being Visible: Feminism, Art and the Internet'. In: Being Visible: Feminism, Art and the Internet. Institute of Contemporary Arts, London, United Kingdom 10 January 2014.
Reckitt, Helena. 2013. 'Joan & Martin Goldfarb Summer Institute, Unexpected Encounters: Sexual Difference and Art Now'. In: Joan & Martin Goldfarb Summer Institute, Unexpected Encounters: Sexual Difference and Art Now. York University, School of Art & Art History, Canada May 12 2014.
Reckitt, Helena and LGBT, Network. 2013. 'My Queer Museum'. In: My Queer Museum. Victoria & Albert Museum, London, United Kingdom 15 March 2013.
Reckitt, Helena. 2013. 'Getting Rid of Yourself'. In: Socially Engaged Practice: Ethics, Aesthetics, Politics or Economics?. Centre for Contemporary Art, Glasgow, United Kingdom 2 March 2013.
Reckitt, Helena. 2013. 'The Trouble With Artist Collectives'. In: The Trouble With Artist Collectives. Institute of Contemporary Arts, London, United Kingdom 17 April 2013.
Reckitt, Helena. 2012. 'Feminist Perspectives in Art Productions and Theories of Art'. In: Feminist Perspectives in Art Productions and Theories of Art. Bilbao, Spain 5, 6, 7 October 2012.
Reckitt, Helena. 2012. 'Civil Partnerships? Queer and feminist curating'. In: Civil Partnerships? Queer and Feminist Curating. Tate Modern, United Kingdom 19 May 2012.
Reckitt, Helena. 2011. 'Rehearsal'. In: Rehearsal. Adam Auditorium, City Gallery Wellington, New Zealand 17 August 2011.
Reckitt, Helena. 2010. 'Performing Publics, Panel on Artists鈥� Re-enactment'. In: Performing Publics: Artists' Re-enactments. Performance Studies International, Ontario College of Art and Design, Toronto, Canada 9 - 13 June 2010.
Reckitt, Helena; Trecartin, Ryan and Davies, Jon. 2010. 'International Lecture Series: Ryan Trecartin in conversation with Jon Davies and Helena Reckitt'. In: International Lecture Series: Ryan Trecartin. The Drake Hotel, Toronto, Canada 23 March 2010.
Reckitt, Helena; Blackwell, Adrian and Various, others. 2010. 'Love is a force that acts as the productive motor of every emancipatory politics'. In: Love is a force that acts as the productive motor of every emancipatory politics. JMB Gallery, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada 18 March 2010.
Reckitt, Helena and White, Ian. 2009. 'Talk to the Pie 6: 43 After 66, Ian White and Helena Reckitt'. In: Talk to the Pie 6: 43 After 66, Ian White and Helena Reckitt. Gladstone Hotel, Toronto, Canada 10 April 2009.
Reckitt, Helena and Young, Carey. 2009. 'Urban Field Speakers Series: Carey Young with Helena Reckitt'. In: Urban Field Speakers Series: Carey Young with Helena Reckitt. Prefix ICA, Toronto, Canada 10 March 2009.
Reckitt, Helena. 2008. 'Vancouver and its Feminisms'. In: Vancouver and its Feminisms. Vancouver Art Gallery, Vancouver, Canada 25 October 2008.
Reckitt, Helena. 2008. 'Back to the Front: Critical Curatorial Panel'. In: CREATING RESISTANCE: Arts Practice/ Political Praxis. University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada 24 October 2008.
Reckitt, Helena; Rhodes, Richard; Zeppetelli, John and Moore, Gareth. 2008. 'Delicate: Art and Post-Millennial Culture'. In: Delicate: Art and Post-Millennial Culture. Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto, Canada 20 September 2008.
Reckitt, Helena. 2008. 'Domesticity: Feminist Art and the Idea of the Home'. In: Domesticity: Feminist Art and the Idea of the Home. Ulrich Museum, Wichita, Kansas, United States 7 February 2008.
Reckitt, Helena. 2006. 'Feminist Legacies and Potentials in Contemporary Art Practice'. In: Part 2: Feminist Legacies and Potentials in Contemporary Art Practice. de Balie, Amsterdam, Netherlands 16 November 2006.
Martin, Rosy and Reckitt, Helena. 0202. 'Opening up the Family Album: An experiential approach, workshop by Rosy Martin'. In: Opening up the Family Album as part of the 'Auto' programme. Goldsmiths CCA, United Kingdom 3 August and 21 September, 2025.
Reckitt, Helena. 'The Curious Curator'. In: Resilient Communities. Italian Pavilion, Biennale of Architecture, La Biennale di Venezia, Italy 9 November 2021.

Digital

Reckitt, Helena; Cremona, Cinzia; Baker Smith, Diana; Torrell, Ehryn; Kertudo, Felicie; Moser, Gabrielle; Damiani, Giulia; Revell, Irene; Guy, Laura; D啪uverovi膰, Lina; Farinati, Lucia; Sequeira Bras, Patricia and Gibbs, Rose. 2018. It's about where we put our energy: Embodied Citation and the Feminist Duration Reading Group.

Edited Book

Reckitt, Helena, ed. 2022. The Art of Feminism: Images that Shaped the Fight for Equality, Revised Edition. London and San Francisco: Tate Publishing & Chronicle Books. ISBN 9781797217543
Reckitt, Helena; Gosling, Lucinda; Robinson, Hilary and Tobin, Amy, eds. 2019. The Art of Feminism: Images that Shaped the Fight for Equality. San Francisco/London: Chronicle Books/Tate Publishing. ISBN 9781849766494
Reckitt, Helena, ed. 2014. Sanja Ivekovi膰: Unknown Heroine - A Reader. London: Calvert 22. ISBN 9780956962898

Edited Journal

Reckitt, Helena and Richter, Dorothee, eds. 2021. Instituting Feminism, OnCurating, (52). 2673-2955
Reckitt, Helena and Fisher, Jennifer, eds. 2016. Affect and Relationality, Journal of Curatorial Studies, 5(1). 2045-5836
Reckitt, Helena, ed. The Love Letter Collection: To Represent Them To Themselves, UNSPECIFIED, .

Performance

Bogacheva, Tatiana; Bunting-Branch, Anna; Frances Dunlop, Jane; Grant, Catherine; Petsou, Athina; Reckitt, Helena; Scourti, Erica; Scott, Trish and Vicente, Ana. 2025. Unbecoming Chorus: Reading, writing, and performance in two acts (with interruption). In: "Deptford X at Goldsmiths CCA", Goldsmiths CCA, United Kingdom, 20 July 2025.
Bramich, Beth; Fuller, Sabrina; Iohe, Taey; Lemos, Mariana; Reckitt, Helena and Shin, Sarah. 2025. Writing Yourself In: FDRG in 鈥楥oncrete Garden: Imagining Worlds鈥�. In: "Concrete Garden: Imagining Worlds", Barbican Centre, United Kingdom, 12 February 2025.

Printed Ephemera

Reckitt, Helena; Krish, Jessie; Narkevi膷ius, Adomas and Fuller, Sabrina. 2024. CEED (Central Eastern European & Diasporic Feminisms) Bibliography.

Professional Activity

Reckitt, Helena. 2025. Member, Committee on Women in the Arts (CWA), College Art Association, USA.
Reckitt, Helena. 2023. External Examiner, MFA Art.
Reckitt, Helena. 2023. External Examiner: MA Art and Project Management, Birmingham City University.

Report

Reckitt, Helena. 2024. On Making the Impossible Possible: Artwork presented to CAS Museums through Valeria Napoleone XX Contemporary Art Society. Project Report. Contemporary Art Society, London.

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