How do we medicate ourselves, and why can’t we cure the people we love? Celebrating the launch of Body High: Death, Drugs and Eva Hesse, the author Ryann Donnelly will be in conversation with arts and culture journalist and curator Amah-Rose Abrams. They will discuss the raw materials of radical 1960s art movement where objects transformed into unsettling reflections of the body’s sensuality and decay – dripping latex, collapsed rubber tubes, and visceral forms.

Focusing on the groundbreaking work of sculptor Eva Hesse and other women artists who redefined the boundaries of bodily expression, Body High blends art criticism with raw personal memoir. Weaving Hesse’s revolutionary creations with Donnelly’s own journey, she explores her life as a musician and artist grappling with her partner’s addiction, fragility, and the complexities of love.