Blog - Art

Placement student Rachel Ditchfield writes about her experience reseraching and curating the current museum exhibition Manasa Chitra

Volunteer Richard Martin has decoded many of the inscriptions in D'Souza's works, which were created at Bangalore Mental Hospital in the 1950s

One of our museum volunteers gives a bit of background and a personal reflection on Kurelek's "Out of the Maze."

Find out more about the life and work of artist Kim Noble.

This story is just as much about Jackie as it is Figgy, and so the thrills of performance are juxtaposed with the struggles of motherhood

A blog on the life of John Sibbald, a patient at Bethlem 1888-1889, presented as part of our Change Minds project

A blog showcasing the creative response to the life of Frederick Robert Fogden, presented as part of our Change Minds project

A blog on the life of Annie Mills Green, a patient at Bethlem 1888-1889, presented as part of our Change Minds project

A blog on the life of Emma Peters, a patient at Bethlem 1888-1889, presented as part of our Change Minds project

A blog on the life of Sarah Jane May, a patient at Bethlem 1888-1889, presented as part of our Change Minds project

In this blog we link some of Joan Rosalind Gunther's art with the relevant notes created during her sessions with Dr Warner.

Joan’s art is extraordinarily vibrant and rich, full of vivid colours and shapes. As far as we know she was untrained