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The thesis of a direct link between ‘madness’ and ‘creativity’ is a supposition that cannot stand much scrutiny, any more than can that of one...

In the small space of the present Bethlem Museum, we can only display around five per cent of our nearly 1,000 artworks at any one time. Luckily...

A new exhibition at the Bethlem Gallery opened this week: Roy's Scribble Doodle Storm. Roy's unique style brings together drawing and installation...

This month's 'In the Frame' focuses on Spicer's 'Mountain Range', as interpreted by one of our volunteers.

( continued from previous post )Our volunteer writes:When considering Yayoi Kusama’s art, most critics choose to focus on her lifelong pathological...

Continuing on from last month, find out more about the thinking behind the redevelopment of our new museum.

We may think that the idea of "damage" to the physical body is self-evident, but countless historical, anthropological and social studies have...

The moving story of artist Yayoi Kusama’s lifelong battle against nightmares of obliteration - hallucinations of polka-dot patterns pervading...

Next Monday (19 March 2012), the Archivist will give a Gresham lecture at the Museum of London on the subject of unrestricted public visiting...

We don’t know whether it is literally true that we are more blogged about than blogging – we do blog rather a lot – but from time to time the...

This month's 'In the Frame' highlights a less well-known area of our collection; the lantern slides.

Challenging popular culture’s negative perception of mental health, artist George Harding’s exhibition at the Bethlem Gallery seeks to shows...