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Groundbreaking Bethlem Gallery creates important collection

Bethlem Gallery artists, who have developed their work and careers with the gallery over three decades, are being recognised for the first time in an important contemporary art collection, with a celebratory festival open to all planned for next month. … Continue reading

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‘Pizza box becomes a blank canvas once the margarita is eaten’

Bethlem Gallery’s annual exhibition of work by inpatients from South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust’s forensic services will this year be displayed in the Bethlem Gallery for the first time. The exhibition at the gallery on Monks Orchard Road … Continue reading

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Melancholy and Madness of Bethlem art exhibition goes vinyl

Bethlem Gallery, the art gallery set in the grounds of Bethlem Royal Hospital, has released a vinyl album as part of its Live Lounge exhibition programme – a series of events exploring the links between music and mental health. The … Continue reading

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Musical therapy that can leave us all feeling much better

KEN TOWL, pictured left, took a super fast SuperLoop bus a couple of stops from East Croydon to the Bethlem Gallery and encounters a surprisingly engaging new exhibition about music, and the mind The Bethlem Gallery’s latest exhibition is not … Continue reading

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Artist Taxi Driver takes to the air for Bethlem Live Lounge

Bethlem Gallery’s Bethlem Live Lounge podcast, a series of six episodes presented by The Artist Taxi Driver, also known as Mark MacGowan, gets underway next week, exploring the intersection of art, music and mental health. MacGowan’s podcast guests include Professor … Continue reading

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Artist Taxi Driver set to play a new tune at Bethlem Gallery

Twitter sensation The Artist Taxi Driver – 125,000 followers on t’internet – is to oversee a major live art “experience” at the Bethlem Gallery, part of their summer exhibition, starting from next month. Mark McGowan was a patient at the … Continue reading

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Gallery’s new season begins with Sue Morgan retrospective

The Bethlem Gallery has launched its 2024 programme with a retrospective exhibition, lyric writing workshops and a summer vinyl release of co-created music. Planet209 Revisited: Past and Present Relics of Visual Experiments is a retrospective of works by artist Sue … Continue reading

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Bethlem Gallery’s annual art exhibition opens from Nov 25

The Bethlem Gallery is this year celebrating its 15th annual open exhibition showcasing work by more than 150 artists connected to South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust. The Bethlem Art Fair takes place at the Gallery, on Monks Orchard … Continue reading

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Pat Mear art exhibition, Bethlem Gallery, Mar 30-Apr 30

Local artist Pat Mear is staging another exhibition of her work at the Bethlem Gallery, at the Bethlem Royal Hospital on Monks Orchard Road from the end of this month. The free exhibition will feature artworks ranging from large-scale canvases … Continue reading

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