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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
‘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
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
Posted in Art, Music
Tagged Beckenham, Bethlem Gallery, Bethlem Royal Hospital, Gawain Hewitt, Mark McGowan, The Artist Taxi Driver
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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
Posted in Art, Health
Tagged Beckenham, Bethlem Gallery, Bethlem Royal Hospital, Mark McGowan, The Artist Taxi Driver
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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
Posted in Activities, Art
Tagged Artist Taxi Driver, Bethlem Gallery, Bethlem Royal Hospital, Monks Orchard, Sue Morgan
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Hospital ancillary staff to continue strikes after ‘partial victory’
The GMB union, which represents cleaners, caterers and ancillary staff at the South London and Maudsley NHS Trust, says it is about to “escalate” its industrial action after what it describes as a “partial victory” on pay. The dispute will … Continue reading
Posted in Business, Health
Tagged Beckenham, Bethlem Royal Hospital, GMB, Helen O'Connor, SLaM, South London and Maudsley NHS Trust
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Hospital workers to march on Downing Street for better terms
Cleaners and caterers across South London and Maudsley NHS Trust are taking a week of strike action as they escalate their dispute. The workers, members of the GMB trades union and employees of ISS, are also planning to march on … Continue reading
Posted in Health
Tagged Bethlem Royal Hospital, GMB, ISS, SLaM, South London and Maudsley NHS Trust
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Give a little, help a lot: comic Jo Brand backs Bethlem appeal
TV comic Jo Brand is backing an appeal from the Bethlem Royal Hospital, where she used to work as a mental health nurse, to raise funds to help patients recover from severe mental illness in the calming environment of the … Continue reading
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
