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Ten ways art helps us heal Art UK

Paintings in Hospitals approaches its own 60th birthday next year, but this year we've celebrated the NHS’s 70th birthday (on 5th July 2018) with a countdown of 70 ways art has contributed to the nation’s physical, mental and social health.Art, galleries and artists have all had a major role to play in health. However, the challenges of a growing older population, government cuts, ageing

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The enduring connection between art and mental health

WEBThe enduring connection between art and mental health. Posted 04 Nov 2020, by Rosemary Waugh. Depression, anxiety, angst, grief and loneliness: despite its …

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Picturing the doctor in art: a diagnosis Art UK

WEBThe Doctor exhibited 1891. Luke Fildes (1843–1927) Tate. The doctor's face is rendered in the greatest detail, his sympathetic concern the focal point of the work. It …

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Ten works of art celebrating motherhood Art UK

WEBIn honour of Mother's Day, let's take a look at ten depictions of motherhood in art. 1. La madre patria (Mother Country) La madre patria (Mother Country) 1999. …

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Art as therapy: highlighting artworks in NHS collections

WEBThe value and benefits of the arts in healthcare cannot be understated. As Pablo Picasso once wrote, 'art washes away from the soul the dust of everyday life' and …

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Vincent van Gogh's self-portraits Art UK

WEBSelf-Portrait with Grey Felt Hat. 1887, oil on canvas by Vincent van Gogh (1853–1890) Self-portrait with Grey Felt Hat dates from spring 1887, just a few months …

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Heath, Claude, b.1964 Art UK

WEBImage credit: Jane Roblin / Art UK. Colour Space RGByxy 2017. Claude Heath (b.1964) Artist in mixed media, born and lived in London. He gained a degree in philosophy from …

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Eight artists looking at experiences of migration Art UK

WEBIndeed, the incredible odds stacked against migrants in their decision to flee life-threatening situations – in search of safety and a better life – makes their stories …

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A Picture of Health Art UK

WEBA Picture of Health. In 1871 the Great Western Railway Hospital in Swindon welcomed their first patient. 150 years later in 2020 and 2021, STEAM Museum welcomed doctors, …

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Sickness and health Art UK

WEBSickness and health are not obvious subjects for art, except as incidental accompaniments to military actions and saintly martyrdoms. It was not until the nineteenth century that the …

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Breastfeeding in art: Ernst Neuschul's 'Black Mother'

WEBPosted 22 Jul 2016, by Sarah Levitt. This picture was painted in 1931 by Ernst Neuschul, who was born near Prague in 1895 to a Jewish family. Black Mother c.1927–1931. Ernst …

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Derek Jarman: painting, protest and the AIDS pandemic Art UK

WEBQueer 1992. Derek Jarman (1942–1994) Manchester Art Gallery. After a series of black assemblages circling around his father's death, Jarman turned his …

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Collection in focus: Paintings in Hospitals Art UK

WEBPaintings in Hospitals receives no government funding and depends on support from charitable trusts, individual donors and businesses to continue its important …

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Dementia and art: making a positive connection Art UK

WEBDementia is defined as 'a chronic or persistent disorder of the mental processes caused by brain disease or injury and marked by memory disorders, …

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Edith Cavell: commemorating the nurse who became a First World …

WEBIn 1915, the leading British sculptor Sir George James Frampton (1860–1928) received a commission to create a public monument to commemorate the …

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Art Matters podcast: art, medieval medicine and treating the …

WEBThis week’s guest, Dr Jack Hartnell, tells us about why medieval medicine doesn’t deserve its bad rap, the role art played in practising medicine, and how human …

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The gin craze: how William Hogarth captured the spirit of …

WEBThe artist, social commentator and polemicist William Hogarth (1697–1764) is best known for his satirical engravings and paintings of eighteenth-century Britain – a …

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Queen Anne in 'The Favourite': gout, scandal and sabotage

WEBThe film The Favourite, from director Yorgos Lanthimos, sees Olivia Colman play Queen Anne (1665–1714) – a performance that has won her an Oscar, a BAFTA …

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Remembering artists impacted by the 1980s AIDS crisis Art UK

WEBThe artist passed away due to complications arising from AIDS in 1996. David Robilliard. David Robilliard was a British artist and poet who was mentored by the …

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