Jim Naughten

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Objects in Stereo

Grace Ndiritu

https://images.prismic.io/wellcomecollection/73d43a2a-5b3f-44e5-8699-56895f94b596_EP_002115_046.jpg?auto=compress,format&rect=0,330,4000,2250&w=3200&h=1800

The Healing Pavilion

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In Plain Sight

Permanent exhibition

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Being Human

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Medicine Man

Installation

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The Archive of an Unseen

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It Teks Time

https://images.prismic.io/wellcomecollection/4449c562-645a-4371-ad21-78f138e0bf59_EP001913_0053.jpg?auto=compress,format&rect=0,0,4000,2250&w=3200&h=1800

In the Air

https://images.prismic.io/wellcomecollection/bb657dcb-a170-4a66-ae7e-a1fa0e56ee56_EP_001763_066.jpg?auto=compress,format&rect=0,273,4000,2250&w=3200&h=1800

Rooted Beings

https://images.prismic.io/wellcomecollection/91751213-bbd4-4e92-88b8-7c34d84c470e_EP_001514_037.jpg?auto=compress,format&rect=0,276,4000,2250&w=3200&h=1800

https://images.prismic.io/wellcomecollection/5cf4b151-8fa1-47d1-9546-3115debc3b04_Viscera+web+image.jpg?auto=compress,format&rect=0,0,3838,2159&w=3200&h=1800

Viscera

https://images.prismic.io/wellcomecollection/3b45bbe5-492e-4ae7-a73e-7a9fb44e180f_EP_001513_071.jpg?auto=compress,format&rect=0,365,4000,2250&w=3200&h=1800

Tranquillity

https://images.prismic.io/wellcomecollection/bddfe2cb-ccbb-4c90-8dc9-60893332b53a_EP_001443_033_Full.jpg?auto=compress,format&rect=0,0,4000,2250&w=3200&h=1800

Do you consider yourself healthy?

https://images.prismic.io/wellcomecollection/9bfacc1c-a725-44d7-8c68-4a69fc6a8227_EP_001510_038.jpg?auto=compress,format&rect=0,416,4000,2250&w=3200&h=1800

What does it mean to be human now? Four views by CYP x CALLY

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The Den

https://images.prismic.io/wellcomecollection/c0e88cde-fd2a-451e-9dcb-c67ec5df42b4_EP_001423_016.jpg?auto=compress,format&rect=0,0,4000,2250&w=3200&h=1800

Standardized Patient

Heart n Soul at The Hub

https://images.prismic.io/wellcomecollection/d305fbb4-c54d-4e0b-bff6-909ccd0b539c_EP001295_002.jpg?auto=compress,format&rect=0,0,4000,2250&w=3200&h=1800

Inclusive Futures

https://images.prismic.io/wellcomecollection/569c2f3b-625b-4588-9e23-ca3bec90728c_print_004_TF_191022_4590510.jpg?auto=compress,format&rect=0,0,4000,2250&w=3200&h=1800

Play Well

https://images.prismic.io/wellcomecollection/8aaac1c6b4d72e13ebb07f42c78d8cebf9a05d07_ep_000825_030-edit.jpg?auto=compress,format

Misbehaving Bodies: Jo Spence and Oreet Ashery

‘Objects in Stereo’ is a new exhibition by British photographer Jim Naughten that explores the practice of keeping a collection, and asks what it means to keep and care for museum objects.

Wellcome Collection

‘The Healing Pavilion’ is a new art commission by British-Kenyan visual artist Grace Ndiritu, which radically reimagines what textiles and architecture can do in a museum burdened by colonial history.

‘In Plain Sight’ examines the many ways we see and are seen by others and explores what happens when we open ourselves up to seeing differently.

Our new permanent gallery explores trust, identity and health in a changing world.

This free permanent exhibition in central London reunites a cross-section of extraordinary objects about science, medicine, health and the body from Henry Wellcome’s collection.

Scroll through fragments of the artist’s life story of growing up black, disabled and working class in the 1980s in this interactive artwork.

Spend a moment contemplating how we navigate our fluctuating feelings.

Explore our relationship with the air around us. Moving freely across borders and through our bodies, air is both vital to our existence and a threat to our health.

Step into a more entangled view of life on earth. Through new commissions, striking artworks and historic artefacts, ‘Rooted Beings’ reimagines our relationship with plants.

Explore the diversity of euphoric experiences and the effect of positive emotion on the body.

Are we all entitled to express our emotions equally in different social contexts? A new short film by Bhebhe&Davies asks how we conceal, perform and harness rage.

Take a deeper look at feelings of peace and balance.

Drop in to the Reading Room to take part in artist Oreet Ashery’s project.

This installation featured five short films exploring the question of being human during Covid-19 through poetry and monologues. Watch the films online, together with participants' reflections.

Artist Sop explores alternative strategies for self-care during the Covid-19 pandemic through a series of meditative sound works.

What is the role of empathy in healthcare? Kerry Tribe's video installation explores the use of simulated, or ‘standardized’ patients in training medical students.

Visit the installation ‘Inclusive Futures’ to see and hear ideas for how to make the world a better place for everyone. Designed by Heart n Soul at The Hub, the display includes interviews and personal perspectives from the people who created it.

Why do we play? How important is it for all of us, young or old? What does it mean to play well?

Free central London exhibition featuring the photography of Jo Spence and the moving image and performance artwork from Oreet Ashery. Opens 30 May 2019.

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