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Picturing mental health

Ron Hampshire created artworks while resident at Netherne psychiatric hospital. What can we learn from them?

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The intimate and invasive art of ethical taxidermy

Does displaying dead animals bring us closer to nature, or drive us further apart?

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A reflection on art in a mental hospital

Artist Beth Hopkins explains how she used her experience of researching the Adamson Collection to create an embroidered wall hanging.

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“Life and the universe change our plans”

Artist Lil Sullivan returns to the printmaking workshop for the first time after her stroke, and uses broken and discarded everyday objects to create art.

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  • Artist's studio, by Daniel Chodowiecki
  • A young artist in his studio contemplating a skull. Etching, 1815.
  • A boy studying a painting in an artist's studio. Wood engraving.
  • Prostheses: artificial noses being made by an artist at work in his studio in Hampstead, London. Photograph, ca. 1921.
  • Anatomical studies of the bones and muscles, for the use of artists / from drawings by the late John Flaxman. Engraved by Henry Landseer; with two additional plates; and explanatory notes, by William Robertson.
  • Anatomical studies of the bones and muscles, for the use of artists / from drawings by the late John Flaxman. Engraved by Henry Landseer; with two additional plates; and explanatory notes, by William Robertson.
  • Anatomical studies of the bones and muscles, for the use of artists / from drawings by the late John Flaxman. Engraved by Henry Landseer; with two additional plates; and explanatory notes, by William Robertson.
  • Anatomical studies of the bones and muscles, for the use of artists / from drawings by the late John Flaxman. Engraved by Henry Landseer; with two additional plates; and explanatory notes, by William Robertson.
  • An artist discussing a painting with a client; the client is an older man with an irate expression. Lithograph by J. David, 1838.
  • Hong Kong: a Cantonese lady. Photograph by John Thomson, 1869-1871.
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