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Art historian Giulia Smith explains what she most admires in the work of Jo Spence and Oreet Ashery, and how their approach makes illness political.

Artist Daniel Regan manages his emotions and stays grounded through photography, allowing him to engage in the world around him.

A gruesome and strangely fascinating visual tour through disease in an age before colour photography.

Residents from 2016–18, Created Out of Mind was led by University College London (UCL) and aimed to shape perceptions of dementia through science and the creative arts.

From scarred outsiders in literature to the cold voyeurism of medical films and photography, people who experience seizures and epilepsy are rarely shown in a compassionate light in popular culture.

Uncover the powerful narratives of chronic illness and identity in the major exhibition ‘Jo Spence and Oreet Ashery: Misbehaving Bodies’ at Wellcome Collection.

'Regarding Forests'  is a a multi-sensory installation within the Grade I listed North Wing at St Bartholomew’s Hospital in the City of London. It is part of Wellcome Collection's 'On Happiness' season.

Intriguing photographs from sexologists’ archives suggest they could have helped people explore their gender identity and sexuality.

An official diagnosis for ADHD has given artist Carrie Ravenscroft so much more than the medical support she lacked. For the first time, it’s allowed her to see a future for herself as valid member of a diverse community.

Activities linked to our event recordings, for post-16 students.

Nineteenth-century psychiatrists were keen to categorise their patients’ illnesses reductively – by their physical appearance. But we can see a far more complex picture of mental distress, revealed by those patients able to express their inner worlds in art.

Wellcome Collection's major new exhibition looks at one of the most complex entities in the universe.

When, as an adult, Mayanne Soret decided to get a formal diagnosis of her autism, she found that the series of assessments had a dishearteningly negative focus, seeming to frame her as a problem.

Discover how curator George Vasey honoured the approaches of Jo Spence and Oreet Ashery, who mischievously subvert clichés around illness and death.

How do you create a medical comedy that’s authentic and laugh-out-loud funny?

Exciting things happen when art, craft, engineering and science collide. Glassblower Gayle Price is proof of that.

There’s a fine line to tread between creativity and psychosis.

“Over the coming months and across our programme, Wellcome Collection will be asking important questions about the role of museums and collections across time in relation to power, knowledge and representation.”

In 2025, Wellcome Collection will present two major exhibitions around the themes of sign language and freshwater, as well a BSL themed film installation and a display based on our zines collection.

After dozens of hospital visits and handfuls of painkillers, a plethora of scans and tests bring diagnosis closer for Jaipreet Virdi.