Stories
- Article
The ‘epileptic’ in art and science
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.
- Article
The Key to Memory: Use art to articulate
Danny Rees explains what William Utermohlen’s self-portraits can tell us about how and why we remember.
- Article
Paris Morgue and a public spectacle of death
Known as the “only free theatre in Paris”, La Morgue was a popular place for the public to view cadavers on display.
- Long read
Rehab centres and the ‘cure’ for addiction
Guy Stagg takes us on a brief history of rehab centres and their approaches to addiction and recovery.
Catalogue
- Archives and manuscripts
"Residencies - art"
Date: 1985-1994Reference: ART/AFH/A/18/21Part of: Arts for Health: archive- Archives - Digital
"LIME - wot's art?"
Date: 2002Reference: ART/LAB/A/6Part of: Papers of Langley Brown- Archives and manuscripts
Photographs of interior and exterior of St Mary's Hospital, including art works
Date: 1990sReference: ART/IOW/D/1/5Part of: Healing Arts, Isle of Wight- Archives and manuscripts
Photographs of interior and exterior of St Mary's Hospital, including art works
Date: 1990sReference: ART/IOW/D/1/2Part of: Healing Arts, Isle of Wight- Archives and manuscripts
Slides of St Mary's Hospital: interior, exterior, art works
Date: 1990sReference: ART/IOW/D/1/8Part of: Healing Arts, Isle of Wight