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Art, health and wellbeing

The important role that art plays in improving our health and wellbeing is often overlooked. Art can help us express the unspeakable, soothe distress and provide escapism.

From ten ways art helps us heal to the art in St George's Hospital, and from Agnes Martin's strength and vulnerability to the collection at Arts for Health, we hope you enjoy these stories exploring the relationship between art and healthcare.

The enduring connection between art and mental health

Art as therapy: highlighting artworks in NHS collections

Collection in focus: Paintings in Hospitals

Dementia and art: making a positive connection

The works of Simon Black at the Royal Free Hospital
 
Above Opt, 2016, perspex & diachromatic glass by Chris Wood (b.1954). © the artist. Photo credit: St George's Hospital

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Sandy Nairne shares highlights from the works of art at Maggie's Cancer Care Centres
Above Untitled, wood & oil paint by Rowan Mace (b.1961). © the artist. Photo credit: Maggie's Edinburgh
Above David Bomberg, c.1937, oil on millboard by David Bomberg (1890–1957). © National Portrait Gallery, London. Photo credit: National Portrait Gallery, London
Above An Audience of a European Ambassador with the Sultan, c.1740, oil on canvas by Antonio Guardi (1699–1760) (and studio). Photo credit: Government Art Collection
Above Dame Margaret Janson Tuke (1862–1947), 1934, oil on canvas by Francis Dodd (1874–1949). Photo credit: Royal Holloway, University of London
Above Woman with Birdcage in Window, 1931, oil on board by Clifford Hooper Rowe (1904–1989). © the artist's estate. Photo credit: People's History Museum
Above All Schools Should Be Art Schools, 2017, painted ply board by Bob and Roberta Smith (b.1963). © Courtesy of the Artist, Lender and YSP. Photo credit: Jonty Wilde. Courtesy of YSP
Above Old Letters, c.1860–c.1870, oil on canvas, attributed to Frederick Walker (1840–1875). Photo credit: Walker Art Gallery
Above Dissection and Draught, 1997, sandstone, graphite & MDF Marion Smith (b.1969). © Royal Scottish Academy of Art & Architecture. Photo credit: Royal Scottish Academy of Art & Architecture
Above Dusk on the Thames at Westminster, 1953/1954, oil on panel by Dimitrie Berea (1908–1975). © the copyright holder. Photo credit: National Trust Images
Above Lace Makers, Ceylon, 1908, oil on canvas by Edward Atkinson Hornel (1864–1933). Photo credit: National Trust for Scotland, Broughton House & Garden

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