Dream Worlds: Portia Zvavahera’s Zvakazarurwa (Revelations) is a vibrant and dynamic exhibition at Kettle’s Yard, Cambridge, exploring the healing power of dreams. Curated by Tamar Garb and reviewed by Rebecca Wallersteiner, the exhibition features colourful works by artist Portia Zvavahera and is free to visit until 16 February 2025. Escape from the stress of your […]
3 Different (and Effective) Ways Art Can Be Used in Therapy and for Mental Health Support: Art is an important form of creative expression, and yet its power extends into some quite unexpected areas, and it can even have therapeutic applications for those facing mental health issues. Here are some examples of how it can be […]
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Promoting sleep and enhancing mood without cannabis: While we often feel we have to use drugs and medicines to help us rest and sleep, we actually have all we need inside us. Our bodies have a natural ability to rest and restore, but when we don’t know how to tap into it, we turn to […]
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Foundling Portraits Campaign, a new display at London’s Foundling museum until 27th February 2022, capturing the likenesses of the last surviving children cared for at London’s Foundling Hospital, between 1741 – 1954. At the Foundling Museum, London until 27th February 2022 and enlisting the help of five major artists, including Wolfgang Tillmans, a new display, Founding Portraits Campaign, supported by the Art Fund, captures the likeness of the last surviving children cared for at […]
Rebecca Wallersteiner looks at On Happiness, two concurrent new exhibitions at Wellcome Collection, London from July ‘21 which explore ways in which people can navigate the complexity of feelings and find joy and happiness under duress. It is a man’s own mind, not his enemy or foe that lures him to evil ways. We are […]
Art by Post: Unlocking creativity for our wellbeing launches at the Southbank Centre this September. Over 600 pieces of artwork created in lockdown will form new nationwide exhibition to highlight the power of art on health and wellbeing: Art by Post: Unlocking creativity for our wellbeing launches at the Southbank Centre this September before touring nationwide for five […]
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Rebecca Wallersteiner takes a look at ‘Essentially Grey’ a new exhibition of pictures by Hanna ten Doornkaat at The MUSE Gallery, London which explores how colours influence our mood and emotions Research has shown that environment and calming colours influences the speed of patients’ recovery. Your emotions and mood are influenced by the colours around […]
Among the trees: an exhibition of work by 37 international artists at London’s Hayward Gallery this autumn celebrates the healing and inspirational power of trees and forests After more than twenty weeks closed due to the coronavirus pandemic the Hayward Gallery, in London’s South Bank Centre has opened five days a week. NHS workers can […]
Artist Liza Campbell’s thoughtful new series of prints Periodic Elements of Lockdown playfully explores her experiences of navigating the pandemic and lockdown. There have been many creative responses to the coronavirus pandemic. Art has an important role in well-being and having a sense of who we are and helping us understand our situation. So much […]
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Post lockdown art exhibitions – Rebecca Wallersteiner who has interviewed two very different artists for The Hippocratic Post on the new art they have created during lockdown. Their exhibitions launched this week and are open until well into August. Artists are emerging from lockdown – with two exciting, new exhibitions opening in London this week, […]