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‘In this Moment’ mental health exhibition

Posted on February 26, 2022 (November 19, 2025) by Rebecca Wallersteiner

Rebecca Wallersteiner takes a look at In this Moment an ambitious multi-sensory installation of sound works and soft sculptures by artists India Harvey and Gawain Hewitt, in collaboration with young people from Bethlem & Maudsley Hospital Schools, at Bethlem Gallery, London, exploring nature and the cosmos, until 14th April 2022 Research has shown that calming […]

The Passions of Richard Dadd Revisited

Posted on October 31, 2021 (November 19, 2025) by Rebecca Wallersteiner

Rebecca Wallersteiner looks at The Passions of Richard Dadd Revisited at the Bethlem Museum of the Mind, (the original Bedlam), until 27th November 2021, which examines the disturbing, powerful art of former ‘Bedlam’ patient Richard Dadd, who suffered from a form of paranoid schizophrenia. ‘For artist Richard Dadd, the passions were not merely emotions, preoccupations […]