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Could the arts be good for your health

WEBThe Lancet medical journal has announced the biggest scientific research project ever conducted exploring the links between health and the arts. Compiled at a …

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World Health Organization joins art world to launch global …

WEBThe World Health Organization and a coalition of cultural partners will next week launch a “call to action” to galvanise the arts in countering the mental health crisis …

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New international laboratory aims to study and promote health …

WEBThe Jameel Arts & Health Lab is a collaboration between the World Health Organisation, New York University’s Steinhardt School, the roving art non-profit …

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Pandemic art: how artists have depicted disease

WEBA Cluster of 17 Cases, created by the UK artists’ group Blast Theory after a residency at the World Health Organization (WHO) in Geneva, was being installed at …

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‘Mirror pandemic’: art’s vital role in tackling the mental health crisis

WEBA multi-agency $15m initiative backed by the WHO and funded through a series of charity auctions at Christie’s will support artist-led projects to improve mental, …

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The global mental health crisis: Wellcome Trust launches …

WEBThe reality of the current crisis depends as much on understanding individual lived experiences as it does analysing scientific data, Kataoka says.

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Art campaign shows the many sides of mental illness

WEBThe Florida-based artist Ian Woods has created layered portraits of mental health advocates. A portrait by Ian Woods of the queer, neurodivergent, Korean …

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Eight US cities receive $1m grants for public art projects tackling

WEBBloomberg Philanthropies has picked projects in Atlanta, Baltimore, Honolulu, Houston, Orlando, Philadelphia, Phoenix and Salt Lake City as the winners of …

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Art and mental health charity celebrates £1m funding partnership …

WEBHowever, not everyone is so optimistic about the efficacy of art-focused mental health interventions. At a talk last week at Hauser & Wirth—the last of a three …

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With art therapy on the rise, France's museums are beginning to …

WEB11 March 2022. Palais de Tokyo’s new pavilion HAMO will open in December with a strong focus on mental health Freaks/Ailleurs Studio. The Palais de Tokyo in Paris will …

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Frida Kahlo’s medical records—obtained by her grand …

WEBFor more than a decade, Frida Kahlo wrote letters to Leo Eloesser, a thoracic surgeon who became her trusted medical adviser until her death in 1954. In …

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‘That truly is nature’: the inspiring story behind four spring scenes

WEBJust before Christmas 1888, Van Gogh had suffered a mental attack and mutilated his ear.For the following weeks he was in and out of hospital, sleeping most …

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Five artists shortlisted to create London’s first ever permanent HIV

WEBAnya Gallaccio and Ryan Gander are among five artists shortlisted to create a permanent HIV/Aids memorial in London more than 40 years after the UK’s first Aids …

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Brussels doctors prescribe museum visits to treat Covid-19 stress

WEBDoctors at the Brugmann can prescribe museum visits to individual patients and the hospital’s stress clinic will also organise collective visits for in-patients receiving …

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‘I'm now living in a world where young women have fewer rights …

WEBConceptual artist Jenny Holzer, who has made work about reproductive health and gender issues for years, launched an NFT (non-fungible token) auction on …

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A maritime museum shifts its focus to ocean health

WEBFor the first time in its nearly 100-year history, the Mystic Seaport Museum in Connecticut is addressing the impact of maritime industries on the ocean ecosystems. …

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Artists bring hope and healing to mental health facilities in London

WEBThis month sees it upping its game by unveiling more than 20 major bespoke works for two new mental health facilities built at Springfield Hospital in …

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Baltimore Museum of Art acquires LaToya Ruby Frazier installation

WEBLaToya Ruby Frazier. More Than Conquerors: A Monument for Community Health Workers of Baltimore, Maryland 2021-2022, 2022.Installation view at Gladstone …

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What Johnny Depp did next: a £1,950 self-portrait in aid of mental …

WEBThe self-portrait, Depp’s first, will be sold as a time-limited edition from 20 July for 13 days only (“a number significant to the artist”) and priced from £1,950. As a …

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