Where is the artist in the art?
Work by Corinne in the exhibition Elsewhere at Bethlem Gallery A light blue double bed sits in the centre of the gallery space. It is covered by a plain white bedspread and sprinklings of woollen daisies. The viewer is told that the artwork is by artist Corinne, an artist who is confined to bed, which […]
Bethlem Art Fair 2026: Call out for artwork
Bethlem Art Fair 2025 Bethlem Gallery invites artists, patients, service users, carers and loved ones, staff and volunteers connected to the South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust to contribute up to 3 artworks to the Bethlem Art Fair 2026 that will be open from 12 December 2026 – 16 January 2027. Please fill in […]
Our Director Sophie Leighton on Collections Guardianship
The Bethlem Gallery Art Collection This blog post follows a talk Sophie gave recently to the South & East London Museums Group, who meet regularly to talk about collections and collections management practice. Can art be owned? This title is deliberately provocative: of course art can be owned. Perhaps a more specific question is: who […]
Bethlem Gallery on why co-production needs to stay at the forefront – and one way it is core to our work
Image: Workshops with Artist Lucy Steggals What is co-production? Simply put, it is a term for collaborative processes that actively involve people who are stakeholders in whatever is being created, developed or delivered. It’s rarely simple to achieve in practice, however. Used across public services and the cultural sector, co-production is participation that goes beyond […]
Reflective Practice: making space for thinking together
Image: Bethlem Gallery A summary of a talk by Gerard Drennan Gerard Drennan is a clinical psychologist who has worked alongside Bethlem Gallery for over a decade, holding a reflective practice space for the Bethlem Gallery team. As part of our recent symposium The Art of Practice, he shared some reflections on what it means to hold a Reflective Practice (RP) space within an arts […]
Safe Spaces with Caroline Clark
John – Safe Spaces Project 2025 Noah – Safe Spaces Project 2025 Orla – Safe Spaces Project 2025 Caroline Clark’s exhibition Safe Spaces is currently on at ORTUS gallery in Denmark Hill, London. Bethlem Gallery’s curatorial team organises a seasonal programme of exhibitions with ORTUS, in addition to its own gallery spaces. This week, we sat down […]