Interview with Exhibition Poet Jess Murrain
Jess Murrain Karim Sultan This week, Curator Karim Sultan (KS) invites actor, writer and poet Jess Murrain (JM) to discuss her responses to Bethlem Gallery’s latest exhibition, The Places We Know. KS: What does it mean for you to be an “exhibition poet”? JM: It feels very meaningful to be asked to be an exhibition […]
What does Unescorted mean?
Installation photos from Unescorted #13 Since 2012, Bethlem Gallery has worked in partnership with River House, the medium secure unit at South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust, to present an annual exhibition called Unescorted at The Maudsley Long Gallery. The latest edition features nine artists: Eddie, Daniel W., Jacob, Jane, Lil Dios, Mark, Mohammed, Paul, and Will. Open to the public, the […]
Karim Sultan on The Places We Know
Installation photos from The Places We Know at Bethlem Gallery Karim Sultan joined Bethlem Gallery in 2025. Karim is responsible for exhibitions, artist development and programmes at the gallery and alongside the team. Bethlem Gallery (BG): We’d love to share with our readers more about the Gallery’s spring 2026 exhibition that you’ve worked on. What can you tell us about it? Karim Sultan (KS): Our […]
Workshops at Bethlem Gallery
At Bethlem Gallery we have expanded our workshop provision and listened to what artists want by way of workshops. In addition to our Saturday workshops, open to the public, we run sessions and development opportunities for our artists during the week. Across the hospital we run workshops to enable us to coproduce new artwork commissions. We are increasing our weekend workshop prices. (Weekday sessions for artists remain free of […]
Art Fair Theme Award Winners 2025
Reb Reid Scott, Twisting and Turning Helen Randall, Pain This year, Bethlem Art Fair artists were invited to submit works on a set theme: ‘Transformation’, inspired by artist Mud‘s solo exhibition I AM ALIVE which showed at the Gallery throughout summer 2025. Entries in this category were judged by Mud, with first prize going to Reb […]
Founders Award Winners 2025
Beth Kale, The Stanley Night Beth Kale, Boo Boo Our Director Sophie Leighton with the Founders Award Judge, MP Liam Conlon Founders Award Winners 2023 Bethlem Gallery is delighted to share here the work of the 2025 Founders Prize Award Winner: Beth Kale. Every year as part of the Bethlem Art Fair, we invite a […]