UK mental health hospitals are about to get more art
Gareth Harris, The Art Newspaper
June 2025
Artists such as Lakwena Maciver, Veronica Ryan, Peter Liversidge and Alberta Whittle will create works for mental health hospitals in the UK as part of a new project that seeks to transform access to art in these settings.
More than 50 artists have signed up for the new three-year initiative, which has been devised by the charity Hospital Rooms and will be delivered in collaboration with NHS Trusts in Birmingham, Bristol, North East London and South West Yorkshire. Maciver will unveil her work in a north east London hospital while Ryan will work with a Bristol hospital. More than 50 artists will install works over the next 18 months. […]