Join our workshop 'Making Circle: Interactive Workshop and Making Session' Saturday 5 September 2026, 2-4pm Bethlem Gallery Book your tickets via link bio Andrea Mindel’s contribution is funded by an Unlimited Open Award 2026 commission made possible with funding from Arts Council England.

Behind the scenes with @siobhanmooney.bsky.social installing her work Poem no.2. Siobhan's work is currently on show as apart of 'Unfurling: Coming Out of Isolation', a collaborative exhibition with Fountain House Gallery & Studio in New York. @fountainhouse @nhs_maudsley @maudsleycharity

A further video we're sharing from our symposium The Art of Practice which took place online on 15 May: Highlights from a panel session between Bethlem artist Jules Cunningham and arts worker and producer, Kat Bridge. Watch more from the conversation here: bethlemgallery.com/the-art-of-p...

Now open! Woven Together at ORTUS, Denmark Hill 1) Grounds of the Bethlem, Dave C 2) ‘Mantel’ 2026 , Annie McGowan and the Artist Taxi Driver 3) A tribute to the artist Alan Aldridge who inspired me to draw, Jan Arden Artist 4) Lino-block Printed Shirt, Halimah Zakkiuddin Info at link in bio.

Join our Bethlem History Walk this weekend! Saturday 15 August 2026, 11am, starting at Bethlem Gallery and Museum of the Mind This history walk will be led by our volunteer Bob. Get your ticket via link in bio. @maudsleycharity.bsky.social

Join our next August Wednesday Talk tomorrow! 12 August 1-2pm, Online Karim presents the idea of developing a ‘toolkit’ for artists of how to look at artworks (and the world more broadly) with concepts drawn from art history and its neighbouring disciplines. Get your free ticket via link in bio.

Wednesday Artist Talks: Joanne Barrett, 19 August at 1pm As part of our August Wednesdays series of afternoon talks, artist Joanne Barrett speaks on her recent work and experiences around art making and sensory perception. See link in bio for more info and to book your free ticket!

A new exhibition 'Woven Together' opens at ORTUS, 18 August! The artwork in this exhibition was created by artists who attend Make Create, a weekly drop-in group run in the Bethlem Gallery studio. The focus in the sessions is slow working using textiles, often reusing found or donated materials.

Following our symposium #TheArtofPractice which took place online in May, we've been sharing film highlights of the discussions/presentations on our site. This week, we're sharing our chat with artist Daniel Regan who spoke on the practice & ethical approach of framing artwork in a health context.

📢 It's almost time for Caroline Clark's 'Safe Spaces' exhibition at @ORTUS to come down. ‘Safe Spaces’ is a collaborative photography project and exhibition that documents the improvised sanctuaries neurodiverse children create. Exhibition closes Monday 10 August. @maudsleycharity.bsky.social

Join us in August for our free weekly online Wednesday Talks Starting 5 August,1-2pm with Jess Murrain: Poetic Practice Get your free ticket via link in bio! Jess will explore aspects of writing poetry and the relationship between poetic and artist practice. @creativefutureuk.bsky.social

Here are some photos Unfurling: Coming Out of Isolation, a collaborative exhibition with Fountain House Gallery & Studio in New York, featuring Bethlem exhibition co-curator Joanne Barrett, artist @bridgewithout.bsky.social and Operations Manager Anna Parsonage. Thanks to all who came!

Following our online symposium, we're sharing film highlights of the discussions and presentations on our website. This week, we're sharing the recording of our conversation with Lisa Williams, Principal Cognitive Behavioural Therapist and Service Manager at the Anxiety Disorders Residential Unit.

Now open in London! Unfurling: Coming Out of Isolation Bethlem Gallery 22 July - 5 September Curated by Joanne Barrett & Karim Sultan As part of a year-long collaboration with Fountain House Gallery and Studio in New York City, Bethlem Gallery is presenting the UK side of the exhibition.

A month ago today we hosted the annual Bethlem Festival! As part of this great day of art, movement, food and music, Bethlem artist Teri Berkengoff facilitated a session where people could make their own quilt squares on the theme of 'summer'. This is the virtual quilt of those contributions!

A Thread That Binds Us is on for 2 more weeks at @scigallerylon.bsky.social Open Mon - Sat, 11am - 6pm. See new tapestry-based works by Amber Roper, created in response to research workshops exploring parents’ beliefs and concerns around mental health in families. Funded by Wellcome.

Thank you to @theguardian.com's @florencehallett.bsky.social for featuring Bethlem Artist Collective (BAC) and Bethlem Curator voices in her review of the upcoming Richard Dadd exhibition at the @royalacademyarts.bsky.social, which opens on 25 July. Read the full article, via link bio.

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Separated by an ocean, artists come together for Isolation

The Bethlem Gallery, the visual arts organisation based on the grounds of the Bethlem Royal Hospital in Beckenham, has a new exhibition, free to the public, which opens next week and marks the comp…

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We are CLOSED this week whilst we get the space ready for our next exhibition. Unfurling: Coming Out of Isolation opens on 22 July, and is a collaboration with Fountain House Gallery & Studio in New York. P.S. Check out all the layers of paint on Bethlem Gallery walls from over the years!

On 15 May, Bethlem Gallery hosted the Art of Practice Symposium online, we were delighted to welcome more than 100 attendees throughout the day. For those unable to attend, we'll share film highlights of the discussions and presentations over the next weeks: bethlemgallery.com/the-art-of-p...

Artist Talks: Where is the Artist in the Art? Thursday 23 July 2026, 1-2pm Online (Zoom) Join us for an online panel conversation on the role of biography in presenting an artist’s work. Image: Imma, Unknown, 2019. Bethlem Gallery Art Collection. Book you free ticket via link in bio.

Congratulations to @theboxplymouth.bsky.social on winning Museum of the Year 2026! Bethlem trustee alumni Victoria Pomery is now the CEO at The Box, where their current exhibition 'Echoes of Us' features work by Bethlem artist Mark Titchner. www.artfund.org/our-purpose/... @artfund.bsky.social

Showing as part of Daniel Regan: (be)longing: 3 sculptures made of paper and card by artist Nina Gross Nina's work reproduces interiors of the home in painstaking detail. Playing with aspects of memory, space, and loss, the use of common materials represents the everyday. Showing until 11 July

📢 Daniel Regan’s exhibition (be)longing is open for 2 more weeks! The exhibition explores Daniel's long-held complex relationship to a sense of belonging. Open Weds to Sat, 9.30am-5pm, until 11 July. @maudsleycharity.bsky.social @artscouncilengland.bsky.social

In our latest blog we talk about why co-production needs to stay at the forefront – and one way it is core to Bethlem Gallery's work. Read the full blog via link in bio. @maudsleycharity.bsky.social @artscouncilengland.bsky.social

Hope everybody is managing to stay cool this week 🥵 The resource below lists the places in London people can go that are free and accessible in the heatwave to keep cool, check out what's available near you: www.london.gov.uk/.../climate-...

Join us this weekend for Bethlem Gallery's annual festival with music, food and art (plus more)! Saturday 20 June, 12-4pm See link in bio for more info @bethlemmuseum.bsky.social @maudsleycharity.bsky.social

Thanks to Londonist for featuring this weekend's Bethlem Gallery and @bethlemmuseum.bsky.social History walk taking place on 13 June at 11am 😀 londonist.com/london/weeke... Book your ticket via link in our bio 🎟️

Things To Do In London This Weekend: 13-14 June 2026

Top events in London this Saturday and Sunday.

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More sessions added! Book a one to one conversation with artist Daniel Regan Saturday 27 June 2026, 1-4pm Bethlem Gallery Using reference images from the exhibition Daniel Regan: (be)longing as prompts, the theme will centre on belonging and what it means belong or have a sense of unbelonging.

Have you visited our online shop? The online shop focuses exclusively on original works and high-quality prints. The work featured here, 'Legend' by Dawn Kalu is a mixed media work on paper. Visit bethlemgallery.myshopify.com/ to take a look.