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Artists Help Us to Gain a Deeper Understanding of …

WebThe Princeton University Art Museum has jumped into the fray with States of Health: Visualizing Illness and Healing. An engaging selection of works by Leonora Carrington, …

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The UN's World Health Organization Says Art Is a

WebA study published by the World Health Organization, which collected data from 900 different publications over a 19-year span, offers important validation for the arts and new …

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An Intimate Look at James Baldwin and His Rarely

WebUnknown. Baldwin was haunted by the death of Worth, who committed suicide in 1946 by jumping from the George Washington Bridge. As Holiday notes in her essay, “In almost …

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Enter the "Quaranzine": Zines That Boost Resistance

WebSelf-care can also mean self-funding. Artist Melanie Gillman published their cookbook Parsley Sage Rosemary & Quarantine to create an alternative revenue stream for the 21 …

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800,000 Pages of Patient Art and Mental Health Archives

Web800,000 Pages of Patient Art and Mental Health Archives Are Going Online. Allison Meier November 5, 2014. Oil painting by George Sidebottom, a patient at the Retreat in York …

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A Portrait of Black Mental Health in Hues of Black and Blue

WebIn one painting, a young boy clutches behind his sister, a fierce protector, drawing on the responsibility of Black children, especially Black girls, forced to grow up too soon. In …

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Inspired by the Story of a Women’s Sanitarium, a Book Explores …

WebThe luminous anthology, published by the small press Which Witch LA, is a response to and inspired by Rockhaven, featuring a range of personal essays which explore how mental …

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Museums Thank Healthcare Workers by Sharing Medical-themed Art

WebTo the doctors, nurses, & medical personnel, we cannot thank you enough for your hard work, but we will try. #MuseumsThankHealthHeroes // An undated photo of a dr. …

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Studying the Design of a 19th-Century Mental Asylum

WebArchitecture of an Asylum: St. Elizabeths, 1852–2017 at the National Building Museum in Washington, DC, is an in-depth exploration of design in the context of mental health, …

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How Tuberculosis Symptoms Became Ideals of Beauty in the 19th …

WebIn 'Consumptive Chic: A History of Beauty, Fashion, and Disease,' Carolyn A. Day investigates how the fatal symptoms of tuberculosis became entwined with feminine …

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Suffering From Anxiety

WebA new study discovered that going to museums can have myriad health benefits, such as improving feelings of depression, easing chronic pain, and decreasing the likelihood of …

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Psychiatrists in Brussels Can Now “Prescribe” Museum Visits to …

WebIn a 2021 interview, Brussels Alderwoman of Culture and Tourism Delphine Houba emphasized the dual purpose of the program as a prop for mental health and a tool for …

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The Tenement Museum Maps a Century of Deadly Diseases

WebStill in a big city like New York, you are never too far from your neighbors, and their germs. The three main stories of “Life and Death at the Tenement” concentrate on three major …

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A Fashion Historian on the Relationship Between Clothing and …

WebElisa Wouk Almino April 22, 2020. Dr. Alison Matthews David giving her presentation on “Fashion Victims and Germ Warfare” for the National Arts Club (all screenshots by Elisa …

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Nan Goldin and P.A.I.N. Sackler Protest the Opioid

WebThe photographer, along with health activists and Harvard medical students, organized a die-in in the atrium outside the Arthur M. Sackler Museum in Cambridge, MA.

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Posthumous Prognosis for Supposedly Syphilitic Gauguin, via His …

WebIt's long been believed that painter Paul Gauguin was wrecked by syphilis when he died in the Marquesas Islands in 1903, but thanks to some old teeth thrown down a well, he may …

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What Planned Parenthood Looked Like in the 1940s

WebAs one pamphlet from the 1940s claims, “The fact remains that having a baby is still the most important single event in any woman’s life — important to herself and her husband …

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50 Artists Remind Us That "Abortion Is Normal"

WebEarlier this month, the first half of Abortion is Normal kicked off at Eva Presenhuber gallery in New York. Bringing together the work of over 50 artists to raise awareness and …

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Rebekah Mercer, Funder of Climate Change Denial, No Longer On …

WebMercer, a conservative megadonor and supporter of organizations backing climate change denial, has been "quietly removed" from the museum's board of trustees, according to …

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