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Installation view, Collection Launch at Bethlem Gallery, February 2025.
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Installation view, Collection Launch at Bethlem Gallery, February 2025.
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Installation view, Collection Launch at Bethlem Gallery, February 2025.
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Installation view, Collection Launch at Bethlem Gallery, February 2025.
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Installation view, Collection Launch at Bethlem Gallery, February 2025.
Exhibition
Collection Launch: The Bethlem Gallery Art Collection
26 Feb 2025 – 21 Jun 2025
Regular hours
- Wednesday
- 09:30 – 17:00
- Thursday
- 09:30 – 17:00
- Friday
- 09:30 – 17:00
- Saturday
- 09:30 – 17:00
Free admission
Address
- Bethlem Royal Hospital, Monks Orchard Road
- London
England - BR3 3BX
- United Kingdom
Travel Information
- The bus stop directly outside the main entrance is Bethlem Royal Hospital, with buses 356, 119 or 198 stopping there.
- Eden Park Station (30 mins from London Bridge) followed by a 15 min walk or 5 min bus ride (356 bus towards Shirley). East Croydon Station (15 mins from London Victoria), followed by roughly a 30 min bus ride (119 bus towards Bromley or 198 towards Shrublands).
We are excited to launch the Bethlem Gallery Art Collection, generously supported by the Peter Sowerby Foundation.
About
Since opening in 1997, Bethlem Gallery has collaborated with over 2,000 artists. From these connections, over two hundred artworks have been carefully selected to form the foundation of the collection.
This exhibition is organised into three themes: People, Environment, and Abstraction. Works that touch on the themes of displacement highlight artists’ engagement with social realities. Other works explore our relationship with the spaces we inhabit. Abstract works engage us through texture and colour, while portraits and figure studies invite connection.
About the Collection
A Collection Advisory Board, supported by The National Lottery Heritage Fund, has shaped the collection’s development. The board has deliberated over how the collection will be useful, how it will be different to other public collections, as well as ways to ensure the collection evolves ethically and inclusively.
The works from this exhibition and the wider collection will be displayed across South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust and the local community through a loans programme. This initiative aims to make the Collection accessible, encouraging dialogue and engagement beyond the gallery walls. The collection is also accessible via our website.
View the Collection online catalogue here.
Find out more about the Collection Advisory Board and Collection FAQs here.
