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Art History and Mental Health

Georgia O'Keeffe: Where Art History Meets Mental Health
Each article looks at a different part of O’Keeffe’s creative journey and how they were shaped by both her mental health and her relationships.
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Melancholia: Albercht Durer
Outdated diagnoses, traits of melancholic art and the work of one famous artist.
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From Neurasthenia to Shadowbanning
How Diverse Embodied Experiences are Rendered Invisible Under the Guise of “Protecting The Public From Harm”
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Art History and Outdated Mental Health Diagnosis: Neurasthenia
The Rest Cure, Women on the Verge, Alice Neel's escape from the diagnosis, and more about artists said to have had neurasthenia
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The Impact of Hysteria Diagnosis on Women in Art History
How Camille Claudel, Dora Maar, Emily Dickinson and others were affected by an outdated psychological diagnosis that pathologizes women's creativity
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Where does the "truth" lie in a self portrait?
Imagine that you want to say something about yourself to a room of people you consider important but you can only do so by showing them your…
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Art and Mental Health History: Carlo Zinelli
Acknowledging the problems with the term "outsider art" while celebrating the work created by institutionalized Italian artist Carlo Zinelli
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Art and Mental Health History: Sonja Sekula
Open about being a lesbian, regularly hospitalized for mental health challenges, working on a small scale when other Abstract Expressionists worked…
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Art+Mental Health in The Last Confessions of Sylvia P.
Summary, takeaways, art/journal prompts and more from this riveting novel
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Isa Genzken: A Half Century of Prolific, Innovative Art and Openness on Bipolar Symptoms
“She has always courted danger, with predictable results—the life force and the death wish are at odds in her.” - Judith Thurman on Isa Genzken
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DIANE ARBUS: Where Art Meets Mental Health
Complicated family dynamics, history of depression, multilayered sexuality, and other things that may have helped shape the direction of the…
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Looking: Diane Arbus' Depictions of Disability, Neurodiversity and "Difference"
Excerpts of writing about works of art by Arbus explore her unique way of looking at "othered" people with her camera and what it tells us about looking
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