David O'Flynn

November 6th 2024 Artwork: john gerrard, Flare (Oceania) 2022. Courtesy the artist @john__gerrard and Pace Gallery @PaceGallery

Abandoned Film Theatre in Dresden Germany.

Skylon, Festival of Britain 1951 Powell and Moya bit.ly/4dEGpy7

“We too often forget to do a critical political-economy analysis of the museum: where does the money come from? How much capital does the museum possess within its collections? Who cleans, who cooks, who guards?” artreview.com/the-disordered…

Adamson on "Art for mental health" in Jean Creedy's 1970 "The Social Context of Art". Of its time... Latest addition to ACT's open access Dropbox, 'Adamson Collection references' dropbox.com/scl/fo/cszq0k9… @ExploreWellcome @baat_org @RawVisionMag @RegretteRuane @TheAVAM

Nov. 21, 1961. "Edward Adamson, director of Art at Netherine Hospital, Coulsden, examines some of the paintings, exhibited at the Royal Society of Medicine, Wimpole Street, London" (Keystone Press / Alamy Stock Photo) @WellcomeLibrary @ExploreWellcome @baat_org @RawVisionMag

@mrsvnorthwood @RegretteRuane @RawVisionMag @baat_org @ExploreWellcome @Bethlem_Gallery Many thanks Victoria. Always remember what you said to me: with these Collections, leave them in a better place than you found them, and know when it is time to handover to someone else. Hopefully I did okay on both counts

@ACTchair @RegretteRuane @RawVisionMag @baat_org @ExploreWellcome @Bethlem_Gallery You achieved a huge amount for the collection in that time David - here's to the next 20 years!

Changes at Adamson Collection Trust. Writer & artist Rose Ruane is now Chair. I've handed over after 20 years in post. @RegretteRuane @RawVisionMag @baat_org @ExploreWellcome @Bethlem_Gallery Adamson Collection summary -by December 2024. All about: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward_Ad…

@sarahclemwrites @RegretteRuane … And finally I found these two curiosities. They were taken of the Wellcome photographing the Brenda Marshall pictures in situ Cheers David

@sarahclemwrites @RegretteRuane Yes I have very much remember the piece. A cheeky hint of a nipple? I thought it was good. That building is long closed I think. ... I have a look, I can't find any pictures. Best David

@sarahclemwrites @RegretteRuane .... manny artist behind the doors and downstairs including Rolanda Polonsky and a Martin Birch above the printe

@RegretteRuane Thank you Rose for your kind and generous words. Fantastic for the Collection to have you at the helm My best my friend, David

In 1979 @WendyVarley volunteered at Netherne. Here remembering two Adamson Collection/Wellcome Collection artists, Rolanda Polonsky (1923-96) & Martin Birch (1935-82) and tea in their summer house open.substack.com/pub/wendyvarle… @RegretteRuane @ExploreWellcome @RawVisionMag @baat_org

From the psychiatric hospital where she was compelled to live for over 30 years, Mary Bishop made some of the most affecting images of sadness and isolation in all our collections. Her pictures speak powerfully about despair, but they're also full of tenderness and longing.

Around 1947, Catalan psychiatrist Francesc Tosquelles proposed shifting the location of cognitive experience from the brain to the feet. ⁠ ⁠ “When we walk in the world,” Tosquelles argued, “it isn’t the head that counts, it’s the feet. Knowing where you’re treading.”

What’s next for the contemporary art biennial, now that the era of neoliberal globalisation that shaped it starts to unravel? artreview.com/the-biennale-a…

@DebatINQUEST From HO definitions, “One use of force incident refers to one officer’s use of force involving one person. ….  In a situation where 3 police officers restrain an individual ... there would be 3 separate use of force reports submitted". So the injury rate is much higher I suggest

Restraint on people in mental health crisis is dehumanising and dangerous. Seni’s Law was supposed to change culture, practice & accountability. Racism in policing and healthcare a systemic issue. There is a urgent need to address ongoing disparities. theguardian.com/uk-news/2024/f…

@mikecmorgan From HO definitions, “One use of force incident refers to one officer’s use of force involving one person. ….  In a situation where 3 police officers restrain an individual ... there would be 3 separate use of force reports submitted". So the injury rate is much higher I suggest

Black mental health patients more likely to be injured at hands of police. Latest figures show racial disparity in use-of-force incidents among mental health inpatients in England. Institutional something or other comes to mind. Ah, yes…racism! theguardian.com/uk-news/2024/f…

Prof Clair Will's @MECCambridge talk on the enigmatic Adamson Collection artist known as JJ Beegan during @TulcaFestival to watch: tulca.ie/events/2023/11… Featured @RawVisionMag 88 @ExploreWellcome @baat_org @RegretteRuane @Cambridge_Uni @OutsiderArtFair @Bethlem_Gallery @LRB