With art therapy on the rise, France's museums are beginning to take mental health seriously, writes the Art Newspaper.
Palais de Tokyo is building a “care centre” for art and wellbeing programmes, while new workshops launch at Louvre-Lens. “If only we could convince doctors to prescribe visits to the Louvre-Lens like any other treatment,” says the cultural mediator in charge of the programme, and notes that such schemes already exist in other countries.
With art therapy on the rise, France's museums are beginning to take mental health seriously, writes the Art Newspaper.
Palais de Tokyo is building a “care centre” for art and wellbeing programmes, while new workshops launch at Louvre-Lens. “If only we could convince doctors to prescribe visits to the Louvre-Lens like any other treatment,” says the cultural mediator in charge of the programme, and notes that such schemes already exist in other countries.
With art therapy on the rise, France's museums are beginning to take mental health seriously, writes the Art Newspaper.
Palais de Tokyo is building a “care centre” for art and wellbeing programmes, while new workshops launch at Louvre-Lens. “If only we could convince doctors to prescribe visits to the Louvre-Lens like any other treatment,” says the cultural mediator in charge of the programme, and notes that such schemes already exist in other countries.