Megan Dunn: Art in Hospitals

What art hangs in hospitals and why? Megan Dunn’s interest  began when she noticed a photograph by contemporary artist Jae Hoon Lee in her doctor's surgery in Wellington, and continued spending time at Auckland Hospital when her late mother was sick with cancer.

The result was  ‘Art in the Waiting Room’ an essay that appears in her new book Things I Learned At Art School, and an ongoing interest in the role of art in healing and historically in hospitals.

‘Piha’, Jae Hoon Lee, 2007, In situ at Courtenay Medical, Wellington

Painting from a collection donated By the Art Komiti of Auckland’s Paremoremo Prison.

ICU (Acute), Auckland Hospital, 2019

‘Sunflowers Of Hope’, Chris Cortlett, Auckland Hospital, 2019.

‘The Tree Of Life’, Kushana Bush, 2020. Commissioned By Megan Dunn And Donated To ICU (Acute), Auckland Hospital

The images in this gallery are used with permission and are subject to copyright conditions.