50 to 100 million people died during the influenza outbreak in 1918. This was the greatest medical holocaust in history.If you are involved with the use of art in healthcare you must get a flu shot. Not because you are at higher risk, but because all...

Chen Meizi & Hu Jianhui create paintings for foreignersThe Barbizon painters were known for depicting rural life in France from about 1830 - 1870. Many of the landscapes they created would be ideal for healthcare interiors but they are too expensive....

Many people who select art for hospitals believe that children need different art than adults. It is common on pediatric wards to see teddy bears, clowns and Disneyesque cartoons. Is that really what kids want? Dr. Upali Nanda and her team of...

Newmat Stretch Ceiling - Exempla Lutheran Hospital, Wheat Ridge, CO Recently some designers from Chicago asked me to provide artwork for 6 very large back-lit panels in a Radiology suite. The unusual thing about the project was that the images will...

The most common art in hospitals is printed art. Since printmaking allows multiples of the same piece, the price is more likely to fit the budget. The Printed Picture by Richard Benson is a new book that traces the changing technology of printmaking...