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Paris psychiatric hospital's art collection challenges myth of the ‘mad genius’

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September 27, 2026
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Paris psychiatric hospital's art collection challenges myth of the ‘mad genius’

A collection of art built up inside a Paris psychiatric hospital is challenging one of the most persistent myths about mental illness – that it fuels creative genius. Paintings and drawings made over more than a century at Sainte-Anne hospital are being presented not as medical curiosities but as works of art, reflecting changing attitudes towards psychiatric patients.

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