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Richard Dadd: Beyond Bedlam
25 July 2026 — 25 October 2026
Coming SoonDadd spent 42 years as a patient in Bethlem and Broadmoor, producing paintings of extraordinary obsessive detail and invented worlds — work that inspired Cornelia Parker, Angela Carter and Queen, whose song The Fairy-Feller's Master Stroke takes its title directly from one of his paintings.
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Victorian artist Richard Dadd constructed fairytale worlds and highly original works of art. His creativity never ceased – rather, it flourished from within the confines of Bethlem and Broadmoor. As a talented young artist, Dadd studied at the Royal Academy and travelled through Greece, Turkey, Syria and Egypt in search of picturesque subjects. Soon after, he started to experience psychosis and went on to spend 42 years as a patient in Bethlem and later Broadmoor Hospitals....
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Mayfair, London·View on artmap
Sunday10am–6pm
MondayClosed
Tuesday10am–6pm
Wednesday10am–6pm
Thursday10am–6pm
Friday10am–9pm
Saturday ·10am–6pm
© Royal Academy
Richard Dadd: Beyond Bedlam
25 July 2026 — 25 October 2026
Coming SoonDadd spent 42 years as a patient in Bethlem and Broadmoor, producing paintings of extraordinary obsessive detail and invented worlds — work that inspired Cornelia Parker, Angela Carter and Queen, whose song The Fairy-Feller's Master Stroke takes its title directly from one of his paintings.
From Royal Academy
Victorian artist Richard Dadd constructed fairytale worlds and highly original works of art. His creativity never ceased – rather, it flourished from within the confines of Bethlem and Broadmoor. As a talented young artist, Dadd studied at the Royal Academy and travelled through Greece, Turkey, Syria and Egypt in search of picturesque subjects. Soon after, he started to experience psychosis and went on to spend 42 years as a patient in Bethlem and later Broadmoor Hospitals....
Read more at Royal Academy →Critic Reviews
No reviews yet for this exhibition.
Visit
Mayfair, London·View on artmap
Sunday10am–6pm
MondayClosed
Tuesday10am–6pm
Wednesday10am–6pm
Thursday10am–6pm
Friday10am–9pm
Saturday ·10am–6pm