Art in hospitals. Funding works of art in new hospitals.

Throughout the world new hospitals have been designed and built for high quality medical care. Few have been designed to be beautiful. We believe each hospital should enhance the lives of patients, visitors, and staff by including works of art. Works of art cost money, yet money spent on contemporary works provides employment for painters, sculptors, and craftsmen and also for the manufacturers of their materials. Where is this money to come from when health services are starved of capital and revenue? The beautification of old hospitals is discussed elsewhere. ' In the first part of this article JHB explores three methods of funding works of art in new hospitals and in the second part LG describes the mural scheme run by the King's Fund and the Greater London Arts Association (GLAA).