Art and heritage Collection

Our art collection features more than 800 works of art located around St George’s Hospital. The artworks are displayed in public areas, waiting rooms and clinical areas, enhancing the quality of the hospital environment by creating spaces that are engaging, welcoming and compassionate.

The collection contains paintings, drawings, photographs, sculptures, prints and textiles dating from the establishment of St George’s in the 18th Century to the present day. Helen Chadwick, Edward Bawden, Damien Hirst, Lubna Chowdhary, Terry Frost and Laura Ford are among some of the leading artists represented in the collection.

We collect and commission new works often as part of refurbishment and redevelopment projects, helping to ensure that the hospital estate and buildings are attractive places to work and visit.

Our Hospital: Conserving, curating and Responding to St George's Art and Heritage Collection.

In December 2023, St George's Hospital Charity was awarded a generous grant from The National Lottery Heritage Fund for a new heritage project at St George’s Hospital: ‘Our Hospital: conserving, curating and responding to St George’s Art and Heritage Collection’.

‘Our Hospital’ is a three-year project focusing on conserving, cataloguing, reinterpreting and digitising St George’s Hospital’s unique Art and Heritage Collection so it can be enjoyed by many more people. 

Made possible by money raised by National Lottery players, ‘Our Hospital’ is using the collection to showcase the hospital’s impressive heritage, the diverse communities it serves, and the unheard stories of staff who have worked here. Both the internal and external work produced during the project will be showcased through displays, exhibitions and events across the three years.