More Death As Art

More and more the culture of death seeps into the arts – in this case a play by a man who took his ex-wife to Swiss death clinic Dignitas to die.

Wolverhampton to stage play of woman's assisted suicide at Dignitas

The ex-husband of a woman who travelled to Switzerland to die is to perform his play about assisted suicide in the Midlands.

Chris Larner, who went to the Dignitas Clinic with 60-year-old Allyson Lee in November 2010, will be performing An Instinct For Kindness in Wolverhampton this month.

The show tells the story of Ms Lee, who was diagnosed with Multiple Sclerosis (MS) in 1985 after she had given birth to their son. more

For Once, A Euthanasia Art Exhibit That's Worthy

When I firth saw this heading, I thought it was another sicko exhibit in praise of death and organized by pro-deathers. I was wrong. Read on:

"Cause of Death: Euthanasia" art exhibit held in Athens

A visitor looks at a painting by Gertrud Fleck at the "Cause of Death: Euthanasia" exhibition at Benaki museum in Athens January 20, 2011. The 96 works on display from the Prinzhorn collection were created by 18 artists who were mental patients and victims of the Nazis euthanasia programme in 1939-1944. more