Uploaded September 2021 | Updated September 2026, 1 week ago
Artist David Shrigley discusses the new drawings he contributed to Wellcome Collection’s ‘Joy’ exhibition, the comedy in his work, and how he finds happiness.
Part of On Happiness, a season of free events, activities and two exhibitions – Joy and Tranquillity – exploring the complexity of positive emotions, running at Wellcome Collection from 15 July 2021 to 27 February 2022.
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Wellcome Collection is a free museum exploring health and human experience. Our vision is to challenge how we all think and feel about health by connecting science, medicine, life and art. We offer changing exhibitions, museum and library collections, online stories and public events, in addition to a café. Wellcome Collection publishes books on what it means to be human and collaborates widely to reach broad and diverse audiences locally and globally.
Artist David Shrigley discusses the new drawings he contributed to Wellcome Collection’s ‘Joy’ exhibition, the comedy in his work, and how he finds happiness.
Part of On Happiness, a season of free events, activities and two exhibitions – Joy and Tranquillity – exploring the complexity of positive emotions, running at Wellcome Collection from 15 July 2021 to 27 February 2022.
Find out more and book free tickets: wellcomecollection.org
Find us on Facebook: facebook.com/wellcomecollection
Follow us on Twitter: twitter.com/explorewellcome
See us on Instagram: instagram.com/wellcomecollection
Wellcome Collection is a free museum exploring health and human experience. Our vision is to challenge how we all think and feel about health by connecting science, medicine, life and art. We offer changing exhibitions, museum and library collections, online stories and public events, in addition to a café. Wellcome Collection publishes books on what it means to be human and collaborates widely to reach broad and diverse audiences locally and globally.


![Its perfect for Deaf people like us ⭐
Its perfect for Deaf people like us ⭐
@jazzywhipps and @bennyngo_ paid a visit to ‘1880 THAT’, our new exhibition by @chrisunkim and @thomasmadertm exploring sign language and the right to communicate.
‘1880 THAT’ is free and open until April 2026. All works in the exhibition are accompanied by British Sign Language 🙌
[Alt text: this video features influencers, Jazzy Whipps and Benny Ngo, sharing their experience of our exhibition 1880 That. They use British Sign Language (BSL) and are standing side-by-side in front of a large inflatable red hand. Both are dressed in monochrome] Its perfect for Deaf people like us ⭐](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/ksY7pcmJeWI/mqdefault.jpg)







