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Next edition of Pacific Standard time looks at the intersection of art and science
The Getty-led PST: Art x Science x LA is due to be held in 2024
ReviewBooks
Coming out of one’s shell: new book explores overlooked mollusc art by naturalist's daughters
Martin Lister enlisted his daughters Susanna and Anna because of the unreliability of the best professional engravers
ReviewBooks
William Hunter and the enlightened art of science
A new publication brings together the Scottish surgeon's art collection for the first time in many years
PreviewExhibitions
Lift-off for the 50th anniversary of the Moon landing
New exhibition in Zurich exploring artistic engagement with the Moon will be joined by more lunar-themed shows launching around the world
NewsExhibitions
Storm King to stage major survey of Mark Dion’s environmental installations
The 500-acre sculpture park and museum in upstate New York is a fitting venue for the artist’s ecologically minded work
NewsOpenings
Art meets science in new gallery at King’s College London
Free venue joins a growing global network of Science Gallery spaces
ReviewBooks
Otto Marseus van Schrieck: introducing the inventor of the 'forest-floor' still-life
This splendid book uncovers the Dutch painter who brought the lowliest creatures of the forest ecosystem to life
FeatureArtist interview
Trevor Paglen lets you view the world as the machines see it
Ahead of his retrospective at Washington, DC's Smithsonian American Art Museum, the artist discusses his interest in the social and political implications of technologies, including mass surveillance systems and artificial intelligence
NewsScience and Art
Artists deliver climate-change message that time is running out
They are increasingly sounding the alarm on global warming, through new works and collaborations with scientists
NewsOld Masters
Spot the horse: imaging technology reveals hidden secrets of Dutch Golden Age paintings
New algorithm, developed by scientists at the National Gallery of Art, precisely aligns layered images to reveal compositional differences
NewsExhibitions
Make art but can’t travel? Yorkshire museum asks artists to email their tech-based works instead
The project was inspired by the experience of working with artists who struggle to obtain visas and those who are too fearful to even apply
NewsScience and Art
Wellbeing at the heart of Montreal Museum of Fine Arts extension
As well as housing Old Masters, the Michal and Renata Hornstein Pavilion for Peace also focuses on art therapy
NewsExhibitions
What happens when a colourblind artist can finally see the full spectrum?
Daniel Arsham has expanded his palette thanks to high-tech “sunglasses” and is showing richly hued works for the first time at New York’s Perrotin gallery
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New light shed on craftsmen who captured sea life in glass
Corning Museum restores fragile models by father and son glassblowers Leopold and Rudolf Blaschka
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Pioneering cleaning method brings Flemish tapestry back into sharp focus
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Student sculptors revive the faces of cold-case victims
Forensic busts based on 3D printed skulls have led to at least one positive DNA identification
NewsExhibitions
Where science and art collide
Liverpool’s Fact partners with Geneva’s Cern on an artist residency, while the artist Ryoichi Kurokawa collaborates with the astrophysicist Vincent Minier to depict the birth of stars
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How university museums bridge the gap between art and science
The Berkeley Art Museum, which reopens this month, joins host of institutions looking to cross disciplinary boundaries
NewsScience and Art
Art and maths: New book says they are closer than you think
NewsExhibitions
Sergei Korolev: the unknown winner of the space race
As the countdown to London's Cosmonauts show begins, we speak to the daughter of the rocket scientist who blasted Yuri Gagarin into space
CommentPhoto London
Artists show their power to effect change
In the visual arts, a greater sense of activism is possible, and it’s being helped by the absorption of a broader range of disciplines and media into the canon
Ben Luke