Science Art
Explore the surprisingly symbiotic worlds of art and science through museum and gallery collections, exhibitions and Culture24 news, reviews, event listings, recommended websites and resources.
Shadows of former King's College labs fill Somerset House Inigo Rooms in Plant Science
An installation art duo are carrying out a reclamation of the "oddly significant" artefacts from a doomed set of labs where leading scientists once worked in London.
Pandamonium gives artistic support to WWF at The Lightbox in Woking
Created by leading contemporary artists in an exploration of beauty and fragility, a panda-based collection of works in Woking will support conservation efforts by the WWF.
Seeds of Change: Artist and Arnolfini create A Floating Ballast Seed Garden in Bristol
An ongoing investigation by Brazilian artist Maria Thereza Alves into ballast flora in the port cities of Europe has birthed an inimitable botanical landmark in Bristol.
Our Time in Ice reflects on a fragile spring at Brighton's ONCA Gallery
The second exhibition at a gallery attuned to climate concerns is a strikingly simple and multi-disciplinary one, says Mary Stevens.
Mariele Neudecker – Heterotopias and Other Domestic Landscapes at the Brighton Festival
Mariele Neudecker's three-storey show at Brighton's Regency Town House could represent the German installation artist's most ambitious work to date, says Mary Stevens.
"Impossibly excited" Watershed organisers launch search for Magician in Residence
Watershed is inviting applications in a search for a magician, artist, illusionist or designer to take part in a two-month project at the Bristol venue.
Kraftwerk-inspired album made with Minimoogs and synthesizers for Bletchley Park
Having been mastered using retro effects in Las Vegas, an album of electronica is about to go on sale in support of educational plans at The National Museum of Computing.
"Exciting and innovative" Environmental Art Festival Scotland to take place in August 2013
An environmental festival will launch this year as part of a £400,000 partnership between Creative Scotland and Dumfries and Galloway Council.
"An eerie, magical feeling": Katie Paterson takes a history of life to Kettle's Yard
Having explored mammoth teeth, dragonfly wings and the bones of bears during a residency alongside scientists, Katie Paterson's new exhibition is a miniature history of life.
Photographer Sebastião Salgado's Genesis at the Natural History Museum in London
Having seen deforestation on his native Brazilian farm, acclaimed photographer Sebastião Salgado went to five corners of the earth in pursuit of a portrait of the natural world.
CIWEM Environmental Photographer of the Year 2013 at the Royal Geographical Society
See some of the selected pictures ahead of the opening of a powerful showcase of environmental photography opening in London in April.
Foreign Bodies unites swallowed swords and bicycles from UCL vaults
Curated from across University College London's four museums, a display of surgical curiosities and ancient artefacts ponders all things alien and inorganic to our bodies.
Beneath and Beyond takes seismic upheaval to the Museum of Science and Industry
Live seismic recordings from 50 stations around the world – including ones beneath Greater Manchester – help create a unique sound and video installation at the MOSI.
This Unrivalled Collection: The Hunterian's First Catalogue revisited in Glasgow
A century after Captain James Laskey did a fine job of compiling Scotland's first museum catalogue, the three-toed sloths, stones, shields and Mastodon teeth are back.
Curator's Choice: Mark Carnall on the Micrarium at the Grant Museum in London
Obsolete in teaching, limited for research use, poorly documented and a "nightmare" to interpret, Curator Mark Carnall tells us about the Grant's wondrous office of slides.
