Science Art

a painting showing two small figures in a vast icey landscape

A Terrible Beauty: Edward Wilson in Antarctica 1902-1912 at Brantwood

The works of Edward Wilson, artist, explorer, naturalist and doctor on the Scott expeditions to Antarctica are currently showing at Ruskin's former Lakeland home, Brantwood.

Biological sciences photo competition winners announced

The winners of the first ever Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council Science Photo Competition have been announced.

Forest arts group faces £20,000 battle for survival

The Centre for Contemporary Art and the Natural World, an arts education centre in a forest near Exeter, needs to raise £20,000 in a month after being told to match its annual Arts Council funding.

Riots of colour in Kew's Tropical Extravaganza at Royal Botanic Gardens

Kew Gardens have billed their Tropical Extravaganza 2010 as "London's most colourful tropical flower festival". Kirstie Brewer forages through the foliage at The Royal Botanic Gardens.

Arctic art of Northern Lights to fuse science and performance at National Space Centre

The Northern Lights, the luminous cosmic rays over the northern hemisphere which have been given mythical status by indigenous Polar populations, will be the subject of a science-art collaboration at ...

Dinosaurs in your garden with bird-beast revelations at Abergavenny Museum

An exhibition opening at the Abergavenny Museum reveals how the inconspicuous chirpers floating around the average garden are direct relatives of decidedly more imposing dinosaurs from hundreds of...

a photo of an installation with two globes

Earth - Art of a Changing World at the Royal Academy

As world leaders meet in Copenhagen for the climate change summit the Royal Academy is hosting a timely exploration of the way artists are responding to the phenomenon of global warming.

a photo of men manhandling a stuffed polar bear out of a museum entrance onto the tailgate of a truck

Stuffed polar bear art project rolls into Worcester Art Gallery and Museum

An art project charting the story of polar bears and their displacement from the Arctic wilderness to the museums and stately homes of the UK has opened at Worcester Museum.

The Genius of Leonardo Da Vinci explored at MOSI

Da Vinci - The Genius comes to Manchester's Museum of Science and Industry (MOSI) with replicas of Da Vinci's many inventions and a groundbreaking exploration of the many layers of the Mona Lisa.

a photo of a leather helmet with built in goggles and breathing mask

The Art of Steampunk hits Oxford's Museum of the History of Science

Steampunk, the strange world of late Victorian imagined contraptions and automata, is being celebrated in a lively and popular exhibition at Oxford's Museum of the History of Science.

John Tunnard's sci-fi magic and modernism breezes into Chichester Pallant House

Culture24 sees the many sides of John Tunnard in a rare show of his work at Pallant House Gallery in Chichester.

Personality Plus exhibition promotes awareness of personality disorders through creativity

Personality Plus, a user-led Community Interest Company established to engage with people interested in using creativity to challenge the stigma of personality disorders, is holding an exhibition of...

On the Move - Visualising Action at the Estorick Collection of Modern Italian Art

Futurist art and 19th century representations of scientific art form the new exhibition at the Estorick Collection, curated by writer and director Jonathan Miller. Ed Sexton takes a look.

Personal perceptions re-examined in phrenological Identity exhibition at Wellcome Collection

London's Wellcome Collection has procured the latest Big Brother diary room chair and a mirror filming visitors for new exhibition Identity: Eight Rooms, Nine Lives. Jennie Gillions takes a wander...

Anthem at the Eden Project explores the effects of climate change

Two leading environmental organisations have teamed up with artists Beth Derbyshire and Ulrike Haage to create a live film performance project at the Eden Project that documents a disappearing...

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