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Anonymous (Peruvian). 'Stirrup Vessel in the Form of a Lobster,' AD 4th-6th century. ceramic. Walters Art Museum (2009.20.55): Gift of John Bourne, 2009.

Fascinating artistic depictions of sea life over millennia

30 July 2025

Marine biologist Helen Scales's latest book, Ocean Art: From the shore to the deep, celebrates humans' enduring obsession with creatures that live beneath the waves


Clare Hewitt: Everything in the forest is the forest Oak leaf lumen prints exposed to the sun on the forest floor

Dazzling oak leaf prints merge science and nature

4 June 2025

Artist Clare Hewitt uses fallen oak leaves and sunlight to create her works of art before returning the leaves to the forest


Feather Foiled Print

Artist brings data to life in striking screen prints

9 April 2025

With a background in maths and design, Rebecca Kaye uses data to make sense of the natural world


Mandy Barker-T-shirt_Delesseria tunic ictus

Washed-up clothing mimics seaweed in stunning cyanotypes

2 April 2025

Mandy Barker's new book, Photographs of British Algae: Cyanotype imperfections, highlights the ongoing ocean pollution crisis by echoing an influential 19th-century book


Nuke Image Round

Hypnotic art has its roots in the terrifying reality of nuclear bombs

12 March 2025

In his Atomic series, artist James Stanford showcases "the spectacle and the horror" of growing up near a nuclear bomb testing site


Museum of Plant Art

'Plants are artists' at new Saatchi exhibition celebrating flora

14 February 2025

Flowers have long inspired artists, but could they be artists themselves? A new Saatchi Gallery exhibition explores their beauty, symbolism and creative intelligence.


The town of Colonnata (Italy), which lies beneath marble quarries in the Apuan Alps. Colonnata is famous for the lard produced there, and for being inhabited by marble quarrymen.

Incredible images tell the tale of the world’s most prized marble

8 January 2025

In Land of Marble, photographer Alessandro Gandolfi explores the past and future of Italy's striking marble quarries


Philippe Parreno show Voices at Haus Der Kunst

Philippe Parreno's 'Voices' uses AI to give agency to denuded land

20 December 2024

Personhood, climate change and truth: How Phillipe Parreno's Voices uses AI to fill a ravaged landscape with meaning


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Intricate 18th-century illustrations of stunning flora and fauna

4 December 2024

Mark Catesby's work documents the plants and animals he saw while journeying in North America and the Caribbean


Suzanne Treister, Fictional Videogame Stills/Are You Dreaming?

Electric Dreams is past echo of today’s debates on AI-generated art

28 November 2024

Tate Modern exhibition explores past echoes of today’s debates about virtual reality and AI-generated art


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