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
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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
Marcus du Sautoy's new book is good on maths, less so on the arts
7 May 2025
The mathematician is out to show the close link between maths and the arts. This idea isn't new, and while Blueprints is lyrical on maths, it falls a bit flat when it comes to covering artists
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
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
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
Exhibition uses art to explore the mysteries of the quantum world
12 March 2025
Cosmic Titans, a new exhibition at the University of Nottingham, UK, is a powerful collaboration of artists and quantum physicists that sets out to make the intangible tangible
×îÐÂÂ鶹ÊÓƵ recommends 13 Ways of Looking at AI, Art & Music
19 February 2025
The books, TV, games and more that ×îÐÂÂ鶹ÊÓƵ staff have enjoyed this week
'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.
A rich guide to the science of imagination also digs into art
15 January 2025
Neurologist Adam Zeman's excellent exploration of the power and complexity of our imaginations literally needs more space to house all its riches
