In Piazza Navona the École française de Rome opens a space for exhibitions (all will be free admission)

A Piazza Navona l’École française de Rome apre uno spazio per le mostre (saranno tutte ad accesso gratuito)

The École française de Rome, founded in 1875 and housed at Palazzo Farnese, has opened a permanent exhibition space at Piazza Navona 62 in Rome. A current exhibition running until April 30, 2026, traces the institute's 150-year history of historical, archaeological, and social science research, highlighting its Italian and Mediterranean focus and the collaborative spirit between France and Italy. The new gallery will host a regular program of free-admission exhibitions and events dedicated to cultural heritage, archaeology, and history, starting with the show "Isole e santi – Monasteri e santuari dell’Adriatico orientale, da san Girolamo a Gregorio VII" from May 27, 2026.

What are therapeutic gardens and how are they designed? An expert explains

Cosa sono i giardini terapeutici e come si progettano. Ce lo spiega l’esperta

Landscape architect Monica Botta discusses the resurgence and design principles of healing gardens, specialized green spaces designed to promote physical and psychological well-being. While the therapeutic value of nature was largely ignored in mid-20th-century clinical architecture, a modern shift is reintegrating 'nature therapy' into healthcare facilities to combat stress, depression, and chronic illnesses.

Bread, Wine, and Fish: How the Archaeology of Food Tells the Story of Life in Herculaneum

Pane, vino e pesce. Tutta l’archeologia del cibo racconta che vita si faceva a Ercolano: l’itinerario gratuito

The Herculaneum Archaeological Park has launched a new thematic itinerary titled "I luoghi del cibo a Ercolano" (The Places of Food in Herculaneum), offering visitors a deep dive into the gastronomic culture of the Roman city buried by Vesuvius in 79 AD. The guided path leads through ancient street food stalls known as thermopolia, specialized wine shops, and the bakery of Sextus Patulcius Felix, where stone mills and ovens remain intact. The experience extends to the Casa dei Cervi to illustrate the social rituals of elite banqueting and includes a supplementary exhibition at Villa Campolieto featuring organic remains preserved by the eruption.

Meet the maker behind iconic Pitt public art pieces in the University Art Gallery’s latest exhibit

The University of Pittsburgh's University Art Gallery presents "Earth and Ether: The Art of Lucille and Virgil Cantini," a new exhibition curated by students in the Kenneth P. Dietrich School of Arts and Sciences. The show features never-before-seen works uncovered in the Heinz History Museum's archives, alongside pieces from Pitt's collection and the Cantini family, highlighting the artistic partnership of Virgil Cantini—creator of iconic public art on Pitt's campus like "Skyscape" and "Man"—and his wife Lucille, a notable jewelry maker, ceramist, and enameler.

Art Exhibit - Linda Fleming, A Library of Ideas

The exhibition "Linda Fleming: A Library of Ideas" showcases the intricate structural works of the Nevada-based sculptor. The presentation focuses on Fleming's unique ability to translate complex geometric patterns and celestial inspirations into physical forms, utilizing materials like steel and wood to create large-scale, lace-like structures.

Celebrate Discovery at FAU’s Annual Art of Science Gallery Opening

Florida Atlantic University (FAU) is hosting the opening of its annual Art of Science Gallery exhibition. The event celebrates the intersection of artistic and scientific inquiry, showcasing works that emerge from research and discovery.

Celebrate Discovery at FAU’s Annual Art of Science Gallery Opening

Florida Atlantic University's Division of Research is opening its seventh annual Art of Science gallery with a reception and awards presentation on March 31 at the Ritter Art Gallery on the Boca Raton campus. The event celebrates the winning entries from a photography and video competition that highlights the intersection of scientific research and artistic expression, featuring over 200 submissions from faculty, students, staff, and postdoctoral fellows.

Celebrate Discovery at FAU’s Annual Art of Science Gallery Opening

Florida Atlantic University’s Division of Research is launching its seventh annual Art of Science exhibition at the Ritter Art Gallery in Boca Raton. The competition features photography and video submitted by FAU faculty, students, and staff that capture aesthetic moments encountered during scientific research. This year’s top honors go to Chelsea Bennice for her photograph of an octopus and Aleksandra Nedovic for her abstract visualization of drug development research.

Frame Work: Detroit art exhibition dives into our curious brains

Multidisciplinary artist Jamie Wineman, also known as Wolfganggang, has debuted a new solo exhibition titled "Neuroplasticity IV: Fragmented Reality" at the Metropolitan Museum of Design Detroit. The interactive installation combines design, sound, and physical elements to create a terrain that mimics the human brain's structure. Visitors are encouraged to navigate the space as active participants, exploring how life experiences can rewire cognitive pathways and reshape our perception of reality.

Community exhibition celebrating local waterways opens at Wallaceburg museum

The Wallaceburg & District Museum Art Gallery has launched "The Water Chapter," a community-driven exhibition featuring artwork and personal narratives from residents of Dresden, Sombra, and Walpole Island. Organized by WATCH Citizen Science in collaboration with local arts councils, the show highlights the cultural and personal significance of the Sydenham, Snye, and St. Clair rivers through the eyes of local artists and students.

Visit the Art of Science Gallery

Florida Atlantic University is opening its 7th Annual Art of Science gallery exhibition, featuring visual art created by university researchers from their scientific work. The images were selected from a university-wide contest and will be on display at the Ritter Art Gallery on the Boca Raton campus from March 31 to April 20.

Visit the Art of Science Gallery

Florida Atlantic University is opening the 7th Annual Art of Science gallery exhibition, featuring visual art created by university researchers from their scientific work. The images were selected from a university-wide contest and will be on display at the Ritter Art Gallery on the Boca Raton campus from March 31 to April 20.

‘These are dirty funds’: Indigenous Brazilian leader slams Science Museum for oil sponsorship ahead of climate show

Indigenous Brazilian leader Ninawa Huni Kui has condemned the Science Museum in London for accepting sponsorship from BP on the eve of its new exhibition, *Water, Pantanal, Fire*, which highlights climate breakdown in Latin America. The exhibition focuses on the Pantanal wetland, a threatened ecosystem spanning Brazil, Paraguay, and Argentina. Huni Kui called BP's sponsorship "dirty funds stained with blood," and was joined by activists from 350.org and Culture Unstained in criticizing the museum for partnering with a major fossil fuel company while presenting a show about climate impacts.

7th Annual K-8 Student Art Exhibition 'Creativity Unbound' Opens at USU's Sorenson Center

Utah State University's Arts Are Core program has opened its seventh annual 'Creativity Unbound' student art exhibition at the Lyndsley Wilkerson Gallery. The show features over 300 artworks from K-8 students across multiple northern Utah school districts and charter schools, highlighting arts-integrated learning and student creativity. The exhibition will remain open to the public until March 20.

Discover the Art of Innovation at the Great Park Gallery’s New Exhibition

Arts in Irvine is celebrating the 25th anniversary of the Beall Center for Art + Technology with a new exhibition titled "25 Years at the Beall Center for Art + Technology," opening October 26 at the Great Park Gallery. The show features interactive installations and digital experiments that explore the intersection of art and science, highlighting influential artists and milestone moments from the center's history since its founding in 2000. A free opening reception will be held from 1 to 3 p.m., and the exhibition was curated in collaboration with the University of California, Irvine.

Discover the Art of Innovation at the Great Park Gallery’s New Exhibition

Arts in Irvine is celebrating the 25th anniversary of the Beall Center for Art + Technology with a new exhibition titled '25 Years at the Beall Center for Art + Technology,' opening October 26 at the Great Park Gallery. The show features interactive installations and digital experiments that explore the intersection of art and science, highlighting influential artists and milestone moments from the center’s history since its founding in 2000. A free opening reception will be held from 1 to 3 p.m., and the exhibition is curated in collaboration with the University of California, Irvine.

Diamonds as old as Earth itself go on show at Frieze Masters

De Beers has partnered with Frieze Masters to present an immersive installation titled 'Voyage Through the Diamond Realm,' featuring diamonds that date back 3.5 billion years. The display, curated by Lynn Serfaty of De Beers, includes a 20-minute film exploring the myths, history, and science of diamonds, along with a commissioned sculpture from Botswana craftspeople using uncut diamonds and ostrich eggshell patterns.

Diamonds as old as Earth itself go on show at Frieze Masters

De Beers has partnered with Frieze Masters to present an immersive installation titled 'Voyage Through the Diamond Realm' at the art fair in London. The display features diamonds dating back 3.5 billion years, alongside a film exploring the myths, history, and science of diamonds, and a sculpture commissioned from craftspeople in Botswana using uncut diamonds and ostrich eggshell. Lynn Serfaty of De Beers curated the installation, which marks the company's first presentation at an art fair.

Diamonds as old as Earth itself go on show at Frieze Masters

De Beers has partnered with Frieze Masters to present an immersive installation titled 'Voyage Through the Diamond Realm,' showcasing diamonds that date back 3.5 billion years. The display, curated by Lynn Serfaty of De Beers, features a 20-minute film exploring the myths, history, and science of diamonds, along with a commissioned sculpture from Botswana craftspeople using uncut diamonds and ostrich eggshells. This marks De Beers' first presentation at an art fair.

UW Biodiversity Institute Seeking Art to Exhibit in New Gallery

The University of Wyoming's Biodiversity Institute is seeking artwork to display in the gallery located in the atrium/lobby of the Berry Biodiversity Conservation Center. Submissions are open to UW students, faculty, professionals, children, and groups, with exhibitions featuring biodiversity-related media such as photography, paintings, sculptures, and collaborative scientist-artist projects. The next exhibition, titled "Adventures on the Kinabatangan: UW Field Course 2025," will showcase work from UW students who traveled to Borneo.

UW Biodiversity Institute Seeking Art to Exhibit in New Gallery

The University of Wyoming's Biodiversity Institute is seeking artwork to display in its gallery located in the atrium of the Berry Biodiversity Conservation Center. Submissions are open to UW students, faculty, professionals, children, and groups, with exhibitions rotating every six to eight weeks and featuring biodiversity-related media such as photography, paintings, sculptures, and collaborative scientist-artist projects. The next exhibition, "Adventures on the Kinabatangan: UW Field Course 2025," featuring student work from a field course in Borneo, opens this month.

Materia Studio opens in Tulsa with immersive glowing flower exhibit

Artist Tyler Thrasher is opening Materia, a new studio and shop in Tulsa, Oklahoma, on October 25. The space will feature an immersive blackout environment with UV floodlights and over 4,000 glowing flowers, along with a lab where Thrasher crystallizes insects. The opening event includes local food, vendors, and a chance for attendees to create their own glowing flower. Thrasher will also debut a new body of work, and the studio plans to host workshops, glowing meditations, and other interactive experiences.

A parking structure transforms to public art gallery

A parking structure at Lido Marina Village in Newport Beach is being transformed into a walkable public art gallery featuring murals by eleven artists. The project, organized by City of Hope Orange County and Lido Marina Village, centers on the theme “Hope is a Rising Tide.” Murals include depictions of City of Hope cancer patients and themes of science and innovation. The final mural, “Hope on the Horizon” by artist RFX1, measures 64 by 8 feet and is currently being completed. The space is free and open to the public.

At the Casa di Goethe in Rome, two controversial episodes in the history of science in Mischa Kuball's light installations

Alla Casa di Goethe di Roma due episodi controversi della storia della scienza nelle installazioni di luce di Mischa Kuball

The Casa di Goethe in Rome is hosting a solo exhibition of German conceptual artist Mischa Kuball from April 30 to October 4, 2026. The show features two light installations: "Newton/Goethe luce nera," which contrasts Johann Wolfgang von Goethe's and Isaac Newton's opposing theories on color and light refraction, and "five suns / after Galileo," which visualizes Galileo Galilei's observations of sunspots and his conflict with the Catholic Church. The exhibition is curated by the museum's director, Gregor H. Lersch.

Schreyer Honors College installs art gallery featuring student art

Schreyer Honors College at Penn State has opened a new art gallery called “Illuminate” on the ground floor of Atherton Hall, featuring artwork from four Schreyer Scholars. The inaugural exhibition includes pieces by Olivia Knoechel, Jessica Matinchek, Paige Rishel, and Lisa Wang, selected by a panel of staff, students, and alumni artist Kaleigh Quinnan. The gallery opened on April 10 with a celebration attended by family, friends, and college staff.

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Cornish College of the Arts at Seattle University presents a new faculty art exhibition titled "Tempo/Tempus: Rhythm and Time in Visual Art" at the Behnke Gallery on the South Lake Union campus. Curated by Robert Campbell, a Cornish art faculty member and Behnke Gallery curator, the show features works by nine Seattle University faculty artists: Kristofer Carlson, Francisco Guerrero, Naomi Kasumi, Jim Y. H. Li, Aunna Moriarty, Alexander Mouton, Trung Pham, Miha Sarani, and Arielle Simmons. The exhibition marks the first of six planned shows for the 2025-26 academic year, celebrating the recent merger of Cornish College of the Arts into Seattle University.

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The Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam has discovered that the dog in the lower right corner of Rembrandt's "The Night Watch" (1642) was inspired by a 17th-century drawing by Adriaen van de Venne. Curator Anne Lenders spotted the resemblance while visiting an exhibition at the Zeeuws Museum, and subsequent research confirmed the connection. The finding emerged from Operation Night Watch, an ongoing restoration project that uses scientific analysis to study the painting.

9 Miami Art Exhibits You Absolutely Can’t Miss Right Now

A guide to nine must-see art exhibitions in Miami highlights current and upcoming shows across the city. Featured exhibits include Random International's interactive light installation "Alone Together" at Superblue Miami, the Freedom Tower's centennial exhibitions "Libertad" and "We Carry Our Homes With Us" at the Museum of Art and Design, the first solo show of twin photographers Elliot & Erick Jiménez at Pérez Art Museum Miami, and Weerdo's graffiti exhibit "Signs of the Times" at the Museum of Graffiti. Also listed are the Smithsonian's "EYEJAMMIE" photo collection at The Art of Hip Hop and a Leonardo da Vinci exhibition at Frost Science.

FSU’s Art in STEM exhibition on view now

Florida State University’s annual Art in STEM exhibition is now on view at the Dirac Science Library and online, celebrating its 11th year. The show features 26 artworks created by FSU students and postdoctoral researchers from STEM disciplines, including ecology, neuroscience, geology, and biomedical sciences. Works range from watercolors to digital photography, such as Maya Roselli’s “Life in Technicoral,” a microscopic image of rugose coral. The exhibition is a collaboration among FSU’s Graduate Women in STEM (GWIS), the College of Arts and Sciences, and FSU Libraries, with a people’s choice award to be announced on September 19.

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An international team of malacologists has discovered 46 new species of Southeast Asian microsnails, all under the genus Anauchen. One of them, Anauchen picasso, is named after Pablo Picasso because the angular patterns on its 3mm-wide shell resemble Cubism. The findings were published in the peer-reviewed journal ZooKeys, based on fieldwork in Cambodia, Myanmar, Laos, Thailand, and Vietnam, and comparisons with specimens from the Florida Museum of Natural History.