All art articles
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Opinion
Morten Meldal: ‘I made some of the most beautiful fireworks’
The click-chemistry pioneer on research funding, fireworks and getting the band back together
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Opinion
Karin Markides: ‘I didn’t follow the rules’
The analytical chemist who runs a preeminent Japanese research institute discusses her childhood in Sweden and how she came to chemistry
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Opinion
Ewine van Dishoeck: ‘Take a steep trajectory early in your career’
The pioneering astrochemist on art, gathering strength and taking the leap into a new discipline
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Careers
Developing colour-changing technologies
Lauren Bowker and Louise Anderson of The Unseen explain how they’re fusing materials chemistry and art
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Review
Exhibition: Dark Matter
Science Gallery London brings together artists and scientists to ponder the mysteries of the universe
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Research
Blue teeth reveal medieval nun's artistic talent
Analysis identifies traces of the precious stone lapis lazuli
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Review
Exhibition: Somewhere in between
Emma Stoye reviews the Wellcome Collection’s exhibition, which promises immersive, science-inspired art installations
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News
Low-cost sensors helped guard Disney artwork on China trip
Collaboration between researchers, Walt Disney and the Getty has yielded technology to protect artwork from pollution
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News
Refreshing Van Gogh’s faded flowers
2014–15 competition winner Paul Brack reports on AkzoNobel’s colourful collaborations with the Van Gogh Museum
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Opinion
How the Pelican got its hue
Philip Ball covers the chemical history of Penguin’s inexpensive educational books
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Careers
Masters of their art
Nina Notman meets the National Gallery’s team of analysts, putting masterpieces under the microscope and protecting them for posterity
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Careers
Art imitating life
Briony Marshall’s sculptures find form in her biochemical background, she tells Manisha Lalloo