Chemistry and art students are invading each others territory this semester at Carnegie Mellon University. They are participating in a new course called The Color of Minerals & Inorganic Pigments, ...

From studying a newly discovered art piece to preventing mold and fungus in old paintings, chemistry and art history often meet and even inspired a new high school curriculum. A few weeks ago, ...

The sprawling California festival “PST Art” promises a dialogue between “two cultures.” But painting and physics may have more in common than their practitioners know. By Jason Farago One spring ...

As we traverse the fourth floor of the Harvard Art Museums, expansive shelves of pigment jars on our right showcase a rainbow of colors, from ultramarine blue to “the blackest black.” To our left, ...

Chemists working in an arts-related field must have a passion for their art, because they must pay meticulous attention to the materials and processes behind how they are produced. Art and chemistry ...

The Princeton University ‘Art of Science’ exhibition explores the interplay between science and art. Entries are chosen for their aesthetic excellence, their scientific or technical interest, and for ...

In art museums around the world Conservation scientists are using chemistry to preserve and restore valuable pieces of art. Dr. Suzanne Quillen Lomax from the National Gallery of Art discusses how ...

A couple of months ago, the Newscripts gang was bemoaning the fact that although art is often the inspiration for chemistry, chemistry is rarely the inspiration for art (C&EN, May 17, page 48). Since ...

When viewing paintings, people usually focus on what they can see. But often, the stories behind the painting — from how it was made to how it got to a museum — are just as interesting. “On the Same ...

Last week, we kicked off a first-anniversary celebration for Universe of Art, our science-meets-art spinoff podcast. A lot of listeners have written in since the start of the podcast, telling us about ...

Meet a few of the featured artists from the Getty’s 2024 Southern California art event PST ART. Weaving together stories of artists featured in the Getty’s 2024-25 Southern California art event ...

"Business is creative. It's like painting. You start with a blank canvas. You can paint anything, anything, and there, right there, is your first problem. For every good painting you might turn out, ...