What can art do for science?

Art is more than a tool to visualize data - it’s a way to expose people to scientific concepts by creating relatable experiences.

There is a long history of art interpreting scientific research. In 1886 Georges Seurat painted Alfalfa, St. Denis, a pointillism landscape that visualizes the physics of how we see color. Seurat’s work was based on writings by Michel Eugène Chevreul who popularized concepts of color and perception drawn from the scientific research of physicists such as Isaac Newton and Hermann von Helmholtz.