What makes a tree a tree? Or rather, why can we recognize trees in even quite abstract depictions when they are so varied in nature? Researchers have found a clue in the branches, and used math to ...

A vignette gives home design inspiration for the holidays at Orlando Museum of Art’s annual Festival of Trees on Thursday, Nov. 11, 2021. An elf seems to have gotten caught in a tree at Orlando Museum ...

The Joshua Tree Art Museum (JTAM), founded by renowned contemporary artist and visionary Shane Townley, proudly announced the groundbreaking of its landmark facility near Copper Mountain College. This ...

The math that describes the branching pattern of trees in nature also holds for trees depicted in art—and may even underlie our ability to recognize artworks as depictions of trees. The authors begin ...

Cleveland Dean, “The Glorious Realization of Uncomfortable Power” (2015), acrylic on burned, distressed wood, 48″ x 36″ (all photos by the author for Hyperallergic) CHICAGO — In the entire history of ...

Do artists and scientists see the same thing in the shape of trees? As a scientist who studies branching patterns in living things, I’m starting to think so. Piet Mondrian was an early 20th-century ...

Janet Austin working on her tree in Palmer Square Park, Chicago (photo by the author for Hyperallergic) CHICAGO — As its name suggests, the emerald ash borer is a beautiful little green bug, with an ...

Nature speaks for itself, while art amplifies whatever nature has to say. Artist Luca Gnizio has cut a niche for himself in amplifying the communications of nature. His latest project, Forsoultree, ...

Trees can shield historical monuments and artwork from damage by air pollution, according to research at a villa built in Rome during the Italian Renaissance. Particulate matter emitted from car ...