Jonjon explores Leicester... " 'Moons': A Collaboration between Artists and Astronomers", Newarke Houses Museum

Glance: " 'Moons': A Collaboration between Artists and Astronomers", Newarke Houses Museum

If you have a hard time finding the temporary exhibition here, you're not alone: the gallery is well-hid behind the famous grocery street (the period set you see on its website).

(It’s just as confusing that the two major attractions of Leicester (that is before Richard III showed himself in a car park) would be “Newarke Houses” and “New Walk Museum” respectively, one to the west and one to the other.)

 See yourself: " 'Moons': A Cllaboration between Artists and Astronomers", Newarke Houses Museum

The showcase features ceramics, animations, dot-dot-dots, and extreme glassblowing that looks like planets.

It’s as if these “artistic responses” are trending across the country now. You’ll find them in exhibitions from the Francis Crick Institute to Wellcome Collection, and even now a dedicated venue since 2018 - KCL's Science Gallery.

But now let’s suppose it’s also time for a “scientists’ response”, for here, finally, beside the art works, are these short comments written by scientists. And some of which can get more poetic than you can imagine.

(Editor's COD: left-right justified blunders run wild in this exhibition.)

(Side quest: go upstairs for the regiments' exhibition and be jump-scared by its soundscape speakers. Bring your friend too.)


Time is asset: save it for later with 25-min museum tours. Or find yourself in my novel, check out the photo of the day and finish it off with a secret prize.

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