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Trees are protecting Raphael paintings by soaking up pollution in Rome
The 500-year-old frescoes in Rome鈥檚 Villa Farnesina are being protected from air pollution by trees in the building's garden
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Our Time on Earth: Can creativity tackle the climate emergency?
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Beautiful images illustrate the dawn of modern botany
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Journey to Infinity review: M. C. Escher’s art of the impossible
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Lost art of the Stone Age: The cave paintings redrawing human history
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Climate change is speeding up the degradation of ancient rock art
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Graffiti can now be removed in minutes without damaging underlying art
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Australia’s oldest known rock art is a 17,000-year-old kangaroo
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How the pandemic is revolutionising art galleries and museums
What have covid-19 closures done to art galleries and museums? From virtual tours of mothballed shows to advanced tech like lidar, they are finding new, more personal ways to wow audiences
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AI art critic can predict which emotions a painting will evoke
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Robot swarms guided by human artists could paint colourful pictures
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Ancient mammoth tusk found in Siberia is engraved with fighting camels
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An artist carved this tiny bird sculpture 13,000 years ago in China
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