Martin Gayford

Is it art or science?

Plus: a wisely small show of Dutch flower paintings at the National Gallery and a unwisely medium-sized Sicily exhibition at the British Museum

issue 30 April 2016

  • Fox Talbot: Dawn of the Photograph

    Science Museum, until 11 September

  • Dutch Flowers

    National Gallery, until 29 August

  • Sicily: Culture and Conquest

    British Museum, until 14 August

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