The Art of Science (portraits), Southland Museum, NZ, 20 Feb.- 21 April 2013
This is cross-posted from the Membership newsletter, Dec 2012 / Jan 2013, Royal Society of New Zealand , an organisation that manages important areas of government funding for science in New Zealand:
"The Art of Science , an exhibition by the Royal Society of New Zealand in partnership with the New Zealand Portrait Gallery, curated by science writer and historian Rebecca Priestley, will be on at the Southland Museum in Invercargill from 20 February until 21 April 2013. The Art of Science features paintings from the Royal Society of New Zealands fascinating private collection of portraits of prominent scientists, past and present. It includes interpretive text telling their stories their innovations and successes."