When Science speaks the language of Art

Drawings by Santiago Ramón y Cajal, the father of the neuroscience.

Santiago Ramón y Cajal (1852–1934), a Spanish pathologist, histologist, neuroscientist, and Nobel laureate, was also an exceptional artist. He drew the brain in a way that provided a clarity exceeding what achieved by photographs.

Featuring approximately 80 of Cajal’s drawings, the exhibition situates them within the history of scientific illustration from the 16th to 19th centuries, and juxtaposes them with contemporary visualizations of the brain.

Tue, January 9 – Sat, March 31, 2018

Grey Art Gallery, 100 Washington Square E, New York, NY 10003

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Conversation with Eric A. Newman On January 9, from 6:30 pm to 8 pm.

Roundtable conversation On February 5, from 6:30 pm to 8 pm.

Brown Bag Lunch – Neuroimaging in Cutting-Edge Research Today On February 9, from 12:30 pm to 2 pm.

Conversation – Decision Trees and Branching Dendrites OnFebruary 12, from 6:30 pm to 8 pm.

Conversation – Three Point Stance: Embodying the Politics and Pleasures of Football and Basketball On February 13, from7 pm to 9 pm.

Documentary film screening – Cajal and Contemporary Neuroscience On February 15, from 6:30 pm to 8:30 pm.

Lecture – Cajal and the Enchanted Loom On February 16, from6:30 pm to 8 pm.

Panel discussion – Beauty Is Truth, Truth Beauty: Practical Aesthetics in Diagnostic Imaging On February 22, from 7 pm to 9 pm.

Drawing workshop – Picturing the Brain On March 7, from6:30 pm to 8:30 pm.

Lecture – What Art Can Tell Us About the Brain On March 20, from 5:30 pm to 7 pm.

Lecture – Santiago Ramón y Cajal: The Artist as Scientist OnMarch 22, from 7 pm to 8:30 pm.

Conversation – The Brain is a World: Ramón y Cajal as Explorer On March 23, from 6:30 pm to 8 pm.

Readings – Cajal as Writer On March 27, from 6:30 pm to 8 pm.

Gallery Conversation with Madeline Murphy Turner On March 28, from 6:30 pm to 8 pm.