Kosmos

‘Stars have guided mankind for thousands of years,’ says theatre-maker and writer Marjolijn van Heemstra whose book In light years no one is in a hurry prompted this exhibition. Discover how artists and scientists tried to fathom the mysteries of the universe through their imagination.

In Kosmos, contemporary art enters into dialogue with 18th- and 19th-century science. In the historical halls, old and new, and art and science come together. Kosmos shows that imagination is an indispensable ingredient for artists as well as scientists to better understand the universe.

Cover image: Étienne Léopold Trouvelot, The November Meteors, from The Trouvelot Astronomical Drawings’ 2006