The artistic side of science
Harvard Medical School (HMS) has acknowledged the fine arts in a big way. Its Countway Library of Medicine, an alliance with the Boston Medical Library, houses 100,000 photographs and prints, as well as an impressive collection of paintings. Now HMS has acknowledged the fine arts in a fast way. The new Transit Gallery, about 30 yards of wall space along the lower level corridor of Gordon Hall, has just opened. It will host exhibits by local artists, mostly including works suggestive of the sciences. The first show, “Water and Woods,” is up and will be on display through July 12. The artist, veteran painter and illustrator Sarah Leon, gave a talk at the show’s opening last month, on May 18. Her science theme concerned fluid dynamics. For her audience, largely made up of scientists, she created a watercolor of a tree. Its crown bled into the paper sky, and its trunk bloomed...