On Saturday, November 28, 2026, starting at 3:30 pm, the Museum of Physics Instruments-Scientific Library will host "Colors and Pigments between Art and Science".

Program:

• 3:30 PM, introduction 
• 3:45 PM, educational workshops “Inside Colored Matter: Chromophore Substances, Pigments, and the Properties of Light” with mandatory reservations: https://www.msf.sma.unipi.it/prenotazioni-colori-e-pigmenti/
• 18.00, conference “Chemistry and Revolutions in the History of Art”; curated by: Prof. Ilaria Bonaduce, Department of Chemistry and Industrial Chemistry, UNIPI

The conference explores how materials and their transformations have contributed to revolutions in art history. The seminar traces this intertwining, from the chemical syntheses of the first pigments to research into the properties of pictorial materials, up to the innovations of industrialization and modern chemistry.

Recommended booking: https://www.msf.sma.unipi.it/prenotazioni-colori-e-pigmenti/

Free admission events