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Nature 448, 26 (5 July 2007) | doi:10.1038/448026a; Published online 4 July 2007

Exhibition: Art shadowing science

Colin Martin1

EXHIBIT REVIEWEDSystema metropolis

by Mark Dion

Natural History Museum, London, UK: (15 June–2 September)

American artist Mark Dion recently spent 18 months collaborating with scientists at London's Natural History Museum, collecting and identifying samples from four 'hidden' environments across the metropolis — cemeteries, a main road, a park and along the River Thames, including a power-station outlet."I'm not doing science," he says.