‘On The Origin of Art’ will be curated by four scientists, putting the scientific process of the creative impulse under the microscope.

Tasmania’s Museum of Old and New Art (Mona) is set to host a new exhibition later this year, titled On The Origin of Art, which will expose the many links between art and science, method and creativity.

“You don’t need art theory and the cultural elite to tell you what to think about a painting,” Mona’s founder David Walsh OA said in an interview with Artshub. “We want you to look at art without a cultural filter.” ‘On The Origin of Art’ will go back to Mona’s origins and even Walsh’s childhood by exploring the correlation between Darwinian evolution and the themes of sex and death.

The new exhibition will be Mona’s latest drawcard after its popular summer musical festival Mofo drew more than 40,000 excited patrons to the museum’s spacious grounds earlier this year. Since the museum’s opening in 2011, Walsh has carefully organised and curated the museum’s innovative and challenging exhibitions, including the gallery’s present exhibition by British Queer art icons, Gilbert & George. In November of this year, he will...