Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation

International Student's Summit on Darwin, 2–4 July 2008
Students from around the world gather at the Natural History Museum to discuss Darwin and how his work has influenced contemporary science and society. Gulbenkian supports student delegates from outside London. The Scotsman, 1 July 2008

Darwin's Canopy
Tania Kovats wins Gulbenkian-funded competition to create a new permanent ceiling artwork at the Natural History Museum. Her giant Tree proposal was inspired by Darwin's iconic sketch of the branching tree to represent evolution.
BBC Online, 16 June 2008
24 Hour Museum, 16 June 2008

Artists celebrate Galapagos in Darwin’s bicentenary
Jyll Bradley and Kaffe Matthews to follow Marcus Coates to the Galapagos, 11 June 2008.

STAGE by Dorothy Cross 14 June - 26 July
A new exhibition inspired by the artist's Gulbenkian Galapagos residency opens at the Unitarian Church in Shrewsbury, which Charles Darwin attended regularly as a child.

No Fear: Growing up in a risk averse society
Tim Gill, the author of No Fear, is one of the panel experts in a special BBC 4 debate, A Revolution in Childhood, Thursday 5 June, 9pm.
Watch again
The Independent, Robert Hanks, 6 June 2008

Darwin's Canopy 4 June - 14 September
In a project supported by the Foundation, the 10 shortlisted artists competing for the honour of creating a permanent ceiling artwork at the Natural History Museum reveal their proposals to celebrate Darwin's impact and ideas.
Nature, 2 June 2008
BBC Radio 3 Nightwaves, 3 June 2008
The Guardian, 4 June 2008

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