A curator's reflection is presented on the exhibition, Images of the Mind, which took place in the Deutsches Hygiene Museum in Dresden and Moravian Gallery in Brno from 2011 to 2012 and had the main goal of demonstrating that the mind has a visible dimension, despite its immaterial essence and the fact that it seemingly eludes representation. Images of the Mind aimed to provide a composite ‘portrait’ of the human mind through a juxtaposition of many kinds of artistic and scientific/medical images. This study explores how a museum exhibition can both reflect recent advances in brain research and contribute to contemporary discourse on the enduring question of the relationship between mind and brain.
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