12th - 27th January, Embrace Arts, University of Leicester

Beauty may be in the eye of the beholder, but it seems there's a whole lot more going on the brain than that when we view a piece of art, as a new exhibition at Embrace Arts in Leicester sets out to demonstrate.

The Art of Visual Perception is the result of a research project by the Argentine artist Mariano Molina and Leicester neuroscientist Professor Rodrigo Quian Quiroga.

Both are fascinated by optical illusions and visual perception, but approach it from different angles.

The collaborative research project was funded by the Arts and Humanities Research Council Beyond Text programme, which aims to bring together those who make or preserve works and those who study them to explore the theory of communication.

For more information visit www.embracearts.co.uk