Arts at CERN and the Nobel Prize Museum collaborate on the Collide residency

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11 November, 2025

CERN and the Nobel Prize Museum are pleased to announce a new partnership through Collide, Arts at CERN's flagship residency programme.

Arts at CERN, the Laboratory's arts programme, fosters significant exchanges between international artists and CERN's scientific community. Established in 2012, the Collide residency programme brings art and science together through collaboration with leading cultural institutions across CERN's Member States.

Located in Stockholm, the Nobel Prize Museum disseminates knowledge and sparks discussion around science and culture through creative learning and innovative exhibition techniques. The museum invites visitors to trace the transformations of the twentieth and twenty-first centuries through the lens of the Nobel Prizes and their laureates.

CERN and the Nobel Prize Museum share a commitment to advancing knowledge that expands our understanding of nature. Though Nobel Prizes in Physics are awarded to individuals rather than organisations, several are inextricablylinked to CERN's research. These range from experimental and technological innovations that took place at CERN, to theoretical breakthroughs that CERN experiments put to the test. Examples include decisive contributions to the discovery of the W and Z bosons (Carlo Rubbia and Simon van der Meer, 1984), the development of the multiwire proportional chamber (Georges Charpak, 1992) and the theoretical work on the Higgs boson (François Englert and Peter W. Higgs, 2013).

Building on this shared legacy, Collide Stockholm supports artistic research that engages with fundamental science and advanced technologies. The programme draws inspiration from recent Nobel Prizes in Physics that highlight how foundational discoveries drive transformative advances across different fields, such as the 2024 Prize for pioneering work in machine learning with artificial neural networks, and the 2025 Prize for the discovery of quantum tunnelling, central to quantum technologies.

Collide Stockholm invites artists to reflect on the impact of science and research in contemporary culture and society. Artists worldwide are invited to submit proposals for a fully funded two-month residency. The selected artist will spend one month at CERN, working alongside scientists and engineers, followed by one month in Stockholm to continue their research in collaboration with the Nobel Prize Museum. The residency will culminate in the creation of a new artwork supported by curatorial teams in both Geneva and Stockholm. The artwork will be exhibited at the Nobel Prize Museum.

"Arts at CERN is delighted to launch the next edition of Collide, joining forces with the Nobel Prize Museum in Stockholm," says Giulia Bini, Head of Arts at CERN. "CERN and the Nobel Prize are both driven by the pursuit of discovery and the celebration of scientific breakthroughs. Through this partnership, we aim to inspire artists to undertake timely explorations of the cultural and societal dimensions and impacts of contemporary scientific and technological advancements."

"At the Nobel Prize Museum, we are very excited about the collaboration with Arts at CERN. We envision a creative and inspiring process which will offer both us and our visitors new perspectives on the fields represented by the Nobel Prizes," says Clara Åhlvik, Director of Exhibition at the Nobel Prize Museum.

The deadline for applications for Collide Stockholm is 15 December 2025. The application conditions and guidelines are available on the Arts at CERN website. An international jury of experts will review the proposals, and the selected artist will be announced in April 2026.