Art and Science collaborate to face the COVID-19 pandemic

Debate about the interactions and collaboration between artists and scientists to advance science is relevant to the scientific community and the society in general. The COVID-19 pandemic constitutes a challenge for science and society. To further illustrate the possibilities offered by the collaboration between art and science, herein we resume artist’s and scientist’s view on pieces created by the artist during the pandemic. Art served to communication and education of the effect of the pandemic. However, the collaboration between artist and scientist also facilitated to approach questions posed by this emerging disease that contribute to mitigate the effects of the disease while advancing research to control COVID-19 and other infectious diseases. This study encourages a methodological approach that may be applied to address different scientific and social challengesPeer reviewe