Sensorium is a new exhibition at Tate Britain that lets you experience art with all your sensesA new immersive display at Tate Britain asks whether sound, smell, taste and touch can affect the way that we interpret art works. Tate Sensorium, which opens on the 26th August, will include four paintings from the Tate collections deliberately chosen by creative agency Flying Object for their degree of abstraction – and their openness to interpretation ­­– alongside other sensory stimuli that they hope will change understanding. The default way of seeing art nowadays is a sterile, silent experience in a gallery, just you and the painting, looking at it and thinking,” explain the Flying Object, who came up with the idea. “But actually a lot of these works weren’t created in that kind of environment, nor were they displayed in it.” The proposal was a submission for the IK Prize, a competition to search for new and innovative ways to connect people to art through technology. They were announced as the winners earlier this year, and given £60,000 to make the exhibition reality this summer. The chosen works are David Bomberg’s In the Hold (c.1913-14), Francis Bacon’s Figure in a Landscape (1945), John Latham’s Full Stop (1961) and Richard Hamilton’s Interior II (1964), which will be displayed with contributions from chocolatiers, perfumers, audio specialists and touchless haptics in order to heighten the experience of looking. Visitors will be provided with wearable electrodermal devices in order to measure their reaction to the experiences, providing insight into the power of sensory stimulation. Today, you’re as likely to look at art on your smartphone – and collectors are increasingly likely to invest in digital artworks. In our Museum 2.0 Observation we talk to the world's most exciting curators about what tomorrow's museums will look like.Still hungry for more? Sign up for our weekly supplement featuring the latest news, profiles, features and innovation