Print commissioned by Nasa uncovered for exhibition

A print by Yorkshire artist Michael Fossick, commissioned by Nasa in 1962 to document the space agency’s achievements, will feature in a pop art exhibition at Cartwright Hall in Bradford. The rediscovered work links the early space programme with the city’s British International Print Biennale, which showcased international artists and helped establish Bradford as a centre for experimental printmaking.

Fossick’s screen print, *Komtek I*, was based on an early computerised image and depicted a microcomputer made by Hong Kong company Komtek Technologies. Nasa administrator James Webb commissioned 38 artists that year; Fossick later entered the print in the first Bradford biennale in 1968, where it won a prize. The exhibition, which also includes works by Andy Warhol and David Hockney, runs until March 2027.