Hyperallergic

A Decade of Drawing the Metropolitan Museum's Flowers

For 10 years, artist Abbie Zabar had a ritual: go to the Metropolitan Museum of Art and sketch the new floral arrangements adorning the entrance hall. Selections from her Flowers in the Great Hall of ...
Artnet

A Brief, Blossoming History of Tulips in Art, From a 17th-Century Dutch Flower Craze to Koons’s Controversial Bouquet

Tulips are recognized worldwide as harbingers of spring. In New York City, they crop up along Park Avenue and throughout the city’s parks; the Srinagar Tulip Festival in Kashmir, India, is the largest ...
Time Out

Explore the world of flowers and signature Marimekko prints at the 'Art of Flowers' pop-up ‘til July 22

Marimekko's flowers are back, and this time they take over a corner of Mega Bangna. Marimekko: Art of Flowers is the Finnish design house's new pop-up, a bright, print-splashed room that invites ...
Artnet

Diego Rivera’s ‘Flower Day’ Celebrates the Struggle of Post-Revolutionary Mexico—Here Are Three Things You Might Not Know About It

Mexican artist Diego Rivera casts a long shadow on the history of 20th-century art, capturing the energy of post-revolutionary Mexico with a style that improbably fused four influences: Aztec culture, ...
The New York Times

A Boston Museum Celebrates 50 Years of Flowers and Art

The annual “Art in Bloom” exhibition began in 1976 and has spawned similar events at other museums across the country. By Shivani Vora See more of our coverage in your search results.Encuentra más de ...
Hyperallergic

The Secret Victorian Language of Flowers

Sir Edward Burne-Jones, “The Love Song” (1868–77), oil on canvas, 45 x 61 3/8 in. (courtesy the Metropolitan Museum of Art, The Alfred N. Punnett Endowment Fund, 1947) The Metropolitan Museum of Art ...