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fromianVisits
4 days ago

New exhibition explores how an English merchant and his Chinese colleagues changed botanical art

John Bradby Blake and Chinese collaborators in Canton produced over 150 botanical paintings; thirty are now shown in the UK, highlighting Chinese contributors.
Arts
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2 weeks ago

It's about hurling yourself into the unknown': Charmaine Watkiss on turning a UK museum upside down

Charmaine Watkiss connects Caribbean, African and UK botanical knowledge and diaspora histories through portraits and sculpture emphasizing medicinal plants and ancestral herbal traditions.
London music
fromianVisits
7 months ago

A bee's-eye view and botanical masterpieces on show in Chelsea

The RHS Botanical Art & Photography Show features plant portraits and is part of an annual competition at the Saatchi Gallery.
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