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The Shirley Sherwood Gallery of Botanical Art presents The Art of Plant Evolution
Event Details
Time: October 16, 2009 at 9:30am to December 31, 2009 at 6pm
Location: Kew Gardens
City/Town: Richmond, London
Website or Map: http://www.kew.org/visit-kew-…
Event Type: exhibition, botanical, art
Organized By: Kew
Latest Activity: Oct 27
Event Description
Art meets science in an exhibition of botanical paintings from The Shirley Sherwood Collection, arranged in the latest evolutionary sequence, determined by recent DNA analysis. Not only is botanical art undergoing a renaissance today but recent genetic discoveries have changed the nomenclature and evolutionary sequence of many plants during the last 10 years.
Each species chosen will be illustrated with a painting selected from over 700 contemporary works in The Shirley Sherwood Collection. The 136 paintings by 84 artists will cover 50 orders of plants in 118 families for a total of 133 species, providing a sweeping overview of the evolution of plants on earth. Tree paintings featured include cycads, cedars, firs and ginkgos.
The exhibition is free, once inside the gardens.
Tickets:
Adults £13
Concessions £11
Children FREE
(Separate charges apply for Kew Palace)
Opening times
Kew is open daily at 09.30 am, except Christmas Eve and Christmas Day.
Until 24 October, the Gardens close daily at 6 pm (last entry 5.30 pm).
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