Flower Obsession: Plant Collecting in East Asia, 1600s–1900s

Available Programmes:

1. Guided Exhibition Tours on 08 and 22 October 2022.

2. Flower Obsession Exhibition Catalogue [Available at the Botanical Art Gallery (while stocks last!) and for download here (8mb)]

3. Flower Obsession Postcards [Series of 6 designs, released every 1st Saturday of the Month at the Botanical Art Gallery (while stocks last!)]

'Flower Obsession: Plant Collecting in East Asia, 1600s–1900s' is the first exhibition at the Botanical Art Gallery to feature artworks from two important overseas institutions: Higashiyama Botanical Gardens and the private Soukaen Bunko (Nagoya, Japan). The exhibition includes about 100 items including printed books, manuscripts and photographs dating from the late 1600s to the early 1900s, many of which have not been exhibited outside Japan before.

This is an exciting opportunity to see works that reflect important developments in botanical illustration in East Asia, so come on down to the Botanical Art Gallery at the Singapore Botanic Gardens now!

Venue: Level 1, Botanical Art Gallery (Gallop Extension)

Date: 23 April 2022 to 24 Oct 2022

Time: 9am - 6pm

Closed every last Thursday of the Month

Admission is free

Painting of irises, 1855. Matsudaira Sadatomo, also known as Sakingo. COLLECTION OF SOUKAEN BUNKO

Part 1 of ‘Hyaku kikuzu maki’ [Handscroll with illustrations of 100 chrysanthemums], 2 parts, 1704, manuscript. COLLECTION OF SOUKAEN BUNKO