The New York Botanical Garden presented Van Gogh's Flowers from May 24 through October 26, 2025, translating Vincent van Gogh's botanical subjects into living plantings, monumental sculpture, graphic environments, and participatory programs. The exhibition joined horticulture with work by Graphic Rewilding, Amie Jacobsen, and Cyril Lancelin, treating Van Gogh's flowers not as fixed museum images but as forms that could be replanted, enlarged, entered, and illuminated.
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The Hospital Garden Became a Living Room
Inside the Haupt Conservatory, horticulturists recreated the garden Van Gogh painted at the hospital in Arles in 1889, combining architectural cues with changing beds of living plants.
Sunflowers Became Monumental Sculpture
Cyril Lancelin installed giant sunflowers on the conservatory lawn among real plantings. Visitors could walk through the repeated forms rather than viewing them from a single frontal position.
Three Contemporary Practices Expanded the Tribute
Lee Baker and Catherine Borowski of Graphic Rewilding supplied large, saturated floral graphics. Amie Jacobsen developed three-dimensional work, while Lancelin used repetition and scale to create immersive sculpture.
Visitors Could Make Their Own Work
Plein Air Drop-In and Paint sessions invited participants to work outdoors from flowers and landscape, connecting the exhibition's spectacle to Van Gogh's sustained observation of the natural world.
Starry Nights Extended the Show After Dark
Selected evenings added music, food, drinks, and a Van Gogh-inspired drone presentation—the first drone show staged by a New York City cultural institution. The official NYBG archive preserves exhibition information.