Flowers — Wondrous Nature exhibition blooms at Rome's Chiostro del Bramante

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In nature nothing ever stands still: everything transforms and prepares for its next flowering. The “Flowers” exhibition is no different — after closing on 22 February, it returns this spring in a brand-new form.

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Following the public success of “Flowers: From the Renaissance to Artificial Intelligence”, DART – Chiostro del Bramante, in agreement with the Kunsthalle München and Suzanne Landau but working independently, presents “Flowers: Wondrous Nature” (Flowers. Meravigliosa Natura), the next chapter of the same exhibition project, on view from Wednesday 18 March to Sunday 6 September 2026.

Venue: Arco della Pace 5, Rome

The exhibition

Building on “Flowers: From the Renaissance to Artificial Intelligence”, the show widens its gaze: while the first chapter placed the flower at the centre of a symbolic, political and poetic reflection, “Flowers: Wondrous Nature” now turns to nature as a whole — an organic, ever-changing universe in which plant and animal forms, marine elements and countless species coexist and converse in a dynamic balance.

The exhibition reworks and expands its scientific content with significant new loans from prestigious Italian collections, including the Biblioteca Casanatense, the Medici Villa of Poggio a Caiano, the Museo della Natura Morta, the Pinacoteca Tosio Martinengo in Brescia and the Museo Civico di Zoologia in Rome — a collaboration that highlights the role of public, civic and state collections as custodians of an extraordinary historical, artistic and scientific heritage.

Three macro-sections to read the present through nature

The itinerary unfolds across three macro-sections — Art and ecology, Art and science, Art and politics — in which ancient and contemporary works confront one another in a constant play of echoes, connections and suggestions. The show brings together Italian and international artists, with works spanning from the 17th century to the present day, including pieces made with the latest technologies and with artificial intelligence.

Returning highlights and new works that broaden the story

Visitors will rediscover highlights from the first chapter, such as the site-specific installations by Austin Young and Zadok Ben-David, alongside new works by artists already featured in the previous edition — among them Zadok Ben-David himself and Tamiko Thiel and/p. The itinerary of “Flowers: Wondrous Nature” is enriched with new additions and scientific content: thanks to major loans from the Museo Civico di Zoologia di Roma and the Sovrintendenza Capitolina, visitors can admire the diorama dedicated to the Oceans and the Bavarian Forest, in dialogue with new contemporary works and installations — including Enter the Plastocene by Tamiko Thiel and/p and Sunday's Lunch 02 by Eugenio Tibaldi — together with 17th- and 18th-century works by Margherita Caffi, Filippo Teodoro di Liagno (known as Filippo Napoletano) and Pietro Neri Scacciati. New loans by Tracey Bush, Rob and Nick Carter and Ann Carrington, plus a previously unseen group of works by Zadok Ben-David, complete the story, deepening the reflection on biodiversity, ecosystem fragility and collective responsibility.

Kids' itinerary and family focus

“Flowers: Wondrous Nature” devotes special attention to families and young visitors, with tools designed to make the visit accessible and shared. The itinerary includes a kids' route with captions placed at child-friendly height and written for adults and children to read together.

One room of the exhibition is dedicated to experimentation and play: here children, supervised by adults, can freely rework their visit experience by creating “special flowers” — imagined as lenses through which to observe the world — using the materials provided.

The education department also offers activities for schools, children, families and adults, summer programmes and bookable inclusive visits, including LIS (Italian Sign Language) and tactile tours.

Opening hours: Sunday to Thursday 10:00–20:00; Friday and Saturday 10:00–21:00. On view until 6 September 2026.