Events

In conjunction with our special exhibition, Dalí’s Floral Fantasies, this month’s talk will feature Sarah Cartwright, PhD. Though we may think that botanical illustrations simply “document” the appearance of a flower, the reproduction of nature in visual art is never so straightforward.

In conjunction with our special exhibition, “Reimagining Nature: Dalí’s Floral Fantasies,” this month’s talk will feature David Berry, Vice President for Visitor Engagement and Chief Museum Curator at Marie Selby Botanical Gardens.

Explore Florida’s unique environment with the Executive Director of the Florida Botanical Gardens Foundation and Senior Director of Arts and Cultural Programming for Creative Pinellas.

Discover the collaborative process that enables Selby Gardens’ interdisciplinary team to reimagine art and nature through the surprising and unconventional use of plants.

This lecture will uncover the transformative power of the Surrealist Manifesto and its enduring legacy, highlighting how it challenged the boundaries of reason and redefined the relationship between art, politics and imagination.