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Press event
22.04.2026 11am - 12pm
Place
Neue Galerie Graz
Curators
Peter Peer | Kurt Zernig, Martina Pöltl und Gernot Friebes
Meeting point
Neue Galerie Graz/Natural History Museum
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As part of the annual theme BLOOM, Neue Galerie Graz and the Natural History Museum are opening two exhibitions simultaneously, both dedicated to the motif of the flower from artistic and scientific perspectives. Neue Galerie Graz presents previously unseen floral works from its collection – ranging from Biedermeier watercolours and Far Eastern woodblock prints to contemporary artistic positions. The focus lies on the connection between science and art: precise botanical studies meet the aesthetic power of one of the oldest motifs in art and cultural history. In the exhibition “Flower Sex,” the Natural History Museum explores the fascinating love life of plants. From the diversity of sexes and sophisticated pollination strategies to the genetic variety resulting from fertilisation, the show highlights how central sexuality is to biodiversity, ecosystem stability, and ultimately to our food supply.
Unbekannter Künstler Rhododendron – Rote Blüte mit Zweig Aus dem Bestand der Ständischen Zeichnungsakademie
Sammlung Neue Galerie Graz, Foto: Universalmuseum Joanneum/N. Lackner
Johann Knapp, Feld- und Alpenblumen in Glasschale, 1811
Sammlung Neue Galerie Graz, Foto: Universalmuseum Joanneum/N. Lackner
Unbekannter Künstler, Drei Tulpen, Aus dem Bestand der Ständischen Zeichnungsakademie
Sammlung Neue Galerie Graz, Foto: Universalmuseum Joanneum/C. Schmaranz
Johann Knapp Feld- und Alpenblumen in Glasschale, 1810
Sammlung Neue Galerie Graz, Foto: Universalmuseum Joanneum/N. Lackner
Unbekannter Künstler Camellia
Sammlung Neue Galerie Graz, Aus dem Bestand der Ständischen Zeichnungsakademie, Foto: Universalmuseum Joanneum/C. Schmaranz
Johann Peter Krafft, Wasserglas mit Blumen, 1812
Sammlung Neue Galerie Graz, Foto: Universalmuseum Joanneum/N. Lackner
Unbekannter Künstler, Schwertlilie, Aus dem Bestand der Ständischen Zeichnungsakademie
Sammlung Neue Galerie Graz, Foto: Universalmuseum Joanneum/C. Schmaranz
Pauline Halm-Flechner, Verschiedene Rosen, Heckenrosen und Centifolien, ca. 1890
Sammlung Neue Galerie Graz, Foto: Universalmuseum Joanneum/N. Lackner
Vinzenz Kreuzer, Hahnenkamm, 1842 Aus dem Bestand der Ständischen Zeichnungsakademie
Sammlung Neue Galerie Graz, Foto: Universalmuseum Joanneum/N. Lackner
Blüte und Hummel
Universalmuseum Joanneum
Enzian Gentiana
Universalmuseum Joanneum
Affen-Knabenkraut (Orchis simia)
Mannsschild Androsace
Universalmuseum Joanneum
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Flowers and flowering plants have accompanied humans for centuries as symbols, useful plants, and cultural expressions across all borders. They represent beauty and healing, but also economic, scientific, and colonial developments.
Under the title BLOOM, the Universalmuseum Joanneum and the Kunsthaus Graz will present ten exhibitions in 2026 showing how flowers connect cultures, shape myths, and accompany human life from birth to death