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This event is in the past.It took place on February 15, 2026 at Galerie Charlot.

Flower Power, A Cultural History of Plants 1
History Exhibition
Flower Power, A Cultural History of Plants 2
Flower Power, A Cultural History of Plants 3
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Flower Power, A Cultural History of Plants

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Why did tulips crash the stock market and lilies crown the Virgin Mary? This interdisciplinary exhibition traces eighteen plants—from apples to tobacco—that sparked wars, enslavement, and cultural transformation across centuries.

Art history
Interdisciplinary
Medieval to contemporary
Cultural symbolism

Tips

🎨spans Gothic Madonnas to Baroque florals to bioreactors
🌷explores why imperial crowns became Baroque power symbols
🔬rare scientific specimens shown publicly at this scale

Galerie Charlot

47 Rue Charlot, 75003 Paris, France

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