The Art of Plant Evolution

A botanical-art exhibition tracing plant evolution through more than 150 works from the Shirley Sherwood Collection, alongside archival objects including Charles Darwin letters and a field sketch.

At Kew’s Shirley Sherwood Gallery of Botanical Art, more than 150 works connect botanical art with plant diversity and evolution. The display includes Darwin’s Beagle-voyage letters and field sketch, with fossil loans from the Natural History Museum. Artists named in the announcement include Coral Guest, Paul Jones, Susannah Blaxill, Phansakdi Chakkaphak, Rosie Sanders and Mariko Imai. Dr Shirley Sherwood curates the exhibition, with contributions from Professor William Baker and Dr John Kress.