This exhibition continues our theme of botany and empire, exploring the link between Britain and East Asian and South Asian worlds. The connection is the East India Company (EIC) and its unrelenting drive for enhanced profits through the discovery, scientific… Continue reading
The mighty range of the Himalayas spans five countries: Bhutan, China, India, Nepal, and Pakistan. Stretching roughly 2,400 km, this range forms a natural, high-altitude border between the Indian subcontinent and the Tibetan Plateau, with Nepal and Bhutan located almost… Continue reading
The National Maritime Museum in Amsterdam is showing the exhibition Eko – Japan in Two Visual Narratives. Curated as artists conversing across time, the show juxtaposes early photographs of Japan from the museum’s own collection, including those by Felice Beato… Continue reading
Seeds of Exchange explores the exchange of botanical knowledge shared between Canton (now Guangzhou) and London between 1766-73 through a collection of Chinese botanical art and objects. It is the first time the album of paintings has been seen in… Continue reading