Bloom at York Art Gallery

Sadie Pearson

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Bloom

23 June-8 October 2023

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Photograph by Mike Peel (www.mikepeel.net)., CC BY-SA 4.0 , via Wikimedia Commons
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York Art Gallery is displaying an exhibition focused on the artistic inspiration of flowers, bringing together more than 100 botanical artworks from its collection.

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