The Garden – Six Centuries of Art and Nature

The Garden – Six Centuries of Art and Nature is an exhibition at the Nationalmuseum in Stockholm that explores the garden as a subject, symbol, and source of inspiration in Western art from the medieval period to the present day.

Spanning six centuries of painting, drawing, decorative arts, and design, the show reveals how the garden has served as a stage for human emotion, social ritual, scientific inquiry, and artistic experimentation. From formal Renaissance pleasure gardens to the wild, romantic landscapes of the nineteenth century and the intimate domestic plots of modernism, the exhibition charts the evolving relationship between humanity and the natural world.

The Nationalmuseum's rich permanent collection is complemented by loans from major European institutions, offering visitors a rare opportunity to see works that span an extraordinary breadth of time, medium, and cultural context.