On View November 17, 2026–May 23, 2027

“Plant blindness” is a phrase used to characterize human inattention to botanical life. Plants and Power attempts to counteract this phenomenon by offering a broad introduction to the entanglements of botany and artmaking from the nineteenth century to the present. Works of art from the collection and loans illuminate histories of knowledge formation, labor, and care. Ecofeminism, ethnobotany, food sovereignty, and environmental justice are some of the many topics this exhibition addresses. Among the artists featured are individuals who innovate with plant-based image-making processes, intervene in the historical still-life genre, and salvage agricultural supply-chain materials to highlight racial and socioeconomic inequities.