Nüart Gallery|FLORILEGIUM

Florilegium a gathering of flowers New works by Joseph and Melinda Ostraff Opening Reception & Artist Talk: Saturday, October 10, 2026, 3 to 5 PM On view through October 31, 2026 Nüart Gallery presents _Florilegium: a gathering of flowers_, new collaborative works by Joseph and Melinda Ostraff. The exhibition opens with a reception, artist talk, and walkthrough on Saturday, October 10, 2026, from 3 to 5 PM, and remains on view through October 31, 2026, at the gallery's Bergamot Station location. _Florilegium_ takes its title from the botanical florilegium, an illustrated compendium of plants that flourished in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries. Part scientific record and part art object, the florilegium was an act of collecting and ordering the natural world. Melinda and Joseph Ostraff take up that tradition in a series of paintings shaped by a visit to The Huntington in San Marino, California, whose gardens exemplify the careful selection, arrangement, and cultivation of plant life found in historic gardens. The work draws on a long lineage in Western garden design, particularly the enduring idea of the garden as a return to Eden: a place of harmony, order, restoration, and beauty, whether understood literally or metaphorically. Founded 25 years ago, Nüart Gallery has mounted more than 250 solo and group exhibitions and represents forty artists whose work is held in major collections. The gallery has anchored Canyon Road in Santa Fe for 25 years and opened a second location at Bergamot Station in Santa Monica in 2023.