Dorothea Tanning
in ‘The Gorgeous Nothings: Flowers at Chatsworth’, Chatsworth House, Derbyshire
15 March – 5 October 2025
‘The Gorgeous Nothings: Flowers at Chatsworth’, installation view, Chatsworth 2025. Courtesy of Chatsworth House Trust.
Dorothea Tanning is included in The Gorgeous Nothings: Flowers at Chatsworth, a group exhibition Chatsworth House, Derbyshire. Inspired by the estate itself, The Gorgeous Nothings builds on the work of an important lineage of landscape designers, gardeners, scientists and botanists who, over the last six centuries have planted, gathered, foraged, researched, collected and preserved an array of botanical treasures at Chatsworth, from rare botanical volumes and illustrated manuscripts in our library to coveted specimens in our garden and grounds.
The exhibition is curated by Allegra Pesenti and designed by Pippa Nissen from Nissen Richards Studio and features both historical and contemporary works of art from the Devonshire Collections.