This autumn, the Kadriorg Art Museum in Tallinn presents Garden of Delights. The Seventeenth Century in Bloom, a major exhibition organised in collaboration with The Phoebus Foundation (Antwerp). From 30 August 2025, more than 300 works from the Foundation’s collection will be on view in Tallinn, offering an unprecedented exploration of nature and flowers in seventeenth-century art of both the Northern and Southern Netherlands.

It is the fourth time that the Kadriorg Art Museum and The Phoebus Foundation have joined forces. After From Memling to Rubens and Crazy about Dymphna (both 2021) and
History and Mystery. Latin American Art and Europe (2024), Tallinn once again becomes the stage for masterpieces rarely shown outside
Belgium. The exhibition combines artistic highlights with the latest research, underscoring the longstanding partnership between the Art Museum of Estonia and The Phoebus Foundation.

With works by Jan Brueghel the Elder, Clara Peeters, Anna Maria Janssens, and Jan Davidsz. De Heem, the exhibition takes visitors into the fascinating world of flowers, gardens and still lifes. What begins as a reflection of divine creation soon evolves into stories of smuggled tulip bulbs, scientific experiments, ambitious women, and forbidden pleasure gardens.

Garden of Delights. The Seventeenth Century in Bloom runs from August 30, 2025, to January 25, 2026. Find out more on www.kadriorumuuseum.ekm.ee.