It all starts with the Victorians. (Not with Disney or Tim Burton!)
While many think of these denizens as straight-laced, if not downright repressed, perhaps we’ve been a bit hasty. A closer look reveals their unbridled passion for discovery; the zeal for cataloging and classifying the world around them. Budding, irrepressible Naturalists and Taxonomists! Plus, Victorians’ curiosity introduced new worlds of art, technology, culture, science and nature, not to mention the very notion of a childhood. It was an “Age of Wonder.”
Our own sense of discovery and fantasy is ignited by NYBG’s latest show: Wonderland: Curious Nature, opening May 18th. Join me as we head Down the Rabbit Hole…
