Gregory Long

The New York Botanical Garden announces its major 2015 exhibition, Frida Kahlo's Garden, focusing on the iconic artist's engagement with nature in her native country of Mexico. Opening on May 16, 2015, and remaining on view through November 1, 2015, the exhibition will be the first solo presentation of Kahlo's work in New York City in more than 25 years, and the first exhibition to focus exclusively on Kahlo's intense interest in the botanical world.

Internationally renowned contemporary artist Philip Haas' one-person exhibition, titled Four Seasons, at The New York Botanical Garden has been extended to be on view through March 2014, making it possible to see the four sculptures in all four seasons. The exhibition opened on May 18, 2013, and more than 200,000 visitors have had the opportunity to see it. It will continue to be on view in the fall and through the winter until finally concluding its run in the spring of 2014. After the nearly yearlong presentation at The New York Botanical Garden, Four Seasons is scheduled to travel to the Atlanta Botanical Garden in Georgia and The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art in Kansas City, Missouri.

Internationally-renowned contemporary artist Philip Haas will be the subject of a one-person show, titled Four Seasons, at The New York Botanical Garden May 18-October 27, 2013. Haas's work is distinguished by meticulously rendered tableaux seeking to illuminate the source of creativity, often through contemporary interpretations of masterworks from the history of art.

From March 5 through April 25, 2011, the undeniable glamour and irresistible allure of orchids take center stage at The New York Botanical Garden in a dazzling display created by Tony award-winning set designer Scott Pask, image-maker Drew Hodges, and Botanical Garden curators.

First Lady Michelle Obama presents a 2010 National Medal for Museum and Library Service to Akemi Kikumura Yano, director of the Japanese American National Museum in Los Angeles, and community member Paul Takemoto during a ceremony in the East Room of the White House in Washington on December 17, 2010.