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The Chiostro del Bramante opens its doors to an unprecedented exhibition experience. The show explores the symbolic and cultural significance of flowers in art history, spanning five centuries of paintings, sculptures, tapestries, photographs, immersive installations, and digital creations. Curated by Franziska Stöhr and Roger Diederen, the exhibition features works by artists such as Jan Brueghel the Elder, Ai Weiwei, William Morris, Studio Drift, Kehinde Wiley, Rebecca Louise Law, and many others. More than 90 pieces from 10 countries highlight flowers as subjects of beauty, protest, memory, and transformation. Two sensory journeys enrich the experience: an olfactory path focused on four iconic flowers used in perfumery, and a botanical section created by Coldiretti, dedicated to Italian biodiversity. Flowers conveys a powerful contemporary message: educating for sustainability through art. The Chiostro del Bramante integrates the exhibition into an educational program aimed at students and families, showing that flowers - fragile yet resilient - can be powerful symbols of today’s most pressing issues.