Launching on May bank holiday in West Dean, Chichester, the inaugural ROSA Botanical Art Fair brings together rare works by pioneering 20th-century masters including Paul Nash, Prunella Clough and Tadek Beutlich alongside bold contemporary art spanning digital media, sculpture, painting, drawing, textiles and jewellery. Set within the historic interiors and gardens of West Dean House, this new botanically inspired art fair reimagines flora in art and design, from the serene majesty of trees to the intricate textures of moss and the hidden networks of fungi.
The launch of ROSA Botanical Art Fair marks an ambitious evolution in the botanical genre by placing exciting Modern and Contemporary works in dialogue with traditional studies of flora.”
Rowena Easton, Art Director ROSA Magazine
Presented by ROSA (Review of Sussex Arts), the Fair is directed by Jessica Wood, publisher ROSA Magazine, who has over 20 years’ experience working on national and Sussex fairs such as British Art Fair, MADE Brighton, MADE London, Sluice Art Fair, Brighton Art Fair, as well as UK City of Culture. ROSA is a media partner with London Art Fair and Women in Art Fair. A complimentary programme of events includes: art and craft taster sessions, performances, talks and tours.
The Fair is organised in partnership with West Dean and supported by The Society of Botanical Artists and Pallant House Gallery. The founding committee comprises Newlands House Gallery, Ottocento Fine Art Dealers, Emma Mason British Prints, Natasha O’Kane Sussex Contemporary Art and Alexis Dove Jewellery. Exhibitors include Chris Beetles Gallery and Austin Desmond Fine Art.
We are thrilled to partner with ROSA on Botanical Art Fair 2026. As a leading centre for education and practice in the arts, design, conservation and horticulture, we look forward to welcoming visitors, makers and artists to our Sussex Campus to be inspired, and share in this vibrant celebration of botanical art.”
Professor Anna Gough-Yates, CEO of the Edward James Foundation and Principal of West Dean College
ROSA Botanical Art Fair, Flora in Art + Design runs from 1st to 4th May, 2026 at West Dean, Chichester, West Sussex, PO18 0QZ. Find more information here.
