Exhibition “PHOTOTROPIA, art, plants, and medicine”

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  • Dates: October 16 to 26, 2018
  • Hours: 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.
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Open Monday to Friday from 9 a.m. to 12 p.m. and from 2 p.m. to 5 p.m.
Special opening on Saturday, October 20, 2018, from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Maison des relations internationales Nelson Mandela – 14 Descente en Barrat, 34000 Montpellier .


The exhibition presents botanical illustrations and antique books from the University's collections, alongside works by nine contemporary German and Austrian artists who explore the relationship between nature, culture, and the power of change through plants.

Two conferences are being held in conjunction with the exhibition:

Monday, October 22, 2018, at 2:30 p.m.
"Non-drug therapies: experience with an equatorial community
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By Christian Larroque and Nicole Bec, researchers at the Montpellier Cancer Institute.

Thursday, October 25, 2018, at 2:30 p.m.
"The effect of plants on health: what do we currently know?"
By Prof. Florence Cousson-Gélie, Scientific Director of Epidaure, Prevention Department of the Montpellier Cancer Institute.