They helped to make Vincent van Gogh among the most famous and influential painters in the history of art. Why did sunflowers obsess him and so many other artists before and since? When we think about ...

As the Russian invasion of Ukraine has continued over the past week, displaying sunflowers has become one of the many ways the world is showing solidarity for the Ukrainian people. “The ubiquitous ...

The ancient Aztecs considered sunflowers a symbol of fertility, abundance and a connection to the spiritual realm. In Greek mythology, the nymph Clytie was turned into a sunflower in punishment for ...