Basimycetes by Ernst Haeckel Size:L - 70 x 100.0cm Nico Tracey approaches the Guggenheim

Nico Tracey approaches the Guggenheim not as a record but as a graphic proposition

from the silvered water to the dark silhouette of island foliage

confident linework

The colour palette is subdued and carefully felt — muted greens

Shao Mi's bamboo study is a work of exquisite restraint from the late Ming dynasty — ink wash applied with the confidence of a scholar-painter who understood both brush and silence

Basimycetes by Ernst Haeckel Size:L - 70 x 100.0cm Nico Tracey approaches the GuggenheimErnst Haeckel's 'Basimycetes' plate turns fungal morphology into a composition of extraordinary visual order. Fruiting bodies of varying scale are arranged across the page with the precision of a naturalist and the compositional instinct of an artist each specimen rendered in meticulous detail, from the radiating gill structures beneath the caps to the delicate textures of stipe and pileus. Haeckel's palette, muted yet nuanced, emphasises form over