Impact Art News is a French-English bilingual bimonthly online magazine on contemporary art and the environment.
Since April 2018, Impact Art News has selected, interviewed and supported artists, exhibitions and projects related to ecology and the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).
Editorial team: Alice Audouin, Aloïs Loizeau, Eliza Morris, Juliette Soulez, Lucia Longhi, Pauline Lisowski, Stefano Vendramin
Newsletter management and online publication: Eliza Morris, Pauline Lisowski, Aloïs Loizeau, Elisabeth Mbeng
Translators: Eliza Morris, Juliette Soulez, Stefano Vendramin, Eva Radek
Publisher: Art of Change 21
Director of Publication: Alice Audouin
Former editor from April 2018 to December 2019 : Alice Audouin Consulting
Thank you to those who contributed to the letter Oscar Bardet (January – December 2023), Hélène Geber (January 2021 – September 2023), Marie Leprêtre (September – December 2020), Lisa Toubas (January 2019 – June 2020), Marguerite Courtel (April – December 2018).
Art of Change 21 warmly thanks Maison Guerlain for its support.
SOWING CHANGE: ARTISTS AS SOWERS, CULTIVATORS, GARDENERS AND UNIFIERS OF RELATIONSHIPS WITH LIVING THINGS.
Contemporary artists are committed to the long term, to the rhythm of living things’ growth cycles. They create and animate places where principles of collective attention to the soil and flora and to the preservation [...]
20 MUST-SEE INTERNATIONAL AUTUMN EXHIBITIONS
In this new artistic season, collaboration is the answer to today's challenges. Whether through collective practices between artists, engagements with local communities or co-creation with the non-human world, the emphasis is on the importance of [...]
WITH PST ART IN CALIFORNIA, GETTY COMMITS TO ART AND CLIMATE ACTION
Getty's PST ART initiative is a major event in the American West Coast art world. Scheduled every five years, its aim is to support and promote the artistic landscape of Southern California. September marks the [...]
4 RUE DES CRAYÈRES: A NEW HOTSPOT FOR ART AND THE ENVIRONMENT
Committed to a 5-year artistic programme linked to the environment, Maison Ruinart on the 3rd October unveiled “4 RUE DES CRAYÈRES” in Reims, France – a cultural space featuring an accessible sculpture park. At its heart [...]
IN CONVERSATION WITH OLIVIER MILLAGOU
Artist and surfer Olivier Millagou (b. 1974, Toulon), based in Bandol, France, shares his philosophy of art as a sustainable practice - combining localism, ecology and a sparing approach to creation. You've adopted a frugal [...]
DIGITAL ART & ENVIRONMENTAL ACTION: JOHN GERRARD AND FERAL FILE LAUNCH CRYSTALLINE WORK (ARCTIC)
Irish artist John Gerrard has debuted Crystalline Work (Arctic), a year-long digital artwork from which proceeds are donated to Hometree, a reforestation project in Ireland. Premiering on the online art platform Feral File, the artwork [...]
15 MUST-SEE INTERNATIONAL SUMMER EXHIBITIONS
In the face of global warming continuing to worsen with recent unprecedented heatwaves in India, California or Saudi Arabia, the artistic sector is restoring a deep relationship between humanity and the environment with a global [...]
IN CONVERSATION WITH PRECIOUS OKOYOMON
Nigerian-American artist and poet Precious Okoyomon (b.1993 in London and lives in New York) talks to us about invasive plant species, co-creation and colonial history, as well as their current work at Fondation Beyeler and [...]
IN CONVERSATION WITH HALEY MELLIN
Artist Haley Mellin currently lives in Union City, New Jersey. Her predominant mediums are drawing and painting. She is the founder of the land conservation initiative Art into Acres. Tell us about your new exhibition [...]
FROM AIRPLANE TO SAILBOAT: ARTIST XAVIER VEILHAN’S SUSTAINABLE SHIPPING EXPERIMENT
The French artist Xavier Veilhan joins the circle of globally-renowned artists, such as Antony Gormley, Olafur Eliasson and Tomas Saraceno, acting against global warming and actively looking for alternatives to airplane transportation, the biggest source [...]
15 INTERNATIONAL EXHIBITIONS NOT TO BE MISSED
In a world increasingly aware of its environmental responsibilities, art has become a powerful means of conveying messages about biodiversity, global warming and environmental concerns of our time. Many exhibitions feature contemporary artists who are harnessing [...]
VENICE BIENNALE 2024: TOWARDS A SHARED HUMANITY
The 60th edition of the Venice Biennale, under the curatorial direction of Adriano Pedrosa and centred around the theme "Foreigners Everywhere", which opened April 20th, seeks to address the oversights and inequalities carried by a [...]