10 INTERNATIONAL EXHIBITIONS

Here's our selection of 10 international exhibitions you would not want to miss. (The French exhibitions will be featured in our next issue) Moffat Takadiwa Vestiges of Colonialism | 16.03.23 — 30.06.23 National Gallery of Zimbabwe (Harare, Zimbabwe) Vestiges of Colonialism showcases Moffat Takadiwa's impactful mural sculptures and installations made from reclaimed waste in Harare, Zimbabwe, [...]

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NEW YORK, THE NEW HUB OF ART AND THE ENVIRONMENT

New York City is arguably becoming a leading hub for art related to the environment. A plethora of new initiatives were announced during this year’s Earth Day, on April 22. These actions contribute to a growing trend that sees an increasing number of museums focusing on sustainable development and organizing exhibitions by environmentally aware artists, [...]

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ART BIENNIALS AT THE AVANT-GARDE OF A NEW ECOLOGICAL CULTURE

The proliferation of Biennials worldwide is a testament to the growing significance of this art event format. They proved in fact to be valuable tools for navigating the complex world of contemporary art while also serving as crucial platforms for exploring urgent topics such as the climate crisis. Observing the themes and contents of recent [...]

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SEEDS OF CHANGE: SPRING EXHIBITIONS IN FRANCE TACKLE ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES

After a winter marked by worrying climatic phenomena such as winter drought, this spring sees the French art scene involved more than ever in the major environmental issues of our time. The seeds sown in 2022 with landmark exhibitions, such as “Reclaim the Earth” at the Palais de Tokyo (Paris), “Novacene” at the Gare Saint [...]

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NEW YEAR, RENEWED ENERGY: GLOBAL SHOWS IN THE SPOTLIGHT

In 2022, the art world, seemingly fully recovered from the pandemic, was dominated, once again, by the issue of the climate crisis. In the context of an angry civil society, symbolized by Just Stop Oil’s museum protests, 2022 was a watershed year, with numerous new ecological commitments made by arts institutions, such as the Venice [...]

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EXHIBITIONS IN FRANCE: SYMBIOSIS AT WORK

After a scorching summer, October was the hottest month since records began back in 1945. These upheavals, which continue to increase and prematurely exceed irreversible thresholds, are also accelerating reflection and artistic creation. The idea of fragility takes up an important place in the French current art scene, being at the heart of the 16th [...]

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10 ARTISTS IN THE SPOTLIGHT IN FRANCE

After the summer break, artists committed to the environment take center stage. Here are 10 new solo exhibitions to be discovered..while waiting for the next issue with a detailed article on exhibitions in France! Mauro Bordin Eden SONO Gallery, Paris, from 2nd September to 29th October 2022 Elsa Guillaume Thinking about the immortality of the [...]

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FALL 2022: ART WILL NOT COOL DOWN AFTER A SCORCHING HOT SUMMER

Summer is coming to an end and we will remember it for a long time as it marked a turning point for record-breaking temperatures everywhere on the planet. It was simply impossible to turn our gaze away from the climatic urgency and its dramatic consequences for biodiversity and our lives. No wonder, then, that artists [...]

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VENICE BIENNALE 2022: THE POWER OF DREAMS

The 2022 Venice Biennale (April 23 – November 27) bears witness to a shift in our era, both in the eyes of its curator Cecilia Alemani and in the proposals of the various international pavilions and collateral exhibitions. This edition, with the eloquent title “The Milk of Dreams”, inspired by the title of a book [...]

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ITS SINK OR SWIM FOR THE ARTWORLD

Like the jellyfish and algae proliferating in the Venetian lagoon underneath this year’s Biennale (read our article on the 2022 Venice Biennale here), the number of exhibitions on environmental issues, more thankfully, continues to grow. In particular, water and marine ecosystems are the subject of numerous new biennales, shows, and art spaces. Back on land, [...]

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