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 of the environment germinate. The growing number of local farming initiatives are forging links between ethics, aesthetics, ecology and care. [...]
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 utilises the Ethereum blockchain which has significantly reduced rates of energy consumption since its protocol transition in 2022. Artist John [...]
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 is the Nicolas Ruinart Pavilion, a new building dedicated to art and hospitality. The outdoor art trail is inspired by [...]
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 start of its third edition, under the theme PST ART: Art & Science Collide, which will run for 5 months. [...]
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 of carbon emissions in the art sector. At a time when the climate crisis is worsening, the Parisian artist Xavier [...]
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 Western and colonialist art history, advocating for a greater diversity of perspectives and cultures. The innumerable national pavilions and satellite [...]
Contemporary artists are at the forefront when it comes to monitoring and interpreting the signals of our times, constantly delving into their creative energies. For its first edition of 2024, Impact Art News interviewed 17 contemporary artists engaging with environmental themes to identify the major trends ahead. Davide Balula, Bianca Bondi, Carolina Caycedo, FormaFantasma, Lonneke [...]
The new Paris+ fair by Art Basel represents a major change to the world of art fairs, and particularly the Parisian artistic landscape, signifying a qualitative leap compared to the city’s former art fair FIAC. However, does this leap also extend to environmental considerations? From the viewpoint of including artists linked to environmental themes, it [...]
The current sanctions against the Russian oligarchs are rekindling the debate between art, ethics and the “carbon world”. The controversy over these links already emerged more than a decade ago through the actions of Liberate Tate (among others) that led to BP's eventual departure from the Tate. The institution was denounced for funding climate change [...]
