Welcome to the Art of Change 21 Journal!
Discover our independent editorial commitment, dedicated to art in dialogue with today’s major ecological challenges.
Here you’ll find all our articles on art and the environment since 2018: nearly 800 exhibitions, biennials, residencies, and projects related to ecological issues—curated and commented—more than 1,600 committed artists, and conversations with over 50 key figures from the international art scene (Otobong Nkanga, Tomás Saraceno, Precious Okoyomon, Superflex, John Gerrard, Claudia Comte, and many more), as well as expert insights.
Don’t miss our Art of Change 21 Journal newsletter (AOC21, formerly Impact Art News), launched in 2025 from the merger of Impact Art News and our association’s own newsletter. Each month, it brings you our latest articles, must-see events, exhibition highlights, and presentations of inspiring initiatives.
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Summer Quiz! How much do you know about Art & Environment?
For its July / August 2020 issue, Impact Art News invites you to play our Quiz to test your knowledge of contemporary art and the environment. Ready? Here are 14 questions. More than 7 correct [...]
Conversation with the artist Sissel Tolaas
Art of Change 21 - You have been working on the topic of smell for nearly thirty years, across disciplines and continents, what inspires you? Sissel Tolaas - What makes us human is that we [...]
What are the main environmental impacts of a contemporary work of art?
This general question is the common thread of this new section, which seeks to understand and reduce these impacts. To start with, they are distributed throughout the ‘life cycle’ of an artwork – from design to [...]
Places of the unexplored by Jakob Kudsk Steensen
Danish artist Jakob Kudsk Steensen is interested in how technology and ecology can work together. Accustomed to reviving extinct landscapes and ecosystems using technology tools and virtual reality (3D animations, sound and immersive installations), the artist is currently [...]
A fair and united way of being in the world
At a time when a massive wave of uprisings is denouncing police violence, racism and social injustice, following the deaths of George Floyd, Breonna Taylor, and Ahmaud Arbery in the US, or Adama Traoré in [...]
The Institute of Critical Zoologists (ICZ), by Robert Zhao Renhui
At first sight it appears to be a serious institute bringing zoologists together. But a closer look reveals a few peculiarities. First, its founder, Robert Zhao Renhui, is an artist. Then, the focus of his studies [...]
Conversation with the artist Jérémy Gobé
Art of Change 21 - How are you feeling and coping with the coronavirus crisis? Jérémy Gobé - Like a brutal stop. Before the confinement arrived, I had 5 scheduled exhibitions, I was stressed and [...]
Covid-19 : Digital takeover
The sharp slowdown in artistic activity is currently being offset by a digital effervescence that is disrupting usual hierarchies, promoting a new kind of solidarity, and offering unique and intimate access to artists. In the [...]
New Section: Eco-design
Impact Art News is delighted to launch a new section called ‘Eco-design’. The Covid crisis is giving rise to many questions on the environmental impacts of art. In response, Art of Change 21 has decided to [...]
Extinct in the Wild, by Michael Wang
New York-based artist and architect Michael Wang is not only one of the most interesting artists of our times, but he is also an outstanding expert on the IUCN Red List! His ongoing project, Extinct in the Wild, [...]
Conversation with the artist Otobong Nkanga
Art of Change 21 - How are you feeling and coping with the coronavirus crisis? Otobong Nkanga - I am in a fog and it still feels too early for me to comment, to put [...]
Cooperation and solidarity between artists
The spirit of cooperation of the finalists of the last Turner Prize had left its mark. Sharing, earning less, but winning together, is an attitude which was also put forward by the young artist Jérémy [...]