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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.
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The future of humanity in technology’s hands
With Future and the Arts: AI, Robotics, Cities, Life – How Humanity Will Live Tomorrow, Tokyo’s Mori Art Museum plunges us into a near future where breakthrough technologies, like artificial intelligence (AI), robotics, and biotechnology have modified not only science, architecture, and agriculture, but [...]
So far, so good?
As part of the Némo Biennial of Digital Arts, up to 26 January 2020 the CENTQUATRE-PARIS is hosting the exhibition Jusqu'ici tout va bien ? (So far, so good?) Its commissioners Gilles Alvarez and José-Manuel Gonçalvès invite visitors to take leap [...]
“Towards No Earthly Pole”, by Julian Charrière
Back home for his new exhibition Towards No Earthly Pole, showing at the Museo d'arte della Svizzera italiana (MASI Lugano) in Switzerland, Julian Charrière is presenting a series of art works bearing witness to extreme environments. MASI is the first [...]
Formafantasma: Cambio at Serpentine’s
London’s iconic Serpentine Galleries will host Formafantasma Studio from 4 March to 17 May 2020. The Amsterdam-based, Italian design duo will combine design, contemporary art and scientific research to question the role of design in raising public awareness of [...]
Climavore, by Cooking Sections
A finalist in the Ephemeral Parliament – Visible Award 2019, initiated by Cittadellarte - Fondazione Pistoletto in partnership with Fondazione Zegna and supported by Lafayette Anticipations, the Climavore project conceived by Cooking Sections, by the artists Daniel Fernández Pascual [...]
Interview of the artist Mark Dion
Art of Change 21 - What projects are you currently working on? Mark Dion - I’m always juggling a dozen or so projects at any given time. Some are close to completion and others are years off! [...]
Otobong Nkanga at the crossroads
The Zeitz Museum of Contemporary Art Africa is hosting Otobong Nkanga up to 23 February 2020 with her solo exhibition Acts at the Crossroads. Otobong Nkanga stands at the crossroads of science, art, ecology, and anthropology. Revealing systemic fields, Nkanga [...]
Contemporary archeology according to Rayyane Tabet
Through a set of sculptures, found objects, and installations, the Lebanese artist Rayyane Tabet unveils his first major solo exhibition in the U.K. Showing at the Parasol Unit Foundation for Contemporary Art, this selection of eight works on [...]
“Destruction / Reconstruction”, by Tadashi Kawamata
Showing in London at Annely Juda Fine Art until 20 December 20, the exhibition Destruction / Reconstruction unveils to the public the latest creations by the Japanese artist Tadashi Kawamata, made from recycled wood and a cross between art and [...]
Lubumbashi Biennial: in support of a changing world
This 6th edition of the Lubumbashi Biennial in the Democratic Republic of Congo, now drawing to a close, demonstrates its commitment to a changing and responsible world without walls. With Future genealogies, stories from the equator, the Biennial investigates both [...]
“Deep sea minding” by Superflex
The Deep Sea Minding project, by the artist collective Superflex, merges scientific and artistic research to understand the marine world and anticipate how it might evolve in this age of global warming. Having first explored the waters of [...]
Interview of the artist Agnieszka Kurant
Art of Change 21 - What’s new with you? Agnieska Kurant - This month I was awarded the Frontier Art Prize – an annual $100,000 award established in 2017 by the World Frontiers Forum and the [...]