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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.
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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IN CONVERSATION WITH HAROON MIRZA
Haroon Mirza, a leading figure in contemporary art, was born in London in 1977, where he lives and works. Alice Audouin: How and when did you start integrating solar energy in your work ? Haroon [...]
FRIEZE – PARIS+: A TWO-SPEED ENVIRONNEMENTAL TRANSITION ?
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. [...]
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 [...]
IN CONVERSATION WITH KATIE PATERSON
You're a pioneer of art in relation to the environment, commencing from when you were a student with the work Vatnajökull (the sound of) (2007). In this artwork, you connected a live telephone line to [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
IN CONVERSATION WITH YAO LU
Yao Lu (姚璐), born in 1967 in Beijing, is a Beijing-based artist and Professor of Photography at the Central Academy of Fine Arts. Yao Lu creates landscapes from landfills and piles of litter, covering them [...]
SUMMER EXHIBITIONS IN FRANCE: THE ENVIRONMENT AT THE ZENITH
During the summer period, the environment shines at the heart of key large-scale exhibitions, led by lille3000 and the Palais de Tokyo. Alongside these two highlights, a number of exhibitions confirm the rooting of environmental [...]
ECO-DESIGNED ART FAIRS: RESULTS FROM ART PARIS
The Art Paris fair brought together 130 modern and contemporary art galleries from 7 to 10 April 2022 at the Grand Palais Éphémère, Paris. Directed by Guillaume Piens and organised by France Conventions, the fair [...]
IN CONVERSATION WITH JOSEFINA NELIMARKKA
Clouds represent the focus of your artistic research. Why? For me, clouds expose the unknown. They are always in motion, constantly in a state of becoming. For some years now, I have been having conversations [...]
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 [...]
IN CONVERSATION WITH TUE GREENFORT
In your personal exhibition here in Venice, "Medusa Alga Laguna", you show a particular interest in the jellyfish and algae of the lagoon ecosystem. Sargassum algae is an invasive species that arrived recently here in [...]