Impact Art News is the specialised media on contemporary art and the environment by the Art of Change 21 association.
Both a bimonthly newsletter and a bilingual French-English blog, Impact Art News has been selecting and analysing exhibitions, projects and trends in contemporary art related to ecology since 2018, as well as interviewing the most emblematic artists.
Its editorial team is made up of members of Art of Change 21 team members (Alice Audouin, Pauline Lisowski, Sana Tekaïa, Stefano Vendramin, Aloïs Loizeau, Eliza Morris) and outside contributors (Lorenzo Beatrix, Lucia Longhi, Juliette Soulez…).
Since its creation, Impact Art News has promoted over 1,600 committed artists, more than 400 exhibitions, biennials, residencies and projects, and published over 50 conversations with artists including Otobong Nkanga, Tomás Saraceno, Precious Okoyomon, Superflex, John Gerrard…
An independent, Impact Art News does not publish advertorials or accept advertising. Its autonomy relies on the support of its faithful readers.
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Thanks to all those who have contributed to Impact Art News: Oscar Bardet, Hélène Geber, Marie Leprêtre, Lisa Toubas, Marguerite Courtel.
In conversation with the artist Julian Charrière
How did environmental issues appear in your work? Was there a light-bulb moment, an influence? There was no light-bulb moment. It happened very naturally. Very early on, I became interested in our relationship to space, [...]
Biocenosis21: success at the IUCN Congress
From September 3 to 11, the Art of Change 21 association (publisher of Impact Art News) presented Biocenosis21 , a contemporary art exhibition on the theme of biodiversity, at the IUCN World Conservation Congress. After [...]
An artistic fall season that reveals an increased interest in ecological issues
Environmental themes are increasingly present in the artistic field, both in the context of biennial e s and of group and solo shows. Might the greater dynamism of Berlin, Copenhagen, Montreal or Moscow on these [...]
Biocenosis21 exhibition at the World Conservation Congress of IUCN
Biocenosis21 is an international exhibition of contemporary art on the theme of biodiversity, organized by Art of Change 21 within the IUCN World Conservation Congress and at La Traverse, next September in Marseille. Curated by [...]
In France, the summer season is focusing on the environment
This summer in France, ecology is proving to be significant in exhibitions, artistic programs outside of museum walls, as well as in heritage and the countryside. The artists respond to the thoughts of philosophers working [...]
In conversation with the artist Tamara Haddad
When did the environment first become a theme in your work? Living in Beirut, I started to smell pollution in the 2000s on the way to Fine Arts school every day. I felt that the [...]
Trend: The Anthropocene Composters
A new generation of artists committed to the environment is emerging in France. Our editorial team proposes to explore four major trends within this young committed scene, from the 21 winners of the Planète Art [...]
Trend: The Anthropologists of the Common Good
A new generation of artists committed to the environment is emerging in France. Our editorial team proposes to explore four major trends within this young committed scene, from the 21 winners of the Planète Art [...]
Trend: The Scientific Auxiliaries
A new generation of artists committed to the environment is emerging in France. Our editorial team proposes to explore four major trends within this young committed scene, from the 21 winners of the Planète Art [...]
Trend: The New Druids
A new generation of artists committed to the environment is emerging in France. Our editorial team proposes to explore four major trends within this young committed scene, from the 21 winners of the Planète Art [...]
In France, a new generation of environmentally engaged artists
Impact Art News offers a special issue on young artists involved in the environment, living in France. It celebrates an emerging wave of hundreds of artists, bearers of new relationships and visions of art, life, [...]
In Italy, the wild Renaissance
In Italy, since mid-May, a new renaissance has emerged, where artists and architects are drawing new perspectives and inventing new possibilities in response to the ecological crisis. Far from seeking a new measurement of man, [...]