Impact Art News is a bilingual French-English newsletter and blog all about art and ecology. We select and share the best exhibitions and artistic projects related to ecology and Sustainable Development Goals (SDG), speak to engaged artists and keep you up to date concerning major environmental issues, highlighting them in each issue through a interview.
Publication Manager and Chief Editor: Alice Audouin. Texts: Alice Audouin, Lisa Toubas, Marguerite Courtel (April-December 2018). Editor: Impact Art News (free transfer from Alice Audouin Consulting in 2019, without change of the editorial team).
IN CONVERSATION WITH ALAN SONFIST
American artist and ecological art pioneer Alan Sonfist (b. 1946, New York), renowned for over 60 years of artistic exploration, reflects on his journey from Time Landscape in 1965 to his current work with his [...]
14 INTERNATIONAL EXHIBITIONS TO KICKSTART 2025
In 2024, the effects of global warming were felt around the world, and 2025 is a crucial year for environmental action. Artists' commitment will be essential. To get the year off to an optimistic start, [...]
SOWING CHANGE: ARTISTS AS SOWERS, CULTIVATORS, GARDENERS AND UNIFIERS OF RELATIONSHIPS WITH LIVING THINGS.
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 [...]
20 MUST-SEE INTERNATIONAL AUTUMN EXHIBITIONS
In this new artistic season, collaboration is the answer to today's challenges. Whether through collective practices between artists, engagements with local communities or co-creation with the non-human world, the emphasis is on the importance of [...]
WITH PST ART IN CALIFORNIA, GETTY COMMITS TO ART AND CLIMATE ACTION
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 [...]
4 RUE DES CRAYÈRES: A NEW HOTSPOT FOR ART AND THE ENVIRONMENT
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 [...]
IN CONVERSATION WITH OLIVIER MILLAGOU
Artist and surfer Olivier Millagou (b. 1974, Toulon), based in Bandol, France, shares his philosophy of art as a sustainable practice - combining localism, ecology and a sparing approach to creation. You've adopted a frugal [...]
DIGITAL ART & ENVIRONMENTAL ACTION: JOHN GERRARD AND FERAL FILE LAUNCH CRYSTALLINE WORK (ARCTIC)
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 [...]
15 MUST-SEE INTERNATIONAL SUMMER EXHIBITIONS
In the face of global warming continuing to worsen with recent unprecedented heatwaves in India, California or Saudi Arabia, the artistic sector is restoring a deep relationship between humanity and the environment with a global [...]
IN CONVERSATION WITH PRECIOUS OKOYOMON
Nigerian-American artist and poet Precious Okoyomon (b.1993 in London and lives in New York) talks to us about invasive plant species, co-creation and colonial history, as well as their current work at Fondation Beyeler and [...]
IN CONVERSATION WITH HALEY MELLIN
Artist Haley Mellin currently lives in Union City, New Jersey. Her predominant mediums are drawing and painting. She is the founder of the land conservation initiative Art into Acres. Tell us about your new exhibition [...]
FROM AIRPLANE TO SAILBOAT: ARTIST XAVIER VEILHAN’S SUSTAINABLE SHIPPING EXPERIMENT
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 [...]