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).
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 [...]
15 INTERNATIONAL EXHIBITIONS NOT TO BE MISSED
In a world increasingly aware of its environmental responsibilities, art has become a powerful means of conveying messages about biodiversity, global warming and environmental concerns of our time. Many exhibitions feature contemporary artists who are harnessing [...]
VENICE BIENNALE 2024: TOWARDS A SHARED HUMANITY
The 60th edition of the Venice Biennale, under the curatorial direction of Adriano Pedrosa and centred around the theme "Foreigners Everywhere", which opened April 20th, seeks to address the oversights and inequalities carried by a [...]
SAUDI ARABIA: A NEW OASIS FOR CONTEMPORARY ART IN THE MIDDLE EAST?
As the largest country in the Middle East with a population of 35 million, Saudi Arabia has accelerated its investment in contemporary art throughout Riyad's JAX district to the AlUla oasis. Currently underway, the Diriyah [...]
16 INTERNATIONAL EXHIBITIONS NOT TO BE MISSED
Heading into 2024, we are witnessing an increased focus on environmental issues in contemporary art biennials and exhibitions. Interconnections with other lifeforms, impacts of climate change, eco-feminism as well as bio-sourced materials are all aspects addressed by artists. The [...]
ART & ENVIRONMENT 2024: 17 ARTISTS FORECAST CHANGES AHEAD
Contemporary artists are at the forefront when it comes to monitoring and interpreting the signals of our times, constantly delving into their creative energies. For its first edition of 2024, Impact Art News interviewed 17 [...]
IN CONVERSATION WITH SUPERFLEX
Founded in 1993, Danish artist group SUPERFLEX live and work in Copenhagen. In this interview, co-founder Jakob Fenger explains how SUPERFLEX's art transcends traditional boundaries and even exploits humour to spark change and inspire a [...]
AT COP28, ART CONFRONTS CLIMATE
On November 30, COP28 opened, the most important gathering in the world on climate change. The same day, Alserkal Avenue, one of Dubai's principal art centres, unveiled “Melting Point”, an exhibition prepared for COP28 by [...]