Climate change
How artist-designed shade structures are protecting vulnerable residents in US’s hottest city
The commissioned shades are part of a local initiative to combat rising temperatures in Phoenix, Arizona
British Museum ball disrupted by climate protestor demanding end to BP sponsorship
The protestor took to the stage in the midst of a speech by the museum's chair of trustees, George Osborne
These artists want your help distracting fossil fuel executives
In their collaborative and solo projects, currently on view at Pioneer Works in New York, Tega Brain and Sam Lavigne cheekily empower visitors to fight climate change
Comment | Frieze galleries have committed to climate donations—now it's time for the art world to pack in its private jets
A new initiative will see some galleries donate a percentage of their sales to the Gallery Climate Coalition, but when it comes to environmental action there is still much to be done, writes Louisa Buck
Comment | Bristol's Spike Island has become an environmental beacon—here's why it makes financial sense for others to follow suit
Investing in meaningful action on the climate emergency can seem daunting for smaller, cash-strapped outfits, writes Louisa Buck, but it pays off in more ways than one
Olafur Eliasson's latest climate-themed work receives a blessing from the Pope
The Danish-Icelandic artist, who also launched a permanent public art piece in the UK this week, took a block of ice from Greenland to Rome
How nature is helping a rural French arts centre to reduce its carbon footprint
The Centre International d’Art et du Paysage—Île de Vassivière is drawing on both its natural and man-made surroundings for inspiration
Frieze to launch climate change fundraising initiative at its London fairs
Participating galleries have signed up to pledge 10% of the sale price of selected works to fund the Gallery Climate Coalition
The ancient city of Carthage is under attack again—and this time the enemy is climate change
Environmental damage is increasingly visible at the ruins of the former trading hub, located in modern-day Tunisia
Fashion vintage: how two historic Bordeaux vineyards have been restored to former glory under Chanel's ownership
The luxury, fashion and fragrance house has given Nicolas Audebert and his winemaking team the time and freedom to bring back to their best two grand old wines: Château Rauzan-Ségla and Château Canon
Climate change threatens Indigenous ceramic tradition in Brazil
Local Waurá activists have taken the Brazilian government to task for complacency towards global warming as their ancestral pottery practice becomes harder to maintain
Olafur Eliasson’s next project raises alarm over the decline of Utah’s Great Salt Lake
An important part of local and global ecosystems, the lake is facing significant drought due to diversion and climate change
Artist Maya Lin poses probing questions around New York City during Climate Week
Lin’s project, along with other timely shows and programmes around the city, uses art to address the climate crisis
New draft guidance for UK museums calls for ‘transition away’ from fossil fuels sponsorship
The draft “Code of Ethics” was published by the Museums Association earlier this week
‘Exceptional importance’: drought reveals ancient tombs at Iraq’s Mosul Dam
The 2,300-year-old tombs were unearthed following a significant decline in water levels
Buyer’s choice: how collectors factor into the art world’s quest for environmental sustainability
With the agency to make decisions on emissions-heavy activities, collectors play a crucial role in the industry
It's hard for green-themed art shows to garner credibility—the Helsinki Biennial deserves more than most
Having recently opened its third edition, Helsinki Biennial marks what is undoubtedly a new departure in eco-biennales, writes Louisa Buck
London urban oasis hosts artist’s multimedia investigation into plants’ resilience in the face of climate crisis
Vivienne Schadinsky, artist-in-residence at OmVed Gardens, in north London has used the two-acre plot as a “living laboratory” to make ink paintings, films, sculptures and prints devoted to beans and their ecology
Remembering Sebastião Salgado, world builder, photographer of collective humanity and prophet of possibility
The Brazilian artist captured whole societies in his teeming, panoramic images, and used multimedia storytelling as environmental activism
At Baltimore Museum of Art, a new exhibition asks us to consider the connections between race, colonialism and the climate crisis
‘Black Earth Rising’ is a reminder that the climate catastrophe is often felt most keenly by the populations who bare least responsibility for it
Frankenthaler Foundation awards grants totalling $3.4m for new climate initiatives
In addition to revealing the 74 recipients of new Frankenthaler Climate Initiative grants, the foundation announced it will extend the initiative another five years
Comment | Why it’s wrong to shame those protesting against fossil fuel funding
Protestors are taking high personal risks with the aim of affecting policy and corporate responsibility to make clear the scale of the looming climate catastrophe
Amid protests over his extravagant Venetian wedding, Jeff Bezos donates €3m to organisations involved in protecting the city and its ecosystem
It is yet to be confirmed how the three recipient institutions will collaborate on a subject of great importance to Venice and the world
Climate protester splashes pink paint on Picasso work at Montreal Museum of Fine Arts
The activist from Last Generation Canada said “more resources have been put in place to secure and protect this artwork than to protect living, breathing people”
Climate change is destroying Maine’s historic lighthouses
These unique monuments to a coastal way of life, some of them dating to the US’s colonial period, appear on the 2025 World Monuments Watch list alongside historic sites in countries experiencing war and drought
Comment | Most forms of environmental protest are no longer possible—that's where the power of images comes in
David Attenborough’s new documentary “Ocean” and the activist group Ocean Rebellion are harnessing imagery in the fight against marine destruction
Sebastião Salgado, photographer of the planet’s margins, dies at 81
The Brazilian documentarian was internationally known for his panoramic photographs of humanity surviving on the edge and for his work as a campaigning environmentalist
A rebuke to Modernism: the Venice Architecture Biennale imagines new ways of building to cope with climate change
Following an open call, this year's chaotic but entertaining Biennale features artists, engineers and climate scientists alongside the architects
From Africa to the Arctic Circle, this public artwork is stampeding into cities with a cry for climate action
‘The Herds’ is an expanding throng of life-sized moveable animal sculptures—and it succeeds where many ostensibly green projects fail
Robert Francis Prevost has been elected Pope Leo XIV—why does this matter to the worlds of art and heritage?
The Chicago-born pontiff—the new spiritual leader of 1.3 billion Catholics and the proprietor in trust of the great art and architecture treasures of the Vatican—has publicly supported his predecessor Pope Francis's lead on climate change