Climate change
Oyster sculptures and whale songs: exhibition on Governors Island explores the role of extraction in climate change
Jenny Kendler’s multidisciplinary project seeks kinship between humans and other animals
The Week in Art podcast | Just Stop Oil’s latest protests, Tavares Strachan, Louise Bourgeois at the Galleria Borghese
Is the climate activist group’s campaign proving a success? Plus, Bahamian-born, US-based Strachan on his new Hayward show and a close look at a hanging bronze by Bourgeois
Artist's climate change sculpture near Salisbury Cathedral sparks criticism from residents
Hilary Jack says she hopes the controversy around her work, showing a house falling into the sea, will help bring attention to the issue of global warming
Victory without damage: ‘Just Stop Oil’s climate activism is one of the most successful disobedience campaigns ever’
The climate catastrophe has been brought to the forefront of the public mind without causing serious harm to the targeted works, says John Paul Stonard
Two eco-activists arrested after Stonehenge sprayed with orange powder
The ancient site remains open as curators investigate the damage
Green is the new black | Dia Art Foundation’s latest eco plans are a reminder of how it has always been a beacon of sustainability
Since its founding 50 years ago, the organisation has championed several environmentally friendly principles through its programme and building projects
‘Iron fist in a velvet glove’: Detroit public sculpture tracks air quality and cleans the polluted environment
A new regenerative installation by Jordan Weber raises awareness of environmental racism
Southern Brazil’s museums and historical sites threatened by torrential rains and flooding
In the past month, record rainfall has wreaked havoc on the state of Rio Grande do Sul
Smoke, fire and livid sunsets: exhibition to show how Turner traced beginnings of climate breakdown
Works on view at the artist’s house in London will reveal the way he captured the early impact of the industrial revolution on the British landscape
New UN partnership signed in Venice places visual arts sector at heart of climate battle
The initiative has made the recently formed Art Charter for Climate Action (ACCA) an official pillar of a UN alliance striving to enact environmental action across the world
'Why destroying art in protest achieves nothing'
Activists’ attacks on artworks do not further their causes—if they did, I would throw the soup myself
Boston science museum brings climate action to the fore with year-long initiative
Year of the Earthshot features more than 1,000 interdisciplinary programmes that explore climate solutions, from immersive exhibitions to a project with Unesco and four World Heritage Sites—and an online cooking show
'Enjoy the Venice Biennale, everyone—but be aware it's taking place in a dying city'
Venice can still be saved from the rising water level: here’s how
How an art centre in a former power station is harnessing the word ‘no’ to help save the planet
Germany’s E-Werk Luckenwalde, which seeks to be environmentally friendly in all aspects of its work, is hosting a festival that highlights the wide-ranging potential of restraint
Protestors at London Science Museum rally against ‘greenwashing’ new sponsor
The museum has received backlash for its decision to allow Adani Green Energy to sponsor a new gallery focused on climate change
Among the seemingly endless round of biennials, eco-minded Klima Biennale in Vienna offers something genuinely new
Austrian capital is working with a local and international artists to provide some fresh perspectives on confronting the world’s environmental crises
Two climate activists charged for pouring red powder on National Archives display of the US Constitution
The Valentine’s Day protest was carried out by members of the environmental group Declare Emergency
Dia Art Foundation embarks on landscape transformation to make Beacon campus climate resilient
Studio Zewde is redesigning eight acres of the property on the banks of the Hudson River to protect against rising water
‘MoMA, dump Kravis’: activists call on museum to break up with board chair in Valentine’s Day protest
A coalition of environmental-justice organisations renewed their calls for the removal of board chair Marie-Josée Kravis
Protester charged for defacing African American Civil War memorial at US National Gallery of Art
A climate activist with the group Declare Emergency has been taken into custody over a paint-smearing incident at the museum last year
Black museums face greater peril in the climate crisis
The Association of African American Museums outlines heightened issues facing Black cultural centres, including old infrastructure, coastal locations and lack of access to funds and resources
The latest exhibition at England's Baltic sets a whole new bar for showing art in a climate crisis
Stepping Softly on the Earth embodies the themes of sustainability and interconnectedness both in its theme and how it has been put together
World Monuments Fund announces over $15m for climate change initiative
New initiatives emphasize WMF's commitment to the preservation and revitalisation of historic sites under threat of destruction from climate change
Art is fanciful? The opposite is true as artists and designers address the most urgent global challenges
Rhode Island School of Design is participating in the Sustainable Markets Initiative’s Terra Carta Design Lab, leveraging art and design to address social issues
Revealed: How British Museum trustees wrestled with ethical and security implications of £50m BP deal
Minutes from trustee meetings dating back to spring of 2023 chronicle the internal agonising before the energy giant’s sponsorship was ultimately accepted
Caught red-handed: climate activist pleads guilty to defacing Degas exhibit at National Gallery of Art
Joanna Smith faces a maximum sentence of five years in prison and up to a $250,000 fine
How does art survive a hurricane? Behind the measures Florida museums are taking to withstand extreme weather
With Florida’s rising sea levels and increasingly severe storms, the art world is waking up to the need to plan for the worst
As Cop28 opens in Dubai, museums grapple with net zero
As world leaders gather to attend the United Nations’ climate talks, a new report outlines how the UK government could help cultural venues divest from fossil fuels
Climate activists disrupt Christie's auction in New York
Two activists affiliiated with the group Extinction Rebellion took to the rostrum during a sale of works on paper
Science Museum in London criticised for promoting oil giant backer
The institution held a “Meet the Funder” event shortly after Equinor got approval to develop the Rosebank field