Climate change
Cincinnati’s FotoFocus Biennial traces global issues, from climate change to discrimination
The 2022 edition of the largest photography biennial in the US includes over 100 projects that explore the theme of “world record”
Key art world players pledged to go green—but who is sticking to their promises?
While initiatives such as the Gallery Climate Coalition are seeing positive results, much remains to be done across the sector
Wildfire on Easter Island causes 'irreparable' damage to ancient moai head statues
The Unesco World Heritage Site is closed while conservators assess the damage to the almost 1,000 ancient statues, while the island's mayor claims the fire was started deliberately
Rijksmuseum strongly denies claims it is sinking due to wood-rotting fungi
Dutch national museum opposes the report claiming its foundations have been infected, stating the building “has not sunk a millimetre”
Florida museums close as Hurricane Ian bears down on state’s west coast
Museums between Tampa Bay and Naples face the greatest risk, with a storm surge expected to exceed 10ft in some parts of the region when the hurricane makes landfall
Climate activists gluing themselves to masterpieces are honouring art's longstanding reverence of nature—and they deserve our support
The actions of Just Stop Oil and other groups might seem extreme—but their demands are anything but
Why I believe utopian climate art can turn environmental apathy into action
Artist John Munro on his pursuit of the Romantic picturesque in depictions of the climate catastrophe
Art collectors listen up—here's how you can actually reduce your carbon footprint (while continuing to buy work)
As the art market’s prime players, collectors' choices are of utmost importance in improving our industry
After Poussin and Botticelli, UK Parliament is latest eco-activist target
Unesco site is targeted by more than 50 protestors from the group Extinction Rebellion
Sticky fingers: German climate activists strike museums four times in past week
Protestors from the Letzte Generation group have glued themselves to works by Rubens, Poussin and Cranach
With the help of fellow Floridians and artificial intelligence, a Miami artist imagines a climate-resilient future for his city
Lee Pivnik’s Symbiotic House, ultimately intended to take the form of a residency and ecology centre, is at an especially creative stage of crowd-sourced imagineering
Environmental art projects led by women-identifying artists receive grants totalling $250,000
Fourteen projects across the US addressing the climate crisis head on received the inaugural environmental grants from Anonymous Was A Woman and the New York Foundation for the Arts
In with the cuffs, out with the glue: Italian climate change protestors chain themselves to chapel banister
The Scrovegni Chapel in Padua is home to masterpieces by the Italian Medieval painter Giotto
No oil, no gas—no stopping: Climate activists in Italy glue themselves to ancient Vatican Museums sculpture
The group is funded by the Los Angeles-based Climate Emergency Fund
Thermal glass and solar power: Helen Frankenthaler Foundation gives $3m to help US art organisations reduce their emissions
The new grants, to art museums, schools and nonprofits in 19 states, represent the second major round of support under the foundation’s Frankenthaler Climate Initiative
First Botticelli, now Boccioni: eco activists glue themselves to Futurist sculpture in Milan
More protest actions will follow, says Ultima Generazione group
Climate activists glue themselves to Botticelli masterpiece in Italy
Officials at the Gallerie degli Uffizi in Florence say that the 15th-century painting was not damaged thanks to protective glass cover
A network of artist-devised weather stations gathers climate change data across 28 countries
The World Weather Network, though variable in its scientific rigour, aims to bring “different weather worlds” into dialogue, as one organiser put it
The Big Review: the Summer Exhibition 2022 at the Royal Academy of Arts in London
The climate theme of this year’s exhibition rings hollow
Constable painting rehung at National Gallery after protestors glue themselves to frame
The campaign group, Just Stop Oil, has targeted famous works at Kelvingrove, Courtauld and Manchester Art Gallery
New dam could drown ancient Iraqi city of Ashur
Having survived Islamic State, Assyrian capital is under threat once again
A brush with... Emma Talbot
An in-depth interview with the artist on her cultural experiences and greatest influences, from Sassetta to Klimt
Climate change reveals ancient city in Iraq
Worsening drought conditions have extended the period when the 3,400-year-old city of Zakhiku is above water, aiding archaeologists’ efforts to study and preserve the site
Green is the New Black: a new column spotlighting the movers and shakers making the art world more environmentally sustainable
From industry-wide coalitions to individual initiatives, our correspondent Louisa Buck looks at how the art industry is responding to our climate and ecological crisis
'The only way to stop the bleeding is to stop writing policies': climate change is making it more expensive to insure art
Global warming’s effects are impacting collectors’ bank accounts, especially in disaster-prone states like California and Florida where risky conditions have become the norm
Art world organisations, galleries and artists helped fund conservation of a Peruvian cloud forest
Over 40 donors supported the climate action led by Galleries Commit and Art to Acres, which will see nearly 200,000 acres preserved
Artist-led campaign urges climate action across California
The initiative A Cool Million, launched by three artist-led collectives, features climate-themed public artworks and aims to preserve one million acres
Rising sea levels imperil French church that inspired the Impressionists, including Monet
Coastal erosion in Normandy means that the Saint-Valery church in Varengeville-sur-Mer may soon disappear
Experience the world as a spider in Tomás Saraceno’s new exhibition at The Shed
The Argentine artist’s first major US survey features an immersive, multi-sensory, 95-foot diameter installation that gives viewers the experience of being in a spider web