Environmentalism
Moca Los Angeles announces recipients of new environmental art prize
The artists Cecilia Vicuña and Julian Charrière will each receive $100,000 and exhibit new work at the museum
Beatriz da Costa’s pigeon-based eco-art project takes flight again in Los Angeles
The late artist's ‘interspecies’ collaboration, PigeonBlog, is launching on 19 October as part of PST Art
Bizarre optics at Cai Guo-Qiang’s fiery kick-off event for Getty’s PST Art initiative
Fireworks by the Chinese artist ran counter to the point of many PST Art projects
Sustainability organisation Gallery Climate Coalition shuts down volunteer programme, citing a lack of funds
The initiative included chapters in seven cities and countries forming one of the art world’s largest climate networks
Frankenthaler Foundation announces $3.3m in climate grants to 69 art organisations
The money will be used to install solar panels, updating lighting and create carbon-neutrality plans
Tree-planting project memorialising Black lives lost brings 40,000 trees to urban centres across the US
The community-driven living monument from MIT Media Lab’s Poetic Justice will include an evolving, digitally networked story archive
‘You’re right! This is Native land’: New site-specific sculptures in Maine centre Indigenous experiences and relationships with the land
At the Coastal Maine Botanical Gardens, sculptures by Anna Tsouhlarakis and Shane Perley-Dutcher are part of a push to advocate for environmental and social justice
Agnes Denes resurrects famous ‘Wheatfield’ work in Montana
Sowing seeds of sustainable development, the artist has planted a version of her celebrated Land art piece in booming Bozeman, Montana
‘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
The artist ‘bending’ the Los Angeles River
Lauren Bon is hoping her new project can save some of Southern California’s most precious resource: water
Five museum shows to see in Chicago this spring
From a retrospective of Chicago Imagist Christina Ramberg to a group show of Native American photography and video
Théodore Rousseau, the early eco-warrior, gets Paris show
The leader of the Barbizon School was a cultural and social rebel, and a precursor of environmentalism
Mona Lisa undamaged after protesters at the Louvre throw soup at Leonardo da Vinci's masterpiece
Members of Riposte Alimentaire demand the right to "healthy and sustainable food" after splattering pumpkin soup over the protective glazing in front of the world's most-viewed painting
Uproar over US art centre’s plan to demolish Land art environment by Mary Miss
The Des Moines Art Center in Iowa intends to demolish Miss’s environmental intervention, against the artist’s wishes
Cauleen Smith exhibition mines the damage done by mineral extraction
Artist says she wants visitors to imagine a world where caves ares seen as places of shelter, rather than places of mineral extraction
New rental scheme promises to reduce carbon footprint of art shipping by 90%
As record temperatures continue to be recorded, a new company has pledged to end the "make-use-destroy" system that museums and galleries use to ship art worldwide
International organisations form charter for a sustainable visual art sector
The new Art Charter for Climate Action unites over 1,000 global members committed to system-wide change
An environmental art festival in Los Angeles seeks to counteract climate despair and inspire action
The organisers of Earth Edition, a new festival at CalArts, are seeking to showcase “what is being done that’s positive, that’s solutions-oriented”
Reopening the flood gates: series of films and exhibitions in UK mark 70 years since deadly storm surge in North Sea
The threat posed by rising sea levels to coastlines is explored across commissions and shows in east London, Southend and Cornwall
Ambitious Colorado exhibition puts the 'culture' in 'agriculture'
An exhibition co-organised by the Boulder Museum of Contemporary Art and the Longmont Museum pairs contemporary artists with farms
South Asia’s highest exhibition of land art debuts at 12,000 ft in the Himalayas
The site-specific show addresses the ecological crisis facing the Indian region of Ladakh—and, subtly, the politics behind it
Artists set sail for Marshall Islands on climate crisis expedition
Lisa Reihana is among the artists embarking on the odyssey, which will be followed by a film, book and exhibition
Tomás Saraceno invites wildlife into London's Serpentine Galleries for sustainable solar-powered show
A gallery wall has been removed to invite creatures from the park outside to roam the space
Oil giant Chevron removed public art installation without warning, artists allege
The energy giant did not inform the associated artists of their plans to remove a piece of art that advocate for environmental justice, according to organisers
More than 500 museums launch art project to confront mass biodiversity loss across UK
"The Wild Escape" responds to new research from London's Natural History Museum, which finds the UK is one of the most nature depleted countries in the world
Why is Van Gogh under attack?
Vincent’s best-loved paintings are singled out by climate protestors
Not quite land, not quite sea, but all fearsome beauty: how Florida's Everglades has inspired artists
Celebrating its 75th anniversary, Everglades National Park is something of a guest of honour at this year’s Art Basel in Miami Beach. But the region’s conservation was hard-fought—and is still far from guaranteed
'Museums are allies': at Cop27, Icom speaks out about climate change protestors attacking art
Choosing museums as a backdrop to protests is "a testament of their symbolic power and relevance in the discussions around the climate emergency,” International Council of Museums says
'In 100 years, all these antiquities will be gone': as Cop27 opens in Egypt, climate crisis is still taboo subject at art and heritage institutions
As the latest UN Climate Change Conference opens in Egypt, art institutions have yet to take the climate lessons to heart
