Art
Artists, Designers, and Activists Address Climate Breakdown in a Pop-Up Exhibition
Depictions of Living imagines itself as an act of protest, touching on both the microcosm of individual actions and the macrocosm of the Anthropocene.
Climate Change
Film
An Anime Fantasy Combines Myth With Climate Change
Makoto Shinkai’s new feature Weathering with You entreats the world to pay attention to the climate emergency, as constant rainfall is interpreted as punishment from the gods.
Art
An Illustrator's Whimsical Perspective on the Everyday
"[I]t's incredible to still spend my days conjuring and creating as an adult,” says Rosanna Tasker.
In Brief
A Museum in Hawai’i Eliminates Single-Use Plastic Products
The Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum plans to install water bottle stations and educational signage promoting the benefits of reducing the use of plastics and creating a waste-free lunch as part of field trips.
In Brief
With Venice Recovery Underway, Here’s How You Can Help
Bloomberg says that a $500 donation to Save Venice will pay for a day of work for a professional conservator, while $1.1 million will single-handedly fund the restoration of one of the oldest basilicas in Venice.
Books
Fighting for the Future in President Zuckerberg's Dystopian America
In her graphic novel The Hard Tomorrow, Eleanor Davis explores how different people react to living in a pressure cooker of rising fascism amidst dire inequality and a collapsing ecosystem.
In Brief
Extinction Rebellion Sends a Sinking Home Along the River Thames, Warning of Climate Disaster
The work was intended as a public appeal to politicians to make a more stringent and immediate response to regulate the effects of human industry and waste on the environment.
Art
The Insidious Carbon Footprint of Travel to Art and Cultural Festivals
With climate change an undeniable threat, will arts festivals have to reassess their reliance on air travel?
Art
Changing Minds on the Climate Crisis, One Conversation at a Time
A public assembly at the Queens Museum will discuss the Green New Deal sponsored by Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and Sen. Ed Markey.
In Brief
Vincent van Goat Helps Save the Reagan Presidential Library From Wildfire
Nibbles, Selena Goatmez, and Vincent van Goat were among the 500 animals that helped clear scrub surrounding the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library before the recent California wildfires broke out.
Opinion
Museum Honors Greta Thunberg's Activism by … Naming a Beetle After Her?
To properly honor the teenage climate activist, institutions should instead advocate for policy change, prioritize their ecological footprint, and hold large corporations accountable.
Art
Recreating the Sounds of Antarctica
With dripping, creaking, flowing, artist Katie Wood and scientist Grant Macdonald build an uncanny aural simulacrum of a melting continent.