News
Protest Painting Calls Out Fossil Fuel Industry’s Role in LA Fires
The collaborative artwork made by Eddie Rodolfo Aparicio, David Solnit, and dozens of volunteers at a rally this week urges lawmakers to hold oil and gas companies accountable.
environment
Opinion
The Ecological Turn in Art Is Here to Stay
In 2018, art institutions began exhibiting shows on ecology and climate change. As with every turn, it risked being taken as just another intellectual trend.
Art
Artists Shine a Light on Chicago’s Complex Ecosystem
Given that the vast majority of the world’s lands have by now been modified by humans, urban gardens might be the best we can hope for.
Art
Two Artists Seek Out the Ancient Wisdom of Trees
Tiffany Shlain and Ken Goldberg pay homage to the ongoing human quest for knowledge by documenting its evolution through timelines inscribed in fallen tree fragments.
Art
Seven Women Offer Alternative Ways of Relating to the Earth
These artists from the Democratic Republic of Congo, Peru, Sudan, and Palestine use soil as a different kind of building medium in their works.
Art
The Artist Using Mushrooms to Address LA’s Poor Air Quality
Alice Könitz conducts art experiments with mycelium in the middle of the Mojave Desert.
Art
Scientists Are Turning Toxic River Waste Into Paint Pigments
A new documentary follows a team of Ohio artists and environmentalists transforming acid mine drainage into viable art materials.
News
Hudson River Paintings Could Shed Light on Long-Gone Forests
The old growth forests of the American Northeast are mostly gone, but 19th-century paintings could help ecologists understand them, a study says.
Art
Ecology From the Perspective of the Marginalized
Humane Ecology at the Clark Art Institute asks viewers to consider different interpretations of nature, including those of people who have been marginalized, silenced, and erased.
Film
How a Billionaire Bought an Ecosystem
Taming the Garden is a meditation on constancy, change brought about by the will and wealth of one person, and complex ecosystems.
Art
What Good Is Eco-Art Without Community?
The question asked by some working-class communities in New York City regarding environmental art projects is, “Okay, but what about the people?”
Art
Seeking Histories and Futures in Soil
Today’s artists often refrain from imprinting their vision upon the land, instead bringing the soil into the gallery as an archive of nature-human interactions.