Michael Wang’s installation resembles an assisted living facility for plants.
environmental art
The Haunting Image of Home Amid Climate Change
In the face of natural disaster, artists question how the overwhelming anxiety of environmental degradation can be harnessed into creative action.
A Moscow Museum’s Ecological Rallying Cry
The Coming World is an ambitious portrait of a dark future in which the world has run out of its resources, but still hasn’t found a way to “Planet B.”
Listening to Plants
Adrienne Adar’s attention to botanical sentience seeks to decenter human perspectives on non-human entities.
Blueprints for Our Future Planet as It Moves Toward Extinction
Two artists wrestle with the intersections of technology and massive ecological shifts brought on by the Anthropocene.
Sarah Cameron Sunde’s Immersive Performances
The artist seeks to address the severed relationship between the landscape and the viewer.
The Ghosts of Our Future Climate at Storm King
A group exhibition featuring almost 20 artists suggests directions for visual art in response to climate change.
Testing the Legal Power of Art to Stop a Pipeline
A Blade of Grass and the Cardozo School of Law are hosting a mock trial for Aviva Rahmani’s ecological art projects to stop the use of eminent domain for pipeline construction.
Paintings of Toxic Landscapes Where Politics and Aesthetics Are in Perfect Balance
Greg Lindquist’s landscape paintings, rendered in a range of queasy-making yellows and greens, address air and water pollution from coal-powered plant emissions.
An Attempt to Create Europe’s Largest Environmental Art Project with 5,000 Trees
The street artist Escif wants to plant 5,000 trees in the shape of a low-battery symbol atop Mount Olivella in Italy.
Converting Air Pollution into Inks and Pigments for Artists
To combat growing levels of air pollution worldwide, a technology and design team is converting airborne pollutants into consumer safe inks and paints.
Wind Turbines Sustain an Aquatic Garden on a Whitney Museum Terrace
Three circular pools are flourishing with aquatic plants on the fifth-floor terrace of the Whitney Museum of American Art, part of Virginia Overton’s exhibition Sculpture Gardens.