Art
Jean Shin Wants to Change the Tide of Pollution and Extinction
The artist’s Freshwater installation at Philadelphia Contemporary features a living, breathing fountain, mussels and all.
Extinction
Art
Mourning Extinction with a Museum’s Animal Artifacts
In Next of Kin at the Harvard Museum of Natural History, artist Christina Seely repurposes natural history specimens for an emotional exhibition about animal extinction.
Art
Before They Disappear: A Virtual Reality Requiem for the Last Four White Rhinos
When filmmakers Eline Jongsma and Kel O'Neill began researching the Northern white rhinoceros over a year ago, there were seven on the whole planet. Now there are only four.
Art
Traces of Extinct Animals at the Armory Show
The animals have gone missing from booth 844. Framed nature prints crowd the holly walls, but the auks, cougars, wolves, and woodpeckers that were once their subjects have been cut out, leaving blank spaces behind in a sort of artistic animal Rapture.
Opinion
$46M Spent on Extinction Monument Could Help Curb Extinction
Earlier this month, workers in England broke ground on a $46 million memorial to extinct species.