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Climate Change
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‘forward-thinking’ art installation about climate change
Read more: ‘forward-thinking’ art installation about climate changeRice University’s O’Connor Building for Engineering and Science now houses an immersive public art installation titled “Climate Parliament,” a thought-provoking work by Mexican-Canadian artist Rafael Lozano-Hemmer. Commissioned by Rice’s Moody Center for the Arts for the Rice Public Art collection,…
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Ice Watch
Read more: Ice WatchFrom Public Delivery: For Ice Watch (2014), he extracted 30 blocks of glacial ice from the waters of Greenland and in 2018 strategically placed them in front of Tate Modern in London . The ice was left here to melt.…
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Birds Watching
Read more: Birds WatchingBirds Watching I, 2018 was created for Storm King Art Center’s Indicators: Artists on Climate Change, in partnership with NRDC, which ran from May–Nov 2018, and featured 100 U.S. climate-threatened species derived from Audubon’s first report. That work was reinstalled…
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Marcela Cantuária: The South American Dream
Read more: Marcela Cantuária: The South American DreamThe work of Marcela Cantuária (b. 1991, Rio de Janeiro; lives in Rio de Janeiro) often portrays female figures who navigate regional, international, and social boundaries. Often highlighting symbols from tarot and astrology as well as themes that reflect political…
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Climate-Noah’s Ark
Read more: Climate-Noah’s ArkOn September 19,2015 in Paris, 140 animals sailed up the River Seine to bring awareness to climate change, ahead of the COP21 UN meeting in December. French artist Gad Weil created this pop art piece from fully recyclable acrylic sheets,…
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Italian climate change protesters turn Venice’s Grand Canal green
Read more: Italian climate change protesters turn Venice’s Grand Canal greenItalian environmentalists used a dye to turn Venice’s Grand Canal green on Saturday in protest at what they said was a lack of progress at the COP28 climate summit in Dubai. The protesters from the Extinction Rebellion group, dangling from…
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Climate Protestor Smears Pink Paint on Tom Thomson Painting at National Gallery of Canada
Read more: Climate Protestor Smears Pink Paint on Tom Thomson Painting at National Gallery of CanadaA climate activist smeared pink paint on a Tom Thomson artwork at the National Gallery of Canada as part of activities this week drawing attention to demands for a national firefighting service. A video uploaded to Facebook by the group…
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The Sewer Soaperie: Cities, Oil and Human Behavior
Read more: The Sewer Soaperie: Cities, Oil and Human BehaviorMany artists are inspired to bring climate change into their work after a direct experience with it. Catherine Sarah Young hopes her work helps people understand and talk about their experiences with climate change. Originally from the Philippines, she first…
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Climate Comedy: Inspiring Climate Action Through Comedy
Read more: Climate Comedy: Inspiring Climate Action Through ComedyThe Climate Comedy Cohort is an unprecedented network of comedians who are coming together to learn, collaborate, and create hilarious new comedy informed by the hottest climate science. The Climate Comedy Cohort functions as a 9-month fellowship. Co-created and directed…
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She Draws the Urgency of Climate Change: Introducing Zaria Forman
Read more: She Draws the Urgency of Climate Change: Introducing Zaria FormanOn this International Women’s Day, we wanted to celebrate the commitment of a very special human being. Her name is Zaria Forman, a leading artist in contemporary art with a cause. She is not only an exceptional human being; she…