Skeletal trees and birds boiled for oil: Ingela Ihrman's duo of UK shows probe humanity's fraught relationship with nature
At the Eden Project in Cornwall, the Swedish artist has allowed a felled tree to decompose, while at London's Gasworks, she investigates the unsettling history of the oilbird
Weird sisters are doing it for themselves: Sarah Lucas curates show of 23 female peers across generations
Plus, a show at Gagosian Paris brings together three British big-hitters
Q&A: Jennifer Higgie on her new book about spiritualism and its importance to early Modernist women artists
The former editor of Frieze magazine says the idea that modernity had to be rational, cool and atheist was detrimental to art
Peter Doig: the painter making prints from poems, and swapping the Caribbean for the Courtauld
The Scottish-born artist tells us about his connection to the works of Cézanne, Matisse and Pissarro, and his fruitful collaboration with the Saint Lucian poet Derek Walcott
London exhibition remembers lost feminist pioneer Helen Chadwick
The artist, who tragically died aged 42, left a legacy of profound and often witty work
Soheila Sokhanvari: the former scientist using ‘alchemy’ to bring together Iranian and Western culture
The Shiraz-born artist tells us how she became an artist after a bad cycling accident and why what is happening in Iran is “no longer a protest, it’s a revolution”
The Year in Art: We take a look at 2022’s biggest stories—and what they mean
Plus, our writers sit down to discuss their favourite works of the year
The evergreen use of trees in art: just how sustainable is the greenery in our homes and museums?
While seemingly sustainable on the surface, arboreal art requires long-term planning and care to be impactful
Climate action: what is the art world doing?
Plus, the US National Gallery of Art’s women artists fund and one of the last paintings of Paula Modersohn-Becker
As UN prepares for Cop27, we look at which art initiatives are working alongside governments to create real environmental change
Acquisitions round-up: the first painting by Swiss avant-garde artist Ferdinand Hodler to head to London's National Gallery
Our pick of the latest gifts and purchases to enter institutional collections worldwide
From career suicide to cause for celebration: how the art world is finally embracing parenthood
Artist stages 'slave ship' installation at London building that once housed British Navy offices
Grada Kilomba's multilingual work is part of 1-54 Contemporary African Art Fair at Somerset House
Crisis in the Amazon: Richard Mosse on his monumental video tracking the destruction of the rainforest
The Irish artist’s latest work, on show in London and Melbourne, is the culmination of a three-year project
Key art world players pledged to go green—but who is sticking to their promises?
While initiatives such as the Gallery Climate Coalition are seeing positive results, much remains to be done across the sector
Frieze London acquisitions: Norwich Castle bags Ibrahim Mahama photo series and Tate buys works by seven international artists
The purchases come courtesy of the Contemporary Art Society Collections Fund and the Frieze Tate Fund
Non-Fireproof Tokens: Damien Hirst burns his own paintings
Artist installs six sculptural wood-burning fireplaces at his Newport Street Gallery in London for the final phase of NFT project "The Currency"
Are art fairs going green at last? We break down how Frieze and Art Basel measure up on sustainability
From recycling carpets to shipping booth walls across oceans, the industry's biggest trade events are striving to clean up their act—but are they doing enough?
Kent Monkman: the trickster poking fun at the art historical canon
Ahead of his Royal Ontario Museum exhibition, the Cree artist tells us about the humour in his work, why he uses the history painting format, and how he hopes his work brings to light atrocities suffered by Indigenous peoples
Mark Wallinger launches digital art project to raise legal funds for London pollution group
The Islington-based campaigners Nocado are fighting to prevent retailers Ocado and Marks & Spencer from setting up a depot adjacent to a primary school
Sensation, 25 years on: the show thrust the YBAs and Charles Saatchi into the mainstream—but not everyone was happy
The 1997 exhibition at London’s Royal Academy of Arts was a masterclass in art PR, with many of the works by artists like Tracey Emin and Marcus Harvey hitting the headlines
Art down to the atom: Cornelia Parker discusses her work with a quantum physicist
The British installation artist sat down with scientist Carlo Rovelli to discover their two disciplines have more in common than one might think
The best artist portraits of Queen Elizabeth II, from Cecil Beaton's fairytale glitter to Jamie Reid's punk provocation
Depictions of the British sovereign, one of the most painted women in history, reflect the changing status of the monarchy over more than half a century
Art collectors listen up—here's how you can actually reduce your carbon footprint (while continuing to buy work)
As the art market’s prime players, collectors' choices are of utmost importance in improving our industry
Summer of discontent: two London shows pose burning environmental questions amid UK heatwave
Carbon offsetting is just another form of greenwashing—and the art world must stop pretending otherwise
Rather than hoping for a magic fix to neutralise our emissions, it is more realistic to fund projects that involve direct and strategic impact