Environment
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
The art industry needs a genuine sea change—in the shipping sense
Transporting an artwork by ship can reduce its carbon impact by up to 95% compared to air freight
Activists glue themselves to painting in Glasgow museum to protest art world's fossil fuel use
Two demonstrators are in police custody after they attached themselves to a 19th-century landscape by Horatio McCulloch at the Kelvingrove Art Gallery
From Whitechapel to Saudi Arabia: Iwona Blazwick takes up a new post as AlUla public art supremo
Drive to rebrand Middle Eastern country as a cultural destination underpinned by human rights concerns
Musicals to motherhood: the Serpentine Galleries' Lucia Pietroiusti on her greatest influences
The curator tell us about her favourite books, television shows and artists
Building with rubbish and fighting fish farming: How artists are leading the charge to combat the climate crisis
In matters environmental, artists have long been the driving force to reforming the sector
Green is the New Black: a new column spotlighting the movers and shakers making the art world more environmentally sustainable
From industry-wide coalitions to individual initiatives, our correspondent Louisa Buck looks at how the art industry is responding to our climate and ecological crisis
The gossip from the Venice Biennale: Tinie Tempah takes on Tintoretto and totes too many totes
Plus, Sir Normal Rosenthal and Macron becomes an art meme
Storm Eunice damages UK heritage sites and forces museums and galleries to close
Cultural sites turn away visitors while iconic architecture is “shredded to pieces” by storm
Five key takeaways from the first Gallery Climate Coalition conference in London
Dealers, museum directors and environmental consultants gathered to strategise how the sector can decarbonise and enact real change
Seven ways museums are responding to the climate crisis
We talk to museum innovators around the world who are taking climate action, from the art on the walls to the food on the restaurant menu
‘The numbers no longer add up’: artist Olafur Eliasson calls for solidarity as Cop26 kicks off
Eliasson will present a film with activist Kumi Naidoo at the summit on how the worlds of art and activism can help each other curb the climate crisis
More turmoil at UK Science Museum Group as two trustees step down over ties to coal conglomerate
Hannah Fry and Jo Foster quit museum as it partners with Indian company Adani to sponsor a new "green" gallery, due to open in 2023
Climate crisis warnings—including from Greta Thunberg—beamed onto Tate Modern's tower by artist Jenny Holzer
The travelling installation will head to Scotland for Cop26, the 26th UN Climate Change Conference, which starts this weekend
Can the art world really change its wasteful ways?
Plus, Mark Rothko’s late paintings at Pace’s new London space and Nicolas Poussin at the National Gallery
A greener way of working: seven artists on how they are reducing their carbon footprint in their practice
Artists including Antony Gormley, Fiona Banner and Tino Sehgal are responding to the climate emergency in the way they produce their work
'Now is the time': UK artists and galleries unite for climate campaign to mark COP26 conference
Conservation charity WWF and curatorial collective Artwise call on art world to raise funds and awareness for climate action
Can auctions save the earth? Christie's to fundraise for environmental charity by selling works by Cecily Brown and Rashid Johnson
The auction house has teamed with up Gallery Climate Coalition to raise between $5m-$10m for ClientEarth
From Turbine Hall to Thames: Ackroyd & Harvey's enormous grass banner pleads for our planet's future
Sea junk sculptures draw crowds in Canada for World Oceans Day
After popping up in Vancouver, an installation of figures made from trash travels to Toronto and Quebec City
'Mount Recyclemore': ahead of summit, artist builds gigantic electronic waste sculpture of G7 leaders
Climate disaster: photographer Richard Mosse on environmental crime in the Amazon
Plus, artist Rachel Maclean on Hieronymus Bosch's influence
Eco-themed art shows to fill New York’s empty storefronts
The programme Rebound-NYC opens a major group exhibition in Union Square on Earth Day
After long complaints about pollution and blocked views, Italy bans cruise ships in Venice’s historic centre
Decision will affect partying art collectors and redirect the mass tourism routed through the Giudecca Canal
Activist art steps in when words are not enough
Fiona Banner drops a klanger outside Defra while Laure Prouvost takes language to new levels
Three exhibitions to see in London this weekend
From a chilling show on Arctic culture to Polly Morgan's gorgeously repellent serpentine sculptures
'Trying to tap into the memory of the place': As Storm King turns 60, artists reflect on the storied outdoor art centre
Beyond its visually rapturous value, the Storm King region also had a pivotal but lesser-known role in the development of US environmental law and policy
Fiona Banner and Greenpeace dump 1.5-tonne granite sculpture outside UK government to protest ocean bed destruction
The direct action is part of a Greenpeace campaign to stop illegal industrial fishing in some of Britain’s most sensitive marine areas
