Environmental Art

Five Artists Who Treat the Earth as Both Medium and Beneficiary

Making climate-conscious art at scale and in public is arduous, expensive and often exhausting. Agnes Denes, Mary Mattingly, Maya Lin and their peers have built substantial careers, sustain themselves through their practices and hold places in major collections, yet haven't shied away from creating works that help the planet.

By Mary Gregory

Where to See the World’s Most Remote Land Art

From North Wales to the South Pole, these are some of the more remarkable—and remarkably hard to reach—land-based interventions created by artists, with nature as both muse and canvas.

By Fred Voon

With “Happy Zoo,” Anita Lam Makes a Case for Artistic Environmentalism

Lam’s curatorial work sits at the intersection of art, ecology, technology and philosophy, but far from being preachy or pessimistic, her approach is playful and, at times, mischievous.

By Christa Terry

Biennale Artist Jeffrey Gibson On Spirituality, Ecology in Politics and His Next Chapter

By Dan Duray

A Citrus Orchard Is Growing On the Eighth Floor of the Whitney

By Elisa Carollo

Martha Atienza’s ‘Our Islands’ Brings the Seas of Philippines to Times Square

By Elisa Carollo

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