Climate Art Beat℠
Fall/Winter Calendar
Jenny Kendler, Underground Library (2017-2018) Selections from a library of books on climate change, biocharred to sequester carbon. Dimensions: varied. ©Jenny Kendler, 2018. Courtesy of the artist. On exhibit at Storm King Art Center through Nov. 11, 2018.
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Salt Lake City, UT
Patricia Johanson, Model for the Sego Lily Dam (left) and aerial photo of the constructed dam (right). ©Patricia Johanson, 2018. Courtesy of the artist.
The Draw at Sugar House
Patricia Johanson’s Sego Lily Dam may well be the world’s first flood control project designed as a work of art. Floodwater pools in the bowl of the “flower” with its 30-foot high walls, then flows by gravity under an 8-lane highway, through a sunken corridor (the lily’s “stem”) and into a creek.
Hudson Valley, NY
Maya Lin, The Secret Life of Grasses (2018). PVC tube, lightweight soil, grasses, oak, cable, steel. Dimensions: each 10 ft. high (304.8 cm) x 12 in. (30.5 cm) in diameter. ©Maya Lin, 2018. Plants courtesy of the Land Institute, Salina, Kansas. Courtesy of the artist.
Storm King Art Center
Indicators: Artists on Climate Change showcases 17 artists whose works explore the impacts of climate change through sculpture, photography, film, and works made specifically for Storm King.
Now through Nov. 11, 2018
Washington, DC
Diane Burko, Faga’alu (2018) Acrylic on canvas. Dimensions: 60″ x 60.” ©Burko, 2018. Courtesy of the National Academy of Sciences.
National Academy of Sciences
Endangered: from Glaciers to Reefs, solo exhibition of Diane Burko’s paintings, prints and video, documents two major impacts of climate change: the dramatic disappearance of glaciers and the destruction of coral reefs.
Now through Jan. 31, 2019
Cleveland, OH
Alexis Rockman, Spheres of Influence (2016). Oil and alkyd on wood panel. Dimensions: 72” x 144”. Collection of Jonathan O’Hara Gallery. © 2016, Alexis Rockman. Courtesy of the artist.
Cleveland Museum of
Contemporary Art
The Great Lakes Cycle, a solo exhibition of Alexis Rockman’s paintings, watercolors and field drawings, explores the past, present and future of the Great Lakes and the challenges they face from climate change and human pollution.
Now through Jan. 27, 2019
Pinecrest, FL
Xavier Cortada, A-01: Antarctica from the Antarctic Ice Paintings: Global Coastlines series (2007). Antarctic ice, sediment from Antarctica’s Dry Valleys, and mixed media on paper. Dimensions: 9” x 12.” © Cortada, 2018. Courtesy of the artist.
Pinecrest Gardens Hibiscus Gallery
Antarctic Ice Paintings: Global Coastlines premiers Xavier Cortada’s watercolor paintings created from Antarctica glacier ice, sea ice and sediment. From Dec. 2-8, the gallery will launch Cortada’s Underwater Home Owners Association (HOA), a public art project in which participating households display a lawn sign showing how many feet sea level must rise to flood their property.
Nov. 8, 2018 – Jan. 13, 2019
Toronto, CN
Edward Burtynsky, Coal Mine #1, North Rhine, Westphalia, Germany, 2105. Pigment inkjet print. Dimensions: 58 1⁄2” x 78.” © Edward Burtynsky, 2017. Courtesy of the artist and Nicholas Metivier Gallery, Toronto.
Art Gallery of Ontario
Anthropocene tells the story of human impact on the earth through film, photography, and augmented reality (AR) installations. Works by Edward Burtynsky, Jennifer Baichwal and Nicholas de Pencier examine why an international group of scientists proposes to rename our present geological epoch, characterized by unprecedented human influence on the planet, the “Anthropocene” or “Human Epoch.”
Now through Jan. 6, 2019
New York, NY
Toots Zynsky, Double Gouldian Finches Variation 2 (2018). Region: Australia. Filet de verre (glass thread). Dimensions: 6 3/4″ x 14 1/2″ x 7 1/8” (17 x 36.5 x 18 cm). ©Toots Zynsky, 2018. Courtesy of the artist.
Park Avenue Armory
Five vessels from Toots Zynsky’s newest Endangered Species series will be on display at the Heller Gallery Exhibition at the Salon Art + Design fair.
The series honors bird species at risk of extinction or decline due to climate change and habitat destruction in each of the seven continents.
Nov. 8-12, 2018
Miami, FL
Toots Zynsky, Blue Faced Parrot Finch (2018). Region: Australia. Filet de verre (glass thread). Dimensions: 6 1/8″ x 12 1/8″ x 5 7/8” (15.5 x 31 x 15 cm). ©Toots Zynsky, 2018. Courtesy of the artist.
Art Miami
Five vessels from Toots Zynsky’s newest Endangered Species series will be on display at the Heller Gallery Exhibition in the Art Miami Pavilion’s new location downtown on Biscayne Bay.
The series calls attention to the scale of the rapid decline in bird populations worldwide — and beckons timely action.
Dec. 4-9, 2018
Venice, IT
Dalya Luttwak, Global Warning: First Tropical Mangrove in Venice (detail)(2018). Painted aluminum. Dimensions: 3m x 2m. ©Dalya Luttwak, 2018. Courtesy of the artist.
Giardini Marinaressa
Global Warning: First Tropical Mangrove in Venice, Dalya Luttwak’s sculpture, calls art-lovers at the Venice Biennale to care that rising seas and an ever-warming climate threaten Venice, its people, and its future.
Now through Nov. 25, 2018
Boston, MA
Xavier Cortada, “ΙΧΘΥΣ (Ichthys),” digital art, 2015. Artwork created to welcome Pope Francis’ climate change message and U.S. visit. ©2015 Xavier Cortada
Boston College Higgins Hall
A print of Ichthys, Xavier Cortada’s digital artwork welcoming Pope Francis’ U.S. visit and climate change message, is on display. The original was presented by Honoring the Future to the Vatican emissary in Washington, DC for transmission to Pope Francis. There are no other copies.
Permanent Display