Climate Activists

Jaune Quick-to-See Smith, Echo Map I, 2000
How Environmental Artists Are Fighting Climate Change
While activism and art have long been intertwined, environmental activism and art have a more recent history. Artists have been using their work to call attention to environmental issues since the…
Alexis Rockman, Mt. Vesuvius, Autumn, 79 AD, 2024, Oil and cold wax on wood, 36 x 84 in.
Painter Alexis Rockman Balances Environmental Beauty and Disaster
Alexis Rockman is having a busy year. The multidisciplinary painter's work is currently on display in simultaneous shows across America. At the New York-based gallery Magenta Plains, his show …
Just Stop Oil activists standing by the Rokeby Venus after hitting the protective glass with safety hammers.
Activists Attack Diego Velázquez’s Venus at London's National Gallery
Just Stop Oil protestors attacked Diego Velázquez's famed Rokeby Venus painting at London's National Gallery in possibly the most damaging attack on art by the activist group thus far.