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a cyanotype of a fragment of cloth resembling a botanical specimen, labeled "Gigartina sunday"

Mandy Barker’s Cyanotypes Revive a Pioneering Botanist’s Book to Warn About Synthetic Debris

March 18, 2025

a black-and-white photograph in the Jordanian desert of a group of people in black garments perched on a stack of boxes to create a monolith-like form

Nick Brandt’s Photos Stress the Resilience of Syrian Refugees in the Face of the Climate Crisis

March 5, 2025

a horizontal abstract painting of a landscape at night viewed through the windshield of a car, overlaid with an American Airlines passenger ticket

Paradise and Precarity Merge in Jessica Taylor Bellamy’s Paintings of Los Angeles Life

February 7, 2025

a vertical painting of a female figure seated centrally in the composition, looking to her right and observing a lily within a natural landscape

Elemental Shifts and Enigmatic Narratives Anchor Rupy C. Tut’s Mystical Paintings

February 3, 2025

a landscape painting of a late capitalistic world overrun with dinosaurs. decrepit billboards and advertisements stand in the background, against the burning glow of the sky

Dinosaurs Overrun a World Post Climate Disaster in Michael Kerbow’s Paintings

January 17, 2025

an aerial view of very long, narrow, undulating fields in rural Poland

George Steinmetz Journeys Around the World to Illuminate Where Food Comes From

December 18, 2024

Monarch butterflies fly through greenery, illuminated by the sun

Vital Impacts’ ‘Saving the Monarchs’ Campaign with Jaime Rojo Raises Funds for Conservation

December 12, 2024

a digitally created aerial composite image of numerous disused military airplanes, tanks, and other vehicles

Endless Fields of Detritus Blanket Cássio Vasconcellos’s Aerial Composites

November 12, 2024

a sculpture made from a vintage box with a decorator crab on top, collecting a string of pearls and surrounded by blue coral

Thriving Habitats by Stéphanie Kilgast Emerge from Plastic Bottles and Recycled Objects

October 23, 2024

a photograph of a person standing next to a motorbike, wearing a handmade costume made from white plastic yarn, with woven arms and legs and a torso-head design that resembles coral textures

Mulyana Transforms Plastic Yarn and Netting into Arresting Ocean Textures

October 16, 2024

a cutout temporary artwork of a young child watering a sprouting plant, photographed in a burnt forest

Temporary Interventions by Kobra Convey the Critical Impacts of Increasing Wildfires

October 8, 2024

soft coral grows on the inside and outside of a railcar submerged underwater. fish swim nearby

Off the Coast of Georgia, Marine Life Colonizes Two MARTA Railcars

September 25, 2024

artist Ellie Hannon working on a painting on the aft deck of a research vessel at sunset

Art and Science Set Sail in Schmidt Ocean Institute’s Artist-at-Sea Program

September 17, 2024

an array of small tins and boxes with paintings of the sea on them, arranged neatly on a table

On Vintage Objects, David Cass’s Paintings Summon the Sea

September 5, 2024

a man sits on a concrete bench in a home with brick walls and large round windows

In India, an Undulating Biophilic Farmhouse Wraps Around a Small Mango Grove

August 20, 2024