Can Art Help Save the Planet?
THE NEW YORK TIMES
By Alina Tugend
Saving the planet. It’s not just the subject of passionate political debate. It’s at the heart of a growing number of museum exhibitions this year, including the works of old masters and exhibits built with high-tech innovations, designed to inspire artistic appreciation and a desire to respond to environmental challenges. Among the shows: The much-anticipated “Hudson Rising” at the New-York Historical Society; “Nature’s Nation: American Art and Environment,” in Salem, Mass., which looks at 300 years of American art through an environmental lens; “Documenting Change: Our Climate (Past, Present and Future)” in Boulder, Colo. And more. [More]
By Alina Tugend
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| “The Crucified Land,” by Alexander Hogue (1939), will be on display at the Peabody Essex Museum’s exhibition “Nature’s Nation: American Art and Environment.” Gilcrease Museum, Tulsa |
