‘Not just a problem of science’: how the environmental crisis is also cultural

Photo caption: Sir William Strickland – View of Ballston Springs, New York, through the Trees, c 1794. Photograph: New-York Historical Society, Gift of Reverend J.E. Strickland. Article by Veronica Esposito. The Guardian – May 1, 2023.

An interrogative exhibition at the New-York Historical Society examines the social, cultural and civil rights impact of development and devastation

“I want people to understand that the environmental crisis is bound up inextricably in our cultural world and how we relate to each other,” Dr Wendy Nālani E Ikemoto is discussing Nature, Crisis, Consequence, which she curated for the New-York Historical Society. The show juxtaposes classics of 19th-century American naturalism with works by artists from communities […]

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