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Sustainability - in art and luxury: More online resources

Resources for studying sustainability in relation to the art world and also luxury business.


Olafur Eliasson and Minik Rosing, Ice Watch, 2018. Ice (dimensions variable). Installation view,
Tate Modern, 13 December 2018. Source: Tim White, Flickr (edited). Licence

 

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Art world in general

Museums and galleries

Luxury and fashion

 

Art world in general

Art + Climate Action
'San Francisco Bay Area collective dedicated to building a sustainable art world.'

 

Art into Acres
'An artist-founded, non-profit environmental initiative.'

 

Centre for Sustainable Design
'Has built world class knowledge and expertise of sustainable innovation and product sustainability.' Based at the University for the Creative Arts, Farnham, Surrey.

 

Circular Arts Network

 

Culture Declares Emergency
'Culture declares a climate and ecological organisation': campaigning organisation with a presence in many countries.

 

Design for Planet Knowledge Hub
'An ongoing collecting of tools, frameworks and resources available to designers to help them address the climate emergency.' From the Design Council, UK.

 

Hard Art
 'A cultural collective standing in solidarity in the face of climate and democratic collapse.'

 

UAL Central Saint Martin's: sustainability and climate emergency
Courses and initiatives at the college, which is part of the University of Arts London.

 

Museums and galleries

Gallery Climate Coalition (GCC)
Aims to 'facilitate the decarbonisation of the visual art sector and promote zero-waste practices.' Sotheby's Institute of Art is a member.  Website includes many excellent links to environmental information and advice.

 

Guggenheim Bilbao: Sustainability and Social Responsibility

 

ICOM Award for Sustainable Development Practice in Museums
The page also gives links to other resources about sustainability from ICOM (International Council of Museums).

 

Museum of Contemporary Art (Los Angeles): MOCA Environmental Council

 

Sustainability in Conservation
'Promoting the practice and starting the conservation for sustainability in conservation.'

 

Tate: tackling the climate emergency
Webpage from the Gallery, with link to the Tate's environmental policy document.

 

Luxury and fashion

Business of Fashion: weekly sustainability briefing
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Centre for Sustainable Fashion
University of the Arts London research centre based at the London College of Fashion. 

 

Fashion Revolution
Resources promoting social and environmental responsibility in fashion.

 

JustStyle sustainability news
News and analysis from the website reporting on apparel sourcing and the textile industry.

 

Maison/0
'The Central Saint Martins-LVMH creative platform for regenerative luxury.'

 

Positive Luxury
About luxury and sustainability. Sign up for their newsletter at the foot of the homepage.  See also their range of reports and papers.

 

Textiles Circularity Centre
At the Royal College of Art, London.