TERESITA FERNÁNDEZ, Island Universe 2, 2023. Charcoal, 197.1 x 769.6 x 7.6 cm. Collection of the Vancouver Art Gallery, Acquisition Fund. Courtesy the artist and Lehmann Maupin, New York, Seoul, and London. Photo: Dan Bradica
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On International Day of Climate Action, the Vancouver Art Gallery announced Future Geographies: Art in the Century of Climate Change, the first major exhibition in Canada to examine the intersection of the climate crisis and contemporary art on a global scale. Featuring works from the past 25 years, this landmark exhibition underscores the urgency and relevance of sustainability and the environment as defining issues of our time.
Presented in a city celebrated for its natural beauty and the founding home of Greenpeace, Future Geographies resonates locally and globally. Organized by internationally acclaimed curator Eva Respini, the exhibition will travel to the Art Gallery of Ontario following its debut in Vancouver.
“Artists are not scientists nor journalists, but they can make us see differently. Through works searing, poetic and hopeful, Future Geographies reinforces the vital role that contemporary art plays in shaping public dialogue and imagining new possibilities,” says Respini, Interim Co-CEO and Curator-at-Large at the Vancouver Art Gallery. “Future Geographies asks: How do we face ecological collapse with anything other than despair? In this century shaped by climate change, that act of imagining is both a necessity and a form of resistance.”
Future Geographies: Art in the Century of Climate Change is organized by the Vancouver Art Gallery and curated by Eva Respini, Interim Co-CEO and Curator-at-Large, with Andrea Valentine-Lewis, Curatorial Assistant. The exhibition opens on Sunday, May 17, 2026, and runs until January 10, 2027. The exhibition will be on view at the Art Gallery of Ontario from March to September 2027. The presentation at the AGO is led by Debbie Johnsen, Assistant Curator, Contemporary Art.
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