The Melting World

Olafur Eliasson’s ‘Ice Watch’ is a recurring work of public art that connects us with the world as physical and emotional beings

Environmental art has been a thing since the mid-nineteenth century but has moved to the forefront of culture over the last few decades. Now, to coincide with COP26 (the 2021 United Nations Climate Change Conference), a plethora of environmentally aware arts and activism events are scheduled in and around the host city of Glasgow, Scotland …and beyond. After all, it’s a global issue…