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Exhibition announcement
This exhibition examines the social and cultural impact of environmental crises on different communities.
Explore the New York Historical Society’s groundbreaking new exhibit Nature, Crisis, Consequence (on view through July 16) which examines the social and cultural impact of environmental crises on different communities across the United States throughout history.
Featuring artwork from the New-York Historical permanent collection, recent acquisitions, and loaned works, the exhibit examines topics ranging from the proto-environmentalism of the Hudson River School to the razing of homes and churches. to clear Central Park at the toll of the transcontinental railroad to calls to action by contemporary Indigenous artists. Highlights include “The Course of Empire,” Thomas Cole’s five-painting meditation on humanity’s relationship with nature; a striking seascape of Kay WalkingStick (Cherokee), which claims the present-day New England coast as aboriginal; and a woven ceramic basket by Courtney M. Leonard (Shinnecock) inspired by the mass fish kills on Long Island caused by climate change.
For more information, visit nyhistory.org.
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