Art Switch’s 2023 Edition of [re]Framing the Arts — Nature Thinking — brings together a dynamic series of events including talks, movie screenings, and performances between October 21 — 27, 2023 in New York. The programming will take place throughout the city thanks to partnerships with Amant, Anthology Film Archives, Hauser & Wirth, and Swiss Institute. In this fifth iteration, we will shift our attention towards nature, its central position and impact on the arts. The programming series will bring together artists, curators, cinematographers, directors, and academics to discuss how nature and artistic creation can be in symbiosis when aligned…

Art Switch virtual conference series is returning with a fourth edition on Friday, July 9th. In this specially curated session we have invited speakers on the topic of new materials and new-uses of known materials to explore how we can shift to a more environmentally and socially friendly ethos within the arts. Topics include: the fabric and implementation of future materials; case studies from a database featuring the life cycle assessment of materials; the structural adaptation of new research and material guidelines in the arts sector; and what the arts sector can learn from other fields and their materials. This…

Art Switch virtual conference series is returning with its third edition on Thursday, April 29, creating conversations between cutting edge voices on environmental sustainability in the arts. In this specially curated session we are narrowing our perspective on Art Logistics, including Transportation, Packaging and Climate Control, with a uniquely future oriented lens envisioning scenarios and potential practices of the near and far future. Topics include: How models of circular economy can find implementation inside art institutions and be adopted by artist studios; innovation in the design of biodegradable frames and packaging, what art shipping and transport might look like in…

Art Switch virtual conference series is returning with its second edition on Friday, January 29, 2021, bringing together innovative voices and practitioners who are shaping matters of sustainability in the arts. In this specially curated edition, [re]Shaping Exhibition Practices, we’ll discuss the role museums and galleries can play to rethink the conventional format of an exhibition and its immediate impact on the planet. Our speakers will explore sustainability in curatorial practice, discuss the structure and process of loans, consider what the art market can do to create environmentally-conscious exhibitions, and question how we can shift our thinking around blockbuster exhibitions,…

In this first edition, Institutional Approaches to Sustainability, we will focus on the structural and institutional shift towards a carbon-zero arts sector. We will discover the options for an environmentally sustainable building, discuss the organizational choices behind sustainable storage facilities, and learn about sustainable climate control systems. The speakers will also discuss how we might engage both individual operations and those on the international scale in adopting practices aligned with the UN Sustainable Development Goals. If sustainability is an organizational priority, how can we adopt a holistic approach within our arts organizations and take responsibility for our actions?