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Lead story · Arts & Culture
We are thrilled to announce the first in a new series of Featured Artworks. On roughly a monthy timeline we will exhibit a single work from an artist we know or have recently been introduced to. We are proud to show this wonderful work,…
Arts & Culture·10 June 2026
Pedro Reyes is showing how an object used for harm can be molded into one that promotes life in a project titled “Palas por Pistolas.” Reyes, who originally is from Mexico City, collected 1,527 guns from the Culiacán area in Mexico. The…
ON Network · 1 min read
Arts & Culture·5 February 2026
From next month (September '25), invitations will be sent to 15,000 households across the UK. Using a ‘civic lottery’ 50 participants will be chosen to take part in the process. From these, 20 individuals will form the citizens’ panel,…
NETWORK OF EUROPEAN MUSEUM ORGANISATIONS · 2 min read
Arts & Culture·5 June 2026
Highlights from The Hope Forum 2026: Archipelagos of Hope. Video courtesy of ART 2030.
ART 2030 · 2 min read
Dwelling·27 February 2026
Hannah Spencer, the Green Party candidate, outside a polling station on Thursday, the day of the Gorton and Denton by-election.Credit...Temilade Adelaja/Reuters
NEW YORK TIMES · 5 min read
Education·6 July 2026
Can artificial intelligence benefit all of humanity – safely, fairly and without causing “catastrophic harm”? That is the question at the heart of a major UN summit opening in Geneva on Monday.
UN News - Global perspective Human stories · 4 min read
Arts & Culture·12 June 2026
The Other Tree of Guernica (edited still), 1969. Dir. Pedro Lazaga Sabater.
e-flux Education · 4 min read
Climate·26 April 2026
“A silent cry about the climate crisis and a penetrating meditation on what life is. A film full of ideas that resonate deeply, told as a penetrating dream that shakes you awake.“
ON Network · 8 min read
Arts & Culture·28 July 2026
Among the voices: ’We can either continue on our current path, a treacherous ‘new normal’and sleepwalk into a dystopian future, or we can wake up and turn things around for the better, for humanity and the planet.' Volker Turk, United…
ON Network · 1 min read
Arts & Culture·17 February 2026
ON Ed - while this essay is from 2021, it still feels relevant in 2026
THE GREAT TRANSITION INITIATIVE · 15 min read
Arts & Culture·11 February 2026
ON SOURCE: AMOL RAJAN INSTAGRAM Sir Ian McKellen quoting Shakespeare from 400 years ago, drawing a parallel with the inhumaity of our times, how the voices of division, along with their false promises, are becoming louder, scapegoating…
AMOL RAJAN INSTAGRAM · 2 min read
Arts & Culture·16 March 2026
Capitalism has created a world of bullshit abundance, where we have too much of what we don't need and too little of what we truly do. This hollow pursuit, achieved at the expense of both people and the planet, has forced us to confront…
ABUNDANCE · 2 min read
Arts & Culture·15 February 2026
The Phoenix is the redevelopment of a 7.9 hectare brownfield site within the South Downs National Park, brought forward by Human Nature , a campaigning development company, working with some of the UK’s leading architects, designers and…
PLEASE VISIT HERE TO READ THE FULL STORY ON THE PHOENIX INTERACTIVE WEBSITE · 1 min read
Dwelling·21 July 2026
UN Under-Secretary-General and UN Women Executive Director Sima Bahous delivers remarks to the Security Council open debate on women and peace and security, UN headquarters, 17 June 2026. Photo: UN Women/Ryan Brown.
UN WOMEN - FOR ALL WOMEN AND GIRLS · 6 min read
Climate·10 June 2026
We, this people, on a small and lonely planet Traveling through casual space Past aloof stars, across the way of indifferent suns To a destination where all signs tell us It is possible and imperative that we learn A brave and startling…
ON Network · 3 min read
Arts & Culture·5 June 2026
The Olive Network is a progressive media resource for elevating long-term thinking and amplifying voices of reason
ON Network · 1 min read
Arts & Culture·21 April 2026
This week, I found this post on Instagram and it rang bells - ON Ed
ON Network · 2 min read
Arts & Culture·19 February 2026
Mayor Mamdani's speech at the NYC Interfaith Breakfast | Feb 6, 2026 This city is home to people of countless faiths. But no matter what you believe, one thing unites us: we are all New Yorkers. We will not allow ICE to terrorize our…
NYC MAYOR'S OFFICE · 1 min read
Education·28 August 2026
ON SOURCE: EUROPEAN CORRESPONDENT Drought My first-ever presentation in primary school was about water. Back then I couldn't have known how much scarcer it would get before I even grew up, or that Europe's rivers are drying up and revealing 400-year-old warnings. Europe's rivers are warning us with
EUROPEAN CORRESPONDENT · 1 min read
Climate·28 July 2026
ON SOURCE: SDG KNOWLEDGE HUB The Court Has Spoken. So Has the Assembly. What’s Next? by Aditi Shetye , Mariana Campos , and Jule Schnakenberg , Global Secretariat, World’s Youth for Climate Justice STORY HIGHLIGHTS The plenary debate on…
SDG KNOWLEDGE HUB · 11 min read
Climate·24 June 2026
“This latest heatwave in Europe is a brutal reminder of the spiraling impacts of the climate crisis, both human and economic,' Simon Stiell said in a statement. | Alberto Pizzoli/AFP via Getty Images
POLITICO · 3 min read
Dwelling·5 June 2026
Pope Leo XIV leads the mass in the Malabo Stadium in Malabo, Equatorial Guinea on 23 April 2026. Photograph: Luca Zennaro/EPA
THE GUARDIAN · 6 min read
Systems Change·19 April 2026
ON SOURCE: Global Progressive Mobilisation Global Progressive Mobilisation brought together global leaders to stand up for democracy “The future has called upon you, and you have answered that call”. The Secretary General of the PSOE
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Story·24 September 2026
Climate change is a global health problem. Learn how research and science-based solutions can prevent it from getting worse and protect the communities most at risk.
Wellcome · 3 min read
Climate·3 September 2026
As Greenpeace International explains in its policy briefing, a just transition is more than simply swapping coal, oil and gas for renewables. It is an opportunity to transform energy, transport, industrial and other systems so they are more secure and affordable, reduce inequality, protect ecosystems and shift power from elites and multi-billion-dollar corporations to people.
GREENPEACE · 8 min read
Systems Change·28 August 2026
ON SOURCE: SDG KNOWLEDGE HUB ECOSOC Forum Places Youth at Forefront of Sustainable Development STORY HIGHLIGHTS The three-day event took place under the theme, ‘Youth at the Forefront: Leveraging Science and Social Inclusion for Sustainab
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Education·19 August 2026
ON SOURCE: FORUM FOR THE FUTURE The Polycrisis Calls for Polysolutions Written by Mareyah Bhatti from Forum for the Future. Earlier this month, I had the pleasure of attending the Food Planet Prize event in Båstad, Sweden. It was a great opportunity to celebrate ambitious food system work from acros
FORUM FOR THE FUTURE · 1 min read
Climate·7 August 2026
By Sophie Grouwels, Forestry Officer, Forest and Farm Facility, FAO
SDG KNOWLEDGE HUB · 4 min read
Dwelling·28 July 2026
Nearly two decades of data show how the Multilateral System operates as a living mechanism supporting research, breeding, and global collaboration.
SDG KNOWLEDGE HUB · 6 min read
Economics·6 July 2026
When the UN High-Level Expert Group (HLEG) released its report, ‘Counting What Counts: A Compass of Progress for People and Planet,’ it brought decades of critique about the limitations of Gross Domestic Product (GDP) to the forefront of…
SDG KNOWLEDGE HUB · 8 min read
Climate·26 June 2026
More than a decade after world nations agreed on a set of goals to guide global sustainable development, progress remains “significantly off track,” according to a new analysis.
EARTH.ORG · 4 min read
Economics·23 June 2026
Abir Al Sahlani adressing the European Parliament: Abir Al-Sahlani is an Iraqi-born Swedish Member of the
ON Network · 1 min read
Dwelling·11 June 2026
Astrid Puentes Riaño, United Nations special rapporteur on the right to a healthy environment at the UN Human Rights Council in Geneva, 6 March 2026. (UN Human Rights Council/Anastasiia Lavrenteva)
GENEVA SOLUTIONS · 7 min read
Systems Change·10 June 2026
Illustration: Eleanor Shakespeare/The Guardian Opinion/ Poverty ON SOURCE: THE GUARDIAN Wed 10 Jun 2026 10.00 CEST We economists have done the maths: ‘growth’ is a doomed strategy – there is a better way Olivier De Schutter , Joseph Stigli
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Systems Change·5 June 2026
ON SOURCE: Global Progressive Mobilisation Uniting the world's progressive forces for a more just, equal, and sustainable future. About the Event As the world faces critical turmoil, the Global Progressive Mobilisation (GPM) offers a ne
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Education·29 May 2026
WIKIPEDIA: Francesca Paola Albanese (Italian: [franˈtʃeska ˈpaːola albaˈneːze, -eːse] ; born 30 March 1977) is an Italian legal scholar and expert on human rights . She has served as the United Nations (UN) Special Rapporteur on the…
INSTAGRAM · 2 min read
Dwelling·28 May 2026
The 13th session of the World Urban Forum (WUF13) took stock of global efforts to steer urban development towards inclusive, sustainable, and resilient cities in the face of increasing climate change impacts, conflicts, and urbanization.…
SDG KNOWLEDGE HUB · 3 min read
Charities·21 May 2026
Speech given by Mirjana Spoljaric, President of the International Committee of the Red Cross, at the UN Security Council Open Debate on the Protection of Civilians in Armed Conflict – 20 May 2026, New York
INTERNATIONAL COMMITTEE OF THE RED CROSS · 4 min read
Climate·1 May 2026
“By the end of 2025, renewables accounted for 49% of global installed power capacity, and comprised 85.6% of annual global power additions, largely due to significant growth in solar and wind power,” said Francesco La Camera,…
EARTH . ORG · 3 min read
Systems Change·29 April 2026
Climate & Environment Climate Change News Published on April 28, 2026 10:47. / Updated on April 28, 2026 21:42. ON SOURCE: GENEVA SOLUTIONS Civil society demands action from governments at first fossil fuel-free conference in Colombia
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Climate·26 April 2026
The President-designate of the 2026 UN Climate Change Conference (UNFCCC COP 31) announced the Turkish Presidency’s intention to find “common ground to build a safer world and a more secure global economy for humanity as climate impacts…
SDG KNOWLEDGE HUB · 2 min read
Charities·16 March 2026
The hills surrounding Ahbohibary Kofay used to be filled with birdsong, says Lydia, who tends a small rice paddy outside the tiny village at the bottom of Bemolanga valley. That was until this area in Western Madagascar was laid to waste…
UNEP · 4 min read
Climate·5 March 2026
A recent conversation with Sato Ichiro, Executive Senior Research Fellow at the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) Ogata Research Institute, and Csaba Kőrösi, a Hungarian diplomat who served as President of the 77th session of…
SDG KNOWLEDGE HUB · 5 min read
United Nations·7 February 2026
Our planet’s survival depends on the precious link with soil. Over 95 percent of our food comes from soils. Besides, they supply 15 of the 18 naturally occurring chemical elements essential to plants.
FOOD AND AGRICULTURE ORGANISATION OF THE UNITED NATIONS · 2 min read
United Nations·24 January 2026
Today, 250 million children and adolescents are out of school and 763 million adults are illiterate, according to UNESCO.
UNITED NATIONS INTERNATIONAL DAY OF EDUCATION · 3 min read
United Nations·28 July 2026
UNHCR A Sudanese refugee carrying her child at a UNHCR registration center in Cairo, Egypt.
UN News · 5 min read
Systems Change·17 February 2026
‘Capitalism cares about our species’ prospects as much as a wolf cares about the lamb’s.’ Photograph: Minerva Studio/Alamy ON SOURCE: THE GUARDIAN Thu 12 Feb 2026 13.00 GMT We can move beyond the capitalist model and save the climate – h
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New Museum·14 April 2026
School teacher Saber Hosseini from Bamyan, Afghanistan, cycles more than an hour to deliver books to children in remote villages in the province.
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Feed · 05/10/2026
Bildmuseet presents exhibitions by Nina Mangalanayagam and Anneli Furmark.
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Feed · 02/10/2026
Artecinema, an international film festival of documentaries regarding contemporary art, was established in 1996 with the objective of making various facets of contemporary art known to the public at large.
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Feed · 28/09/2026
Gennevilliers Art Center presents Bert Theis: Utopies situées.
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Feed · 24/09/2026
As world leaders head to the UN General Assembly in New York this week, we confront a paradox. The global community is more interdependent than ever, even as it becomes more fragmented and polarized. Our economies are deeply intertwined. Technology links billions of people across borders, while capital, goods, data and ideas move at speeds that would have been unimaginable when the United Nations was founded in 1945.
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Feed · 15/09/2026
The Vera List Center for Art and Politics is excited to announce the Vera List Center Forum 2026, presented at The New School on October 9 & 10.
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Feed · 13/09/2026
Buy SYMPOSIUM: Extreme Climate: Extreme Architecture at Messums. View artwork details, pricing, and secure checkout.
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Feed · 25/08/2026
9,863 likes, 224 comments - steveabelthereal on August 20, 2026: "Third Reading of Fonterra citizen rights extinguishment Bill. Apple earth part 1 of 3. #4billiondead #actuaries #climate #nzpol".
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Feed · 04/08/2026
373 likes, 30 comments - channel4news on July 30, 2026: "Speaking to Channel 4 News, European Commissioner for Equality, Preparedness and Crisis Management, said the wildfires ravaging Europe were now being described as “Dante’s Inferno”, warning that climate change was reshaping the continent’s disaster landscape. The comparison to the first part of the epic poem - written by Dante Alighieri and charting a fictional journey through hell - comes as France, Spain and Greece continue to battle major wildfires that have burned hundreds of thousands of hectares this summer and led to more than 200,000 evacuations. Wildfires are becoming more frequent, more intense and lasting longer, particularly in Europe due to climate change. #EU #Wildfires #ClimateChange #Channel4News".
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Feed · 04/08/2026
AI is accelerating the extractive powers of capitalism—but the earthquake it’s setting off may crack open pathways toward a transformation that once seemed decades away.
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Feed · 01/08/2026
Carried by rivers, held by lands takes form here as a group exhibition that gathers a set of artist projects developed through exchanges, gatherings, and site-responsive processes that continue beyond…
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Feed · 20/07/2026
Artificial intelligence (AI) is moving faster than governments can keep up.
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Feed · 16/07/2026
The visual arts have treated climate action as an ethical obligation. But, as extreme weather, rising costs and supply-chain disruption reshape the sector, sustainability must also become a strategy for resilience
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Feed · 06/07/2026
Amid broader international efforts to govern artificial intelligence, the United Nations is holding a Global Dialogue this week in Geneva, arguing it will give all countries a seat at the table.
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Feed · 03/07/2026
Grand Tour—2026 International Youth Art Dialogue at China Academy of Art.
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Feed · 24/06/2026
Heatwaves can damage hearts, kidneys, lungs and infrastructure.
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Feed · 18/06/2026
with Matteo Pasquinelli, Giorgio Cesarale, Stevphen Shukaitis, David Wengrow, Bima Satria Putra, Elvia Wilk, Vinícius Portella, Aldo Kempen, Andrew Sungtaek, Martabel Wasserman, Nato Thompson, Claire Pentecost, Brooke Singer, David Garcia, Rich Pell, Lucas Fortunato, Nicola Triscott, Lynn Hershman Leeson, Samuel Ashford, Doug Ashford, Julie Ault, and Trevor Paglen
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Feed · 10/06/2026
Refik Anadol’s Dataland is a whirling, glaring, hyper-stimulating audio-visual-olfactory voyage that has more in common with Disneyland.
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Feed · 08/06/2026
Editorial: A belated change of policy on nude digital images of children must be part of a wider reset
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Feed · 24/05/2026
A startling admission by a Times journalist has revealed how political journalism and power really works in Westminster, reports Peter Oborne
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Feed · 19/05/2026
Research from UCL suggests visiting art galleries or museums, singing and painting can help improve health outcomes.
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Feed · 08/05/2026
The Venice Biennale’s international art exhibition is an unexpected symphony that asks us to ponder what may otherwise be overlooked.
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Feed · 08/05/2026
Activists led by the Art Not Genocide Alliance blocked the entrance to Israel’s pavilion while waving Palestinian flags on the first day of exhibition previews.
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Feed · 05/05/2026
As cities emptied on the eve of Russia’s full-scale invasion, artist Zhanna Kadyrova’s defiant concrete sculpture began its odyssey to this year’s festival
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Feed · 03/05/2026
Unintended consequence of US president’s actions will be boon for China, the leading renewables manufacturer
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Feed · 03/05/2026
In resonance with the 61st Venice Biennale: Minor Keys, curated by Koyo Kouoh, Asia Forum 2026 takes as its departure point a concept both intimate and political: Minor Feelings.
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Feed · 01/05/2026
At world-first Santa Marta climate meeting, delegates say it was ‘euphoric’ to finally be focusing on concrete solutions
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Feed · 01/05/2026
Join us this May at e-flux for programs exploring acts of self-recording under authoritarian rule; how operativism can be rethought today; how U.S. immigration enforcement has evolved into a multi-billion-dollar industry shaped by private profit and political power; forms of remembrance that exceed linear time; the importance of maintaining and preserving the Black archive in the face of institutional neglect; and ekphrastic communion that considers writing about art as a form of survival and thought.
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Feed · 26/04/2026
Official Global Media Hub. Santa Marta, Colombia. April 24–29, 2026.
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Feed · 26/04/2026
Kunsthall Trondheim’s spring–fall 2026 performance and public program continues our annual curatorial inquiry into the norms and systems that govern inclusion and exclusion, bringing artists and communities together around questions of what gets nourished and what gets suppressed in bodies, languages, histories, and streets.
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Feed · 26/04/2026
The Nonument Group is an art and research collective focused on hidden, abandoned, erased or forgotten architecture and public spaces.
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Feed · 25/04/2026
The artist Yto Barrada unveiled his project for the French Pavilion at the 61? La Biennale di Venezia International Art Exhibition (May 9 - November 22, 2026) at a press conference held at the Halle Saint-Pierre on March 25.
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