Itinerary:

0:00 Welcome remarks from Ewan Venters, CEO of Hauser & Wirth

6:28 Moderator’s Address by Tim Griffin, writer, curator and Executive Director of The Industry

14:20 Today’s Future: What Does a Sustainable Art World Look Like?
Danny Chivers, Environmental analyst, author and climate action consultant
Kathy Halbreich, Former Director of Robert Rauschenberg Foundation
Naima Keith, Vice President of Education and Public Programs at LACMA
Kibum Kim, Partner, Commonwealth & Council
Haley Mellin, Founder of Art into Acres
Johanna Rietveld, Co-Director of Art Switch, & Anika Schroter, Co-Director of Art Switch

1:20:58 Film contribution from Diana Thater

1:22:45 Cal State LA student-directed documentary We Explore Earth

1:25:10 Cal State LA student-directed documentary LA Crop Swap

1:28:50 Interview between environmental psychologist Paco Underhill and Tim Griffin

1:44:01 Operating Systems and Behavioral Shifts
Laura Lupton, Founding member of Galleries Commit / Artists Commit
Jason Bailer Losh, Director of Business Development, Dietl International
James Merle Thomas, Deputy Director Helen Frankenthaler Foundation
Jodi Roberts, Co-Founder of Art + Climate Action, Executive Director of MarinMOCA
Kelsey Shell, Environmental & Sustainability Strategist, MOCA LA
Cecilia Winter, Project Specialist, Getty Conservation Institute

2:36:00 Environmental Justice, Collectives and Art’s Changing Shape
Andrea Bowers, Artist
Nalleli Cobo, Environmental activist and storyteller, Co-Founder of People Not Pozos (Wells), Co-Founder of South Los Angeles Youth Leadership Coalition
Charles Gaines, Artist
Kevin J. Patel, Founder of OneUpAction International

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Sustainability in Action 2022
The lineup of speakers included artist Pipilotti Rist; Artists Commit; Art Switch; Art to Acres; Christie’s; ClientEarth; Kate MacGarry; Frances Morris, Tate Modern; Gallery Climate Coalition; Hospital Rooms; KiCulture; Paul Tukey of Glenstone Museum and SUPERFLEX. The day-long conference was a hybrid, digital and in real life event, uniting international arts sustainability networks, hosted by Hauser & Wirth CEO Ewan Venters and chaired by art writer, broadcaster and The Art Newspaper correspondent, Louisa Buck.

Following four key themes, the conference explored how artist studios are working towards environmental best practices, collectors who are actively supporting industry-conscious approaches, galleries that are taking immediate action and organizations that are implementing changes within the supply chain. The event featured a special presentation by guest artist speaker Pipilotti Rist, whose studio has long practiced sustainable methods for shipping and travel. Rist’s recent 2021 survey at The Museum of Contemporary Art (MOCA) was the first carbon-calculated exhibition to be organized by the museum.

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Learn more about our first ‘Sustainability in Action’ conference, held in Somerset in 2022.

Learn more about the gallery’s commitment to environmental sustainability.