‘Sustainability In Action’ 2022
Hosting our first conference in Somerset, bringing together leading voices from art industry to share knowledge around environmental sustainability
As part of our ongoing commitment to facilitating dialogue and disseminating information with the global art community, ‘Sustainability In Action’ provides a dynamic platform for action-focused industry collaboration, dialogue and knowledge sharing.
Taking place on Friday 15 July 2022 at Hauser & Wirth Somerset, the inaugural 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.
The line up 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.
Photos: Clare Walsh
Following four key themes, the conference explored how artist studios are working towards environmental best practice, 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.
‘‘Sustainability In Action’ is a forum for change-makers within our sector to share and engage in active dialogue that leads to real action across the art ecosystem. At Hauser & Wirth we have accelerated our actions to cultivate a more sustainable future for our artists and communities and are committed to supporting, enabling and learning so that more can be done more readily. We are fully aware that the sharing of knowledge is key to shifting the way in which the sector operates longer-term and are committed to creating opportunities to do so.’—Ewan Venters
Photos: Clare Walsh
Itinerary:
Welcome 0:00
Introduction from Ewan Venters, CEO of Hauser & Wirth
Chairs' Address 5:34
Chairs’ address by Louisa Buck, Contemporary Art Correspondent at The Art Newspaper
Artists, Studios & Commissions
10:26 Working towards environmental best practice
13:21 Bjørnstjerne Christiansen, Co-Founder, SUPERFLEX
22:31 Natalie Tilbury, COO, Hospital Rooms
33:45 Deville Cohen, Artists Commit & Laura Lupton, Galleries Commit
44:08 Johanna Rietveld, Founder & Co-Director, Art Switch & Anika Schroter, Co-Director, Art Switch
56:43 Haley Mellin, Founder, Art to Acres
Conscious Collecting 1:08:55
Developing and maintaining collections with responsibility Frances Morris, Director, Tate Modern Paul Tukey, Director of Environmental Stewardship, Glenstone Museum David Roberts, The Roberts Institute of Art Isla Angus, Music & Culture Partnerships, ClientEarth
Galleries Taking Action 1:59:56
Empowering galleries with resources to instigate change Heath Lowndes, Managing Director and Co-Founder of Gallery Climate Coalition Kate MacGarry, Director of Kate MacGarry Gallery and Founding Member and Trustee of the Gallery Climate Coalition Caitlin Southwick, Founder and Executive Director, Ki Culture and Sustainability in Conservation Cliodhna Murphy, Global Head of Environmental Sustainability, Hauser & Wirth
Accountability in the Supply Chain 2:38:14
Understanding how we should work together Simon Hornby, Senior Vice President and General Manager, Crozier Europe Hannah Wright, Registrar, Thomas Dane Gallery Tom Woolston, Global Head of Operations, Christie’s Jason Bailer Losh, Director of Business Development, Dietl International Adam Prideaux, Managing Director of Hallet Independent
Future Practice 3:18:54
What we should take away from today
Closing comments from the chair, Louisa Buck
Radić Pavilion, Oudolf Field, Hauser & Wirth Somerset. Photo: Jason Ingram
Developed by our Global Head of Environmental Sustainability, Cliodhna Murphy, the conference initiated conversation and debate around key learnings in relation to the gallery’s climate action plan, with a focus on the decarbonization of the Somerset site and commitment to reduce emissions by at least 50% before 2030. As part of the four central pillars to the day, the group focused specifically on ways in which we can collectively develop scope 3 working standard (flights and shipping) within the Science Based Targets initiative (SBTi).
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Learn more about the gallery’s commitment to environmental sustainability.
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