Dear Earth: Art and Hope in a Time of Crisis

Part of Planet Summer, the Southbank Centre's summer program focusing on the climate crisis, Hayward Gallery presents Dear Earth: Art and Hope in a Time of Crisis – a hopeful and compasionate exhibition, inspiring a (new) sense of connection with the nature and inviting the audience to consider the unique and evolving role art has in today's climate debate and activism.

Installation view of Imani Jacqueline Brown, Dear Earth: Art and Hope in a Time of Crisis (21 Jun –⁠ 3 Sep 2023). Photo: Mark Blower. Courtesy the Hayward Gallery.

The group exhibition showcases the work of fifteen international artists, as well as new commissions from artists and community groups including Hito Steyerl, Cornelia Parker, Daiara Tukano, Richard Mosse, Jenny Kendler, Grounded Ecotherapy, Ackroyd & Harvey and John Gerrard, marking the first time Tukano's and Aluaiy Kaumakan's work is shown in a major UK art institution.

Rachel Thomas, Chief Curator of the Hayward Gallery, says: "The exhibition Dear Earth: Art and Hope in a Time of Crisis brings together three generations of artists who offer us compelling ways to reflect and reset our relationship to the major environmental issues of our time. Designed to engage us on multiple levels, their artworks are a source of inspiration, hope and resilience. This is an exhibition that aims not to breed despair, but to bring audiences closer to this overwhelming subject in ways that can spark active and imaginative responses."

Agnes Denes, Isometric Systems in Isotropic Space - Map Projections, The Snail, 1979. Watercolour, pen, ink, and silkscreen on paper, Mylar. 61 x 76 cm. © Agnes Denes.

Dear Earth: Art and Hope in a Time of Crisis is open at the Hayward Gallery until 3rd September.