This important new art exhibition opened at the New-York Historical Society just in time for Earth Month. Nature, Crisis, Consequence, on view through July 16, explores the social and cultural impact of the environmental crisis on different communities across America. Subjects include the proto-environmentalism of the Hudson River School, the razing of homes to clear land for Central Park, the environmental and human tolls of the transcontinental railroad, and Indigenous artists’ calls to environmental action.
"This soul-searching exhibition illustrates the historical contest between humans and nature through art, and focuses on the enduring consequences of centuries of man-made ecological degradations in America," the museum's board chair Agnes Hsu-Tang said in a press release.