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• A long-term investment in art produces and supports cultural and educational values that are different from traditional investments.
• Investing in art is therefore not just an investment in a 'tangible' asset, it is also a fun and 'presentable' investment in our collective future."
• Artprice: "Art is today widely considered as an alternative investment which not only offers high returns but also a low correlation to typical financial assets.
• "I congratulate Olivier Bourdelas for the creation of the FrenchArtFund, the first Art Investment fund regulated by the AMF.

• Climate activism has been on a wild ride lately, from the shock tactics of young activists throwing soup on famous paintings to a surge in climate lawsuits by savvy plaintiffs.
• While some people consider disruptive “antics” like attacking museum artwork with food to be confusing and alienating for the public, research into social movements shows there is a method to the seeming madness.

• I study the role of disruptive politics and social movements in global climate policy and have chronicled the ebb, flow and dynamism of climate activism over time.
• In meetings with global activists in recent weeks, my colleagues and I have noticed a shifting emphasis to local climate battles – in the streets, political arenas and courtrooms.

When global institutions fail the public

• Activist groups have long relied on a strategy known as the boomerang effect – using international networks and global institutions such as the United Nations’ climate talks to influence national governments’ policy choices.
• The growing influence of the fossil fuel industry, whose products are the leading cause of global warming, has left some activists seriously questioning whether the U.N. climate process is still useful.

• Some people argue that oil companies have to be part of the solution.
• But the conference was overrun by a record number of oil and gas lobbyists more than 2,400 of them.
• And it was tainted by allegations that it was being used to further, rather than halt, fossil fuel development.

Climate activists go local

• In response to the weakness of global climate negotiations and failing climate policy, my colleagues and I are seeing signs of activists turning more to their local roots.
• Notably, we are seeing a ramp-up in sophisticated legal battles over climate change.

In 2023, a judge in Montana recognized the state’s constitutional duty to protect residents from climate change. In another case, a court in The Netherlands in 2021 set a precedent by ordering the oil company Shell to reduce its emissions by 45% by 2030 in official compliance with the international Paris climate agreement.

How radical spectacles create space for progress

• When radical activism takes place at the same time as formal institutional challenges, studies show the combination can help increase support for more moderate activism.
• Researchers call this the “radical flank effect.” It was effective for both the civil rights and feminist movements, and it is evident in other political movements in the U.S. today.
• When people are exposed to radical forms of environmental protest, they become aware of the problems.
• Days later, the U.K. Parliament declared a climate emergency – the first country to do so.

• President Joe Biden made climate change a focus of his first campaign, but activists aren’t getting anywhere close to everything they want and have made Biden a recent target of climate protests and even hecklers.
• While court decisions rarely produce radical societal change, they are frequently followed by legislative changes that meet more moderate demands.

The real aim

• Criticism of extreme activism often misses a crucial point: The public’s reaction isn’t necessarily the activists’ end goal.
• Often, their ultimate aim is to influence government and business decision-makers.
• When looking at climate activism, pundits should be cautioned in their criticism of what they see as a “disjointed movement.” The perceived madness is indeed method.

Shannon Gibson is affiliated with the Gibson Climate Justice Lab and Global Justice Ecology Project.

• Art Authority LLC is proud to announce the opening of the Art Authority Museum.
• Art Authority has been bringing art to all the world since its day-one iPhone app in 2008.
• To take the tour, Vision Pro users go to the Vision Pro App Store, download and run the free Art Authority Museum app.
• We view the Art Authority Museum as the pinnacle of our mission," said Alan Oppenheimer, Founding Director of the Museum, and an Art Authority co-founder.

• NEW YORK, NY, Jan. 23, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Eminence Rise Media is thrilled to announce the exhibit of a painting by the famous Russian Artist, Kazimir Malevich, at the Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) in Paris.
• The Museum of Modern Art Paris, with more than 15,000 works of art, represents the wealth of the artistic creation and shows the diverse art trends of the 20th and 21st century.
• For this year, the GPF chose the theme "Art and Peace" for this exhibition, because they firmly believe in the capacity of culture to generate peace.
• Kazimir Malevich (1879-1935), was a Russian avant-garde artist and art theorist, whose pioneering work and writing had a profound influence on the development of non-objective, or abstract art, in the 20th century.