The '''Gallery Climate Coalition''' was established in 2020 to address the carbon footprint of the international art market. As of 2025, it had grown to 1800 members and its goals are in alignment with the Paris Accord as far as a timeline for impact reduction.<ref name="Carollo">{{Cite web |last=Carollo |first=Elisa |date=May 26, 2025 |title=In the Gallery Climate Coalition, the Art Market’s Carbon Problem Meets Its Match |url=https://observer.com/2025/05/interview-heath-lowndes-gallery-climate-coalition-art-industry-sustainability/ |access-date=2025-09-25 |website=Observer |language=en-US}}</ref><ref name="Harris"/> While non-profit organizations including the Tate have addressed climate change and art's impact thereon, this is thought to be the first action taken by the commercial art world.<ref name="tane">{{cite news |last1=Shaw |first1=Anny |title=The Green debate: How can the international art market recover sustainably? |url=https://www.theartnewspaper.com/analysis/what-will-green-recovery-look-like-in-the-art-world |accessdate=31 October 2020 |work=The Art Newspaper |date=29 May 2020}}</ref>
Founding parties include: Thomas Dane, Kate MacGarry, Lisson Gallery's Sadie Coles and Greg Hilty, Frieze Art Fair co-founder Matthew Slotover and director Victoria Siddall.<ref name="tane"/><ref name="las">{{cite news |title=Can the art industry reduce its carbon footprint? |url=https://www.lifestyleasia.com/bk/culture/art-design/art-industry-carbon-footprint/ |accessdate=30 October 2020 |publisher=Lifestyle Asia |date=29 October 2020 |archive-date=1 November 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201101140840/https://www.lifestyleasia.com/bk/culture/art-design/art-industry-carbon-footprint/ |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref name="cafo">{{cite news |last1=Rea |first1=Naomi |title=An Envoy of Eco-Conscious Art Dealers and Insiders Have Created a Simple Tool to Help the Industry Reduce Its Carbon Footprint |url=https://news.artnet.com/market/gallery-climate-coalition-1917341 |accessdate=30 October 2020 |work=artnet news |date=22 October 2020}}</ref>
In 2025, Frances Morris, the former head of the Tate Modern was named the Coalition's inaugural chair.<ref name="Harris">{{Cite web |last=Harris |first=Gareth |date=April 4, 2025 |title=Former Tate chief appointed inaugural chair of Gallery Climate Coalition |url=https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2025/04/04/former-tate-chief-appointed-inaugural-chair-of-gallery-climate-coalition |access-date=2025-09-25 |website=The Art Newspaper - International art news and events |language=en}}</ref>
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==External links== *[https://galleryclimatecoalition.org/ galleryclimatecoalition.org]
Category:Organizations established in 2020 Category:Climate change artists
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