ECHO ART FOUNDATION is a non-profit organization whose mission is to provide support and advocacy for contemporary artistic projects without imposing hierarchies based on artistic trends, forms of expression, or ideological orientations.
The organization comprises associates, directors, and founding members with diverse expertise spanning education, culture, science, institutional strengthening, cooperation for information development, and environmental protection. Our foundation also actively encourages volunteering and fosters artistic creations, whether individual, collaborative, or addressing social issues that are at risk of exclusion.
These endeavors encompass various themes, including emigration, race, and gender, and they emphasize expressions of resilience and the methods for constructing, fortifying, and expanding one’s unique artistic universe.
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Bj f6rn Perssons The Earth We Share Traces Endangered Lives from Kilimanjaro to Antarctica
Bj f6rn Persson 19s forthcoming Rizzoli book, The Earth We Share: Extraordinary Photography of Our Vanishing Species, spans the Tanzanian grasslands around Mount Kilimanjaro to Antarctica and includes a preface by the late Dr. Jane Goodall. Slated for release on September 8, it frames endangered wildlifefrom running giraffes to a stoic American bison and family scenes of lions and cheetahsas a hopeful call for conservation amid poaching, habitat loss, and the climate crisis.
Back-to-Back Seascapes: Leslie Wayne Maps Rising Waters at Governors Island
Leslie Waynes The Unintended Blues presents large-scale paintings of melting icebergs in the Arctic Circle, Manhattan, harbor construction, and vulnerable U.S. coastlines, installed back-to-back on metal posts to invite viewing in the round. Part of the Lower Manhattan Cultural Counsels 2026 River to River Festival, the exhibition is on view through September 27 at the Arts Center at Governors Island.
Spinning Light: Luca Battaglia’s European Carousels and the Memory of Public Space
In his ongoing series Ticket non remboursable, Luca Battaglia photographs carousels across Europe with 20–30-second long exposures, dissolving their ornate structures into bands of light that evoke memory and public space. Locations noted with the images include Toulouse, Grenoble, Paris, Nice, Marseille, Dijon, Deauville, Honfleur, and Tikkimäki.
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