art

Welcome to our autumn special issue on uncivilised art now available in our online shop. We set off today with an editorial 'tree map' of the book and the stunning covers by Canadian artist and forest activist Kyle Scheurmann.

To mark Remembrance Day for Lost Species (30th November) and the closing of the innovative ONCA gallery in Brighton, we are republishing a piece written in 2014 by their former co-director Persephone Pearl.

Fellow lichenologist and artist Nastassja Noell reviews 'The Lichen Musuem' by A. Laurie Palmer and its transdisciplinary approach to lichen biology, ecology and biomorphic patterns for equitable, thriving futures.

In the second selection from our new Issue 26: Dark Ocean, Savannah Pearson writes a letter to a 15th-century painter of ‘sumptuous’ still lives, highlighting the losses of the once-teeming ocean. With artwork from the issue by John Weeden.

This week in our archive month, Anthea Lawson selects Mat Osmond's penetrating essay on the visionary artist Meinrad Craighead and the relationships between, attention, heart, imagination and the living world. From Issue 13.

Third post in our series on wildfire: photographers Eric Zeigler and Aaron Ellison make a pilgrimage to some of the oldest living beings, the Bristlecone pines of Nevada's Great Basin.

The final post for Our Dark Materials, series editor Caroline Ross speaks with artist and calligrapher Joumana Medlej about transformation, natural pigment and craft ancestors.