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In dandelions and fireflies, artists try to make sense of climate change

  • Written by Kate Flint, Provost Professor of Art History and English, University of Southern California – Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences
In dandelions and fireflies, artists try to make sense of climate changeVisitors walk through Japanese artist Yayoi Kusama's installation 'Fireflies on the Water.'maurizio mucciola/flickr, CC BY-NC-ND

Climate change is real, it’s accelerating and it’s terrifying. We are adding carbon to the atmosphere at a rate 100 times faster than any previous natural increases, such as those that occurred at the end of...

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