At Portugal’s Serralves Museum, Mushrooms Are Works of Art
A heady and poetic exhibition titled “The Art of the Mushrooms,” curated by Francesca Gavin, features the evocative work of 20 mushroom-loving artists.
August 11, 2022
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In 2014, author Ursula K. Le Guin gave a short talk about how to live in the anthropocene, arguing that humans should approach nature with more subjectivity and empathy. Instead of cold taxonomy and thoughtless industry, Le Guin reflected on what it would mean to collapse distance between person and plant, and classify flora, fauna, and fungi as “kinfolk.”