A new company has vowed to stop the "make-use-destroy" mechanism that museums and galleries employ to send artwork across the world as record temperatures are being recorded.
As Europe continues to experience record high temperatures, the art industry's carbon footprint—a field often linked to waste, excess, and splurge—is coming under closer examination. The necessity to publish their environmental, social, and corporate governance (ESG) numbers has put pressure on many commercial galleries and museums to reduce their emissions and environmental effect.
The British Museum in London, meanwhile, has released a 'Sustainability Ethos' in which it makes the following commitment: "Improving sustainability throughout all aspects of the British Museum's operation and supply chains, from energy usage to waste management, from buildings to programming, from our global collaborations to new connections." According to Stramentov, "Roxbox loop reduces the CO2, expense, and waste of moving art." "The platform could reduce the carbon emissions for shipping to art fairs by up to 90%," he claims.