Foredrag for KLIMER: Climate, environment and energy, Department of Archaeology, Conservation and History, University of Oslo. Abstract: The term “aesthetic” comes in a broad and a narrow version. In its broad sense, closely related to the original Greek word aisthesis, “aesthetic” denotes the entire field of sensate experience. In its more common and more limited sense, “aesthetic” refers to the field of art. In this talk, I suggest that the junction of the two senses of “aesthetic” can serve as a point of departure for an exploration of the relation between care and art. It can help us understand the way in which artworks engage with housework. More specifically, I will explore how an aesthetics of care, in its double meaning, is concerned not only with the human household but also with our planetary oikos.