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By: Art Not Oil
Date: Wed, 17/07/2019 - 12:17pm
From https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-49006976 An Egyptian writer has resigned from the British Museum's board of trustees, claiming it is "immovable" on its sponsorship deal with oil company BP. Ahdaf Soueif also cited the museum's positions on worker relations and the repatriation of cultural artefacts as
By: Art Not Oil
Date: Fri, 05/07/2019 - 4:21pm
From our friends at Culture Unstained: https://cultureunstained.org/2019/07/05/leading-artists-escalate-pressu… * 78 leading artists – including Turner Prize and BP Portrait Award winners – call for end to BP sponsorship at National Portrait Gallery * Letter calls on Gallery
By: Art Not Oil
Date: Wed, 26/06/2019 - 5:52pm
Mark Rylance has today (21.6.19) announced his resignation as an Associate Artist of the RSC over its partnership with BP. This is a huge development, particularly given the past two weeks of opposition to BP sponsorship. You can read the news article in the Guardian here: