Text below from https://bp-or-not-bp.org/2019/02/18/we-create-a-200-metre-living-artwor… More than 300 people took over the British Museum on Saturday to create a giant 200-metre “living artwork” that circled the entire Great Court, in protest at B

[Photos by Kristian Buus] From our friends at BP or not BP?: On November 6th 2018, a group of performers set up a fake BP “welcoming committee” and Iraqi civilian protest in front of the I am Ashurbanipal: king of the world, king of Assyria exhibition at the British Museum. The performance was timed to coincide with a private exhibition viewing by journalists and VIPs, and the performers stayed for the whole morning talking to journalists, museum visitors and staff. The performers were from the activist theatre group BP or not BP?, and included a number of people of Iraqi heritage.

[Photo by Anna Branthwaite] A report from BP or not BP: https://bp-or-not-bp.org/2018/10/27/ian-hislops-protest-exhibition-inva… https://youtu.be/1tA39Qf4Vtk

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From Nope to Hope: Art vs Arms, Oil and Injustice, 15-23 September, Brixton Recreation Centre, 27 Brixton Station Road, London SW9 8QQ Part of the Brixton Design Trail during the London Design Festival Free entry, 9am-9pm The exhibition includes most of the art that was originally removed from the ‘Hope to Nope’ exhibition at the Design Museum in protest at the museum hosting an arms industry event. It also includes political, activist and grassroots art from the Guerrilla Girls, Jeremy Deller, Gee Vaucher, Art the Arms Fair and many more.

From https://bp-or-not-bp.org/2018/07/25/artists-say-nope-to-arms/ 25.7.18 'This morning, we’re part of a large group of artists, designers and activists who have written to the Design Museum asking that our work be removed from the current Hope to Nope exhibition of political art.

From https://www.behindthelogos.org/scientists-call-out-science-museum/ A group that includes many leading climate scientists have today lodged a formal complaint with the Science Museum The museum is accused of ‘undermining its integrity as a scientific institution’ by partnering with BP, Shell and Statoil despite their continued contribution to climate change The complaint presents new evidence showing the museum knew about sponsors’ ties to corruption and climate disinformation but signed deals regardless Toda

From BP or not BP (https://bp-or-not-bp.org) 27.6.18: The Royal Shakespeare Company is sponsored by that oily villain BP!