From @Cult_Unstained: 'Wow! This weekend saw huge resistance to unethical sponsorship of two of London’s major museums - by the climate justice movement, Palestine solidarity groups, human rights groups, parents and scientists and young people'...
Indigenous campaigners from Australia, North America and West Papua have teamed up with Art Not Oil members to launch powerful critiques of the BP-sponsored British Museum and National Portrait Gallery.
Photo: Rodney Kelly addresses visitors in the British Museum, by Anna Branthwaite.
Firstly, on June 18th 2017, the Indigenous Australian campaigner Rodney
Ahead of the announcement of the BP Portrait Award on Tuesday 20th June, Culture Unstained issued a formal complaint to the National Portrait Gallery, alleging BP’s human rights record breaches the Gallery’s own ethics rules.
Today, the British Museum has announced its next BP-sponsored exhibition: 'Scythians - warriors of ancient Siberia'. By putting BP's logo on the exhibition, the museum is giving the company a valuable opportunity to boost it brand, both in the UK and Russia, where it