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Amsterdam’s Concertgebouw drops Shell sponsorship

Taken from: https://www.rhinegold.co.uk/classical_music/amsterdams-concertgebouw-dro...

11th September 2020

BP or not BP statement on the reopening of the...

Posted on August 27, 2020

1st protest vs. BP at NPG (2003)

NPG drops BP judge from Portrait Award panel

This from our friends at Culture Unstained:
https://cultureunstained.org/2020/05/04/bp-dropped-as-judge-of-portrait-...

Art Not Oil coalition statement re. coronavirus

Cultural institutions and arts organisation have taken the difficult decision to shut their doors as part of a nationwide response to the Covid-19 outbreak. Many took this decision unilaterally, rightly prioritising the need to protect the health and safety of their artists, visitors and staff...

Shell and London's South Bank part company

From https://www.facebook.com/ArtNotOil/

'Shell’s last two major corporate partnerships with arts organisations come to an end!

Bushfire Brandalism

#BushfireBrandalism from Partier Bresson on...

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Guests at BP Portrait Award forced to climb over wall to enter, thanks to artistic blockade (10.6.19)

By: Art Not Oil

Date: 12/06/2019 - 5:51pm

A specially-painted portrait of Cherri Foytlin, Indigenous journalist, advocate and mother of six, who lives on the Gulf Coast in South Louisiana. She has been a tireless campaigner for justice for all those affected by BP’s catastrophic Deepwater Horizon disaster in 2010. The quote is part of a longer message she sent us in 2016, calling on UK arts institutions to stop promoting BP. Portrait by Zora Owen, photo by Diana More.

Extinction Rebellion take on BP in Trafalgar Square

By: Art Not Oil

Date: 12/06/2019 - 5:46pm

Photograph: Gareth Morris/Courtesy of Extinction Rebellion

From https://www.theguardian.com/environment/gallery/2019/jun/12/extinction-r... :

200 musicians urge Sadiq Khan to drop permission for BP’s opera branding

By: Art Not Oil

Date: 12/06/2019 - 5:37pm

* Sadiq Khan called on to end permission for oil branding of Royal Opera House’s ‘BP Big Screen’ broadcasts

* 200 signatories to letter include leading figures from classical, folk and popular music

* News comes day after BP Portrait Award judge and respected artists denounce BP sponsorship of the prize

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