'We just occupied the British Museum for 51 hours, against BP sponsorship and colonialism'
More from our fantastic friends BP or not BP:
https://bp-or-not-bp.org/news/
'This morning at 10.30am, 40 activists processed out of the British Museum after successfully occupying its iconic Great Court for 20 hours and creating a “durational artwork” overnight, in a challenge to the museum’s BP sponsorship deal.
'We’ve snuck a huge Trojan Horse into the British Museum!'
From our friends at BP or not BP:
https://bp-or-not-bp.org/2020/02/07/breaking-weve-snuck-a-huge-trojan-h…
A huge Trojan Horse, emblazoned with the logo of British Museum sponsor BP, was snuck into the museum’s courtyard at 7:30 this morning.
MASS ACTION vs. climate crisis & colonialism at British Museum, 8.2.20
From our friends at https://bp-or-not-bp.org/troy/
MASS ACTION against the climate crisis and colonialism – let’s kick BP out of the British Museum!
SATURDAY FEBRUARY 8TH 2020 (exact times tbc)
Want to join the largest protest the British Museum has ever seen?
The British Museum is launching a major new exhibition, sponsored by the oil giant BP.
We are in the middle of a climate emergency. The British Museum claims to agree – its Chair of Trustees recently called climate change “the great issue of our time”.
BP or not BP blockade BP’s VIP Troy event with living statues!
November 20, 2019 by bpornotbp:
'Last night, the private VIP launch of the BP-sponsored ‘Troy: Myth and reality’ exhibition faced serious disruption after we occupied the 5 main entrances to the exhibition gallery inside the British Museum.
OPEN LETTER TO BRITISH MUSEUM RE. BP EXHIBITION 'TROY: MYTH AND REALITY'
https://www.zoelafferty.com/open-letter?fbclid=IwAR2J1Gee2_Z5EM35kmS3-u…
18th November 2019
Dear Hartwig Fischer and Trustees of the British Museum,
As one of the performers and the director of the groundbreaking play ‘Queens of Syria’, we were initially thrilled to discover that a film of our work would be included in your upcoming exhibition ‘Troy: Myth and Reality’.
National Galleries of Scotland drops BP Portrait Award
https://www.nationalgalleries.org/art-and-artists/features/announcement…
Statement from the National Galleries of Scotland, 11 November 2019:
"At the National Galleries of Scotland we recognise that we have a responsibility to do all we can to address the climate emergency.
NT drops Shell
Second major cultural institution in a week to stand by its state its commitment to its statement of cultural emergency:
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-49936748
https://www.theguardian.com/stage/2019/oct/04/national-theatre-to-end-s…
RSC drops BP
Art Not Oil is delighted that the the RSC is showing ethical leadership and will no longer clean up BP's tarnished brand
• BP remains 97% invested in fossil fuels
• Iit spends $millions lobbying against climate action
• it works with repressive regimes to get new oil
See https://www.facebook.com/BPnotBP
https://www.theguardian.com/stage/2019/oct/02/royal-shakespeare-com