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An archive of the content from the previous Art Not Oil website - superceded in October 2013.
BP Portrait Award demo: guests and judges file past faces of the Gulf spill, 14.6.11
'On 14 June, guests and judges arriving for the BP Portrait Award ceremony came face to face with portraits of people affected by BP's massive oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico. The blowout of the Deepwater Horizon caused the deaths of 11 oil workers and untold, ongoing damage to the people and the environment of the Gulf Coast.
Climate Rush holds picnic at Tate Britain to remember the oil spill
On the first anniversary of BP's oil disaster, Climate Rush held a party and art show to protest outside Tate Britain. As they point out, disasters such as this oil spill are only a part of the enormous damage BP causes to the planet.
Students protest against BP sponsorship of Manchester Museum exhibition, 20.4.11
For immediate release: Thursday 21st April 2011
For more information contact Simon Bradley, 07984 541 490
Oil spilled inside Tate Britain on Gulf of Mexico anniversary
(Photo by Amy Scaife: http://www.amyscaife.co.uk)
20.4.11: Art activists stage performance against gallery links with BP
166 artists sign Guardian letter opposing BP's presence in Tate
This letter was pulled together by PLATFORM/Licence to Spill...
The Guardian, Wednesday 20 April 2011: http://www.guardian.co.uk/business/2011/apr/20/tate-end-relationship-with-bp?INTCMP=SRCH
