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Mark Rylance resigns from the RSC

By: Art Not Oil
Date: Wed, 26/06/2019 - 5:52pm
Mark Rylance as Romeo, RSC 1989
Mark Rylance has today (21.6.19) announced his resignation as an Associate Artist of the RSC over its partnership with BP. This is a huge development, particularly given the past two weeks of opposition to BP sponsorship. You can read the news article in the Guardian here:
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Natural History Museum refuses request to cut ties with fossil fuels industry

By: Art Not Oil
Date: Wed, 26/06/2019 - 5:27pm
From https://www.thelondoneconomic.com/news/natural-history-museum-refuses-r… 'Yesterday (19.6.19), Extinction Rebellion met with Sir Michael Dixon, director of the Natural History Museum, and his senior staff to ask them to: cancel the Petroleum Group dinner
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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: Wed, 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.
Last night, BP or not BP? delayed the announcement of the award’s winner after temporarily blocking all three entrances to the Gallery. This resulted in security guards helping guests climb
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