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From our friends at Liberons Le Louvre (https://www.facebook.com/LiberonsleLouvre/ & zerofossile.org/louvre): 'We have stained the Louvre Pyramid, of which total is still a partner, because total has dirty hands and the museum also dirties its image by continuing to reach one of the main leaders of the climate crisis!'

Thanks to Hyperallergic for this story: https://hyperallergic.com/518846/global-climate-strike-london/?fbclid=I… LONDON — On Friday, September 20, thousands of protestors in the UK and millions around the world joined the Global Climate Strike — the

From our friends at Fossil Free Culture in the Netherlands: https://www.fossilfreeculture.nl/portfolio/dissonance-act-2-afterthough… 'As the last notes fade away, two large banners depicting a poem are placed on stage at the Concertgebouw. Fossil Free Culture NL collaborated with award-winning poet Hannah van

https://www.theprintspace.co.uk/the-art-of-activism-free-open-call-and-… https://friendsoftheearth.uk/climate-change/art-activism-19-september-1… 19.9.-13.10.19 Location:

'Today the Concertgebouw celebrates the Opening Night of its orchestra's new season. On the same day, Fossil Free Culture NL makes clear that there is little to celebrate on a dying planet. Solemn, near motionless performers carrying trays with glasses of black champagne, demonstrate the dissonance between the Concertgebouw's public image and its complicity in the global crimes by Royal Dutch

Taken from https://hyperallergic.com/511052/warren-kanders-resigns/ 'After months of protest, an emerging biennial boycott, and an accusation of war crimes, Warren Kanders has resigned from his position as vice chairman of the Whitney Museum of American Art’s board of trustees. “The targeted campaign of attacks against me

From https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-49006976 An Egyptian writer has resigned from the British Museum's board of trustees, claiming it is "immovable" on its sponsorship deal with oil company BP. Ahdaf Soueif also cited the museum's positions on worker relations and the repatriation of cultural artefacts as

From our friends at Culture Unstained: https://cultureunstained.org/2019/07/05/leading-artists-escalate-pressu… * 78 leading artists – including Turner Prize and BP Portrait Award winners – call for end to BP sponsorship at National Portrait Gallery * Letter calls on Gallery

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:

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

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

From https://www.theguardian.com/environment/gallery/2019/jun/12/extinction-… : 'Climate activists attempt to disrupt a BP-sponsored Royal Opera House screening of Romeo and Juliet, and put on their own version of Shakespeare’s

* 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 * Extinction Rebellion group plans to mount protest this evening at first BP Big Screen of

'A judge and several leading artists have written to the director of the National Portrait Gallery on the eve of its annual awards calling on it to end its links to BP'... https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2019/jun/09/artists-national-p…