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By: Art Not Oil
Date: Thu, 25/07/2019 - 6:11pm
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
By: Art Not Oil
Date: Wed, 17/07/2019 - 12:17pm
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
By: Art Not Oil
Date: Fri, 05/07/2019 - 4:21pm
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