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Isabella Smith is a freelance writer on art and culture, currently based in London.

BP or not BP, that is the question ... (photo by Diana More)
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Protest Performance Pressures Royal Shakespeare Company to End BP Sponsorship

by Isabella Smith June 18, 2018June 19, 2018

Members of BP or not BP? and other collectives staged the “Fossil Free Mischief Festival” in front and in the lobby of the RSC’s Stratford-upon-Avon theater.

On June 18, Australian activist Rodney Kelly gave a talk inside the British Museum to protest the museum's ownership of the Gweagal Shield. (all photos by Anna Branthwaite)
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At British Museum Protest, Australian Aboriginal Activist Demands Repatriation of Ancestor’s Shield

by Isabella Smith June 19, 2017June 20, 2017

On Sunday, with help from the theatrical protest group BP Or Not BP?, Rodney Kelly appealed to the public for the return of the Gweagal shield.

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Anti-BP Protesters Release Pirates, Merpeople, and the Kraken at the British Museum

by Isabella Smith September 26, 2016September 27, 2016

LONDON — The irony of oil company BP sponsoring the British Museum’s current exhibition Sunken Cities will have been lost on few.

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Protesters Demand “Where Is Ana Mendieta?” in Tate Modern Expansion

by Isabella Smith June 14, 2016June 15, 2016

LONDON — Posters all around London advertising Tate Modern’s new building proudly proclaim: “Art Changes. We Change.”

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