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Hundreds Storm British Museum to Protest Fossil Fuel Sponsorship

Avatar photo by Naomi Polonsky April 25, 2022April 25, 2022

The daylong demonstration culminated in a mass action and occupation of the museum after hours.

Posted inOpinion

The Backlash Against Oil Sponsorship Can Push for Broader Change in Museums

Avatar photo by Alice Procter March 20, 2022March 18, 2022

The British Museum’s complicity in BP’s artwashing ranks alongside the museum’s continual refusal to engage with its own colonial history.

Posted inNews

Toga-clad Activists Crashed British Museum’s Reopening to Protest Oil Sponsorship

Avatar photo by Valentina Di Liscia May 24, 2021May 27, 2021

BP or Not BP? activists staged a protest against Big Oil sponsorship at the British Museum and Science Museum this weekend.

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Climate Activists Crash Arctic Exhibition at British Museum to Protest Oil Funding

Avatar photo by Valentina Di Liscia October 21, 2020November 5, 2020

BP or not BP? staged the demonstration as part of a day of action convened by the Alaskan Indigenous organizations Defend the Sacred AK and Native Movement.

Posted inOpinion

Addressing the British Museum’s Colonial History and Hollow Solidarity With Black Lives

Avatar photo by Bayryam Mustafa Bayryamali June 16, 2020November 5, 2020

“I am disappointed that it took the death of an unarmed Black man for you to join the conversation about the colonial past and present of the British Museum,” says Bayryam Mustafa Bayryamali in a letter addressed to director Hartwig Fischer.

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Anti-Oil Activists Stage Largest Protest Yet at British Museum, With Trojan Horse in Tow

Avatar photo by Naomi Polonsky February 10, 2020

Hundreds of activists occupied the British Museum for a protest lasting over two days straight, coinciding with the BP-sponsored exhibition Troy: Myth and Reality.

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Activists Dressed as Trojan Figures Crash Opening of BP-Funded Exhibition

Avatar photo by Naomi Polonsky November 20, 2019

Activist group BP or not BP? interrupted the opening of Troy: Myth and Reality at the British Museum, dressed as “living statues,” including a character of their own invention, “Petroleus.”

Posted inNews

Invoking “Climate Emergency,” National Galleries of Scotland Will End Ties With British Petroleum

Avatar photo by Naomi Polonsky November 11, 2019

The gallery follows in the footsteps of Tate, the National Theatre, and the Royal Shakespeare Company.

Posted inNews

Anti-Oil Protesters Will Storm the British Museum with a Trojan Horse

by Sarah Rose Sharp October 3, 2019

BP or not BP? launched a crowdfunding campaign to build a giant Trojan Horse for its largest protest yet, which will coincide with the museum’s Troy: Myth and Reality exhibition.

Posted inIn Brief

Protesting BP Sponsorship, Mark Rylance Resigns as Royal Shakespeare Company’s Associate Artist

Avatar photo by Jasmine Weber June 21, 2019June 21, 2019

“We are all together in this crisis and we all must change,” Rylance said in an opinion article published in the Guardian. “I am resigning to lend strength to the voices within the RSC who want to be progressive, and to encourage my fellow associates to express themselves, too.”

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Anti-Oil Activists Block Entrance of National Portrait Gallery to Protest BP Sponsorship

Avatar photo by Naomi Polonsky June 11, 2019

Dozens of protesters blocked entry to the gallery for guests of the ceremony, linking arms and chaining themselves to the gallery gates. Guests were forced to climb over the wall with the assistance of security in order to enter the gallery.

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Activists Return to the British Museum to Lead Another “Stolen Goods” Tour

Avatar photo by Naomi Polonsky May 8, 2019

During the event, speakers called for the repatriation of objects acquired through colonialism and an end to sponsorship from the oil company BP.

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