250 take ove British Museum in “festival of protest” against BP sponsorship

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Activists gatecrash BP-sponsored Day of the Dead event at British Museum

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BP on trial for “gross deception”

A group of fifty performers – many dressed as famous detectives – take part in flashmob protest and accuse museum of helping hide BP’s crimes.

Spied on by BP

Flash Dance Protest Against BP at Trafalgar Square

On 17th Sept 2014, activists from @BPOutOfOpera targeted a BP Big Screen event on Trafalgar Square, London. Minutes before the Royal Opera House broadcast, they performed a symbolic dance in which culture eventually overcomes oil sponsorship.

Meditation and Reflection on Ties to BP

DANCE (Dharma Action Network for Climate Engagement). A meditation response in the British Museum targeted the BP sponsored Viking exhibition.

Multiple Actions From Various Groups Protesting BP Ties to British Cultural Institutions.

Jill Bird, who travelled through from Bristol to take part in the protests, said ‘The variety of different groups responding to this issue shows that it’s clearly touched something in the public conscience which needs be addressed. In much the same way that tobacco sponsorship would no longer be tolerated as an acceptable, we want our arts and ...

BP Viking burial at British Museum

By "BP or nor BP?" Hundreds of people invaded the British Museum to stage a Viking “flash-horde” burial for BP.

Protesters to Bring Longship Into BP-sponsored British Museum

On Sunday June 15th, theatrical protest group the Reclaim Shakespeare Company will be invading the BP-sponsored British Museum with a piece of mass interactive theatre. We want you to join us in this grand finale to our latest series of pop-up protests, targeting the Museum’s heavily BP-branded Vikings Exhibition. With your help, we are ...

BP Vikings – Pillaging the planet

Reclaim Shakespeare Company (Art Not Oil member), BP or not BP? This is a spoof of the Bitish Museum’s own short film promo for their Vikings exhibition.