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Artwash: Big Oil and the Arts. Out 20.04.15. Press pack
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Mar 18, 2015
Artwash: Big Oil and the Arts is out 20.04.2015. Images and video here
North Sea oil companies demand tax breaks in budget, despite 6 years of eye-watering profit levels
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Mar 16, 2015
Press release from Platform and Oil Change International Contact: Mika Minio-Paluello – Platform – 020 7403 3738 / 07733466038 /////// Greg Muttitt – Oil Change International – 07508 421 527 Figures released today show that North Sea oil and gas companies are many more times profitable than other businesses in the UK and already benefit...
Take the Money and Run? a response to an event about ethics, funding and art by Mary Paterson
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Mar 12, 2015
Take The Money And Run? was an event about ethics, funding and art that took place at Toynbee Studios, London on January 29, 2015. Attended by over 200 people, it was a day of presentations and discussion hosted by three organisations, Live Art Development Agency, Artsadmin, Home Live Art and produced in collaboration with Platform. We commissioned Mary Paterson...
BP or not BP? That is the question…
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Feb 10, 2015
by Lindsey Harrod, Arts Fundraising and Philanthropy
Bigger pictures on arts issues: workers at the National Gallery and BP’s sponsorship of Tate
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Jan 27, 2015
Letter on disclosure of Tate/BP sponsorship figures from Graham Bennett, Friends of Alexandra Palace Theatre.
Does Tate really need to take BP’s sponsorship money?
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Jan 27, 2015
Mark Brown, arts correspondent, The Guardian
Tate/BP disclosure on BBC Radio 4’s ‘Front Row’
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Jan 26, 2015
Interview by Samira Ahmed with Anna Galkina (Platform) and BBC arts editor Will Gompertz, formerly of Tate Media
Tate’s BP sponsorship was £150,000 to £330,000 a year, figures show
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Jan 26, 2015
Mark Brown, arts correspondence, The Guardian
Deadline day for Tate to disclose value of BP sponsorship
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Jan 25, 2015
Mark Brown and Terry Macalister, The Guardian
Sponsorship in the spotlight
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Jan 20, 2015
Article by Anna Galkina, originally published in Arts Professional On 22 December the UK Information Tribunal ruled Tate galleries must disclose the sums of BP sponsorship through the years 1990 to 2006, as well as some details of internal decision-making on the sponsorship deal. The Independent described the ruling as “embarrassing” and a “landmark victory” for campaigners...
