Media Coverage – 2016 – Culture Unstained

BBC Radio 4, Presented by Andrew Dickson – 22nd December 2016

In Business: Corporations and the Arts

Interviews with Jess Worth, Culture Unstained, and Peter Mather, Regional Vice President for BP

The Guardian, Andrew Dickson – 4th December 2016

What’s so bad about taking sponsorship money from Big Oil?

New Internationalist, Chris Garrard – 31st October 2016

Did the British Museum sell ‘Day of the Dead’ to BP?

The Times, Kaya Burgess – 24th October 2016
Mark Rylance has said that he won’t work with the RSC until it ends its relationship with BP, despite being an RSC Associate Artist

Rylance boycotts RSC in oil sponsorship row

Heat Street, Heat Street Staff – 24th October 2016

‘BFG’ Star Mark Rylance Boycotts RSC Over BP Sponsorship

Responding to support for BP sponsorship of the RSC

BBC, Luke Jones – 23rd October 2016

Mark Rylance ‘snubs’ RSC in BP sponsorship row

The Guardian, Chris Garrard – 17th October 2016

With Oil Sponsorship and Entry Charges, the Science Museum has lost its way

The Stage, Jess Worth – 10th October 2016

Why Lloyd Dorfman is wrong about BP sponsorship

The Guardian – 10th October 2016

Letter: Science Museum should drop Statoil sponsorship of children’s gallery

The Guardian, Nicola Slawson – 10th October 2016

Science Museum condemned for oil company sponsorship

Arts Professional, Liz Hill – 5th October 2016

British Museum breached ethics code, claim protesters

Huffington Post Blog, Chris Garrard – 3rd October 2016

We expect dodgy deals from BP, not the British Museum

The Sunday Times, Richard Brooks – 2nd October 2016

Biteback, Arts Editor Column

The Independent, Charlotte England – 1st October 2016

British Museum broke own rules over BP sponsorship, campaigners say

DeSmog UK, Kyla Mandel – 1st October 2016

Did the British Museum Fail to Consider the Ethics of Renewing BP Sponsorship Deal?

The Stage, Georgia Snow – 3rd August 2016

Mark Rylance among cultural figures to condemn arts sponsorship by ‘destructive’ BP

Classical Music Magazine, Chris Garrard – 8th September 2016

We can’t afford to have BP-branded classical music in the 2020s

The Times, Letter – 2nd August 2016

200 Sign Letter Demanding End to BP Sponsorship

The Times, Ben Webster – 2nd August 2016

Actors accuse BP of exploiting the arts

The Guardian, Nadia Khomani – 2nd August 2016

Mark Rylance heads list of artists calling for end to BP cultural sponsorship

RT, Editors – 2nd August 2016

Celebrities accuse BP of exploiting the arts

City AM, Mark Sands – 2nd August 2016

Oscar-winning actor Mark Rylance heads a list of 200 names protesting BP’s renewed sponsorship of London’s arts scene

Hyperallergic, Claire Voon – 2nd August 2016

Arts Professionals Condemn BP’s Renewed Cultural Sponsorships in the UK

Huffington Post Blog, Chris Garrard – 2nd August 2016

We can’t afford five more years of BP-sponsored culture

Artnet, Naomi Rea – 29th July 2016

Four Major London Institutions Renew BP Sponsorship as Activists Vow to Escalate Protests

Artforum, Editors – 29th July 2016

Four UK Institutions Renew BP Sponsorships as Activists Promise to Escalate Protests

Huffington Post Blog, Elena Polisano – 29th July 2016

British Museum’s Decision to Renew BP Sponsorship Is Backward-Looking

The Times, David Sanderson – 29th July 2016

BP gives £7.5m to arts despite green protests

13/09/2015. British Museum, London. Art Not Oil, a coalition of various artist, acting and music organisation, staged multiple protests in the Great Hall and exhibition rooms of the British Museum, whilst protest also took place in the Tate Modern. The coalition is protesting against corporate oil sponsorship of the arts in Britain and includes Liberate Tate, BP Out of Opera, Shell Out Sounds. Photo/Anna Branthwaite

Financial Times, James Pickford – 28th July 2016