For interviews and high quality photos, contact info@bp-or-not-bp.org Last night, musicians and campaigners held a triple protest against BP’s sponsorship of the Royal Opera House. As audience members arrived for a BP-sponsored performance of the ballet, Romeo and Juliet, a group of musicians launched into an unsanctioned musical protest in the opera house’s foyer, despite … More BP-sponsored ballet hit by triple protest

250 take over British Museum in “festival of protest” against BP sponsorship Today, Art Not Oil was joined by hundreds of artists, campaigners and performers in our biggest protest yet against BP sponsorship of arts and culture. At the iconic British Museum, members of fifteen different groups held multiple creative actions and performances throughout the … More British Museum “festival of protest” against BP sponsorship

Join Art Not Oil for a “protest festival” at the British Museum on Sunday September 13th! IMPORTANT FOR ANYONE PLANNING TO COME: Please email festivoil@riseup.net so we can send you more details, and leave yourself lots of time to get into the Museum on the day as there may be long queues. We’re inviting anyone … More Take action with us on September 13th

Acclaimed actor, Simon McBurney, Alison Johnstone MSP and Fringe First winner, Daniel Bye, join protests against BP sponsorship of Edinburgh International Festival A group of 30 performers recreate BP oil spill and remove logos from Festival HQ Today, Edinburgh International Festival (EIF) faced two performance protests targeting its controversial Festival Partner, BP. Acclaimed actor, Simon … More Edinburgh Festival performers join BP protest

The Museums Association has been revising its Code of Ethics, and the new draft code is currently open for consultation until 7 August. The Code is very important because it sets the standard for the sector. Together with the Art Not Oil coalition we have produced a short briefing on how it could be stronger on the … More Stronger ethics for museums

• Rebel theatre group BP or not BP? blocks entrance to Museum exhibition with surprise performance, set to continue all afternoon • Thirty-five performers bring oil spill and critical Aboriginal voices to BP-sponsored “Indigenous Australia: Enduring Civilisation” exhibition • Freedom of Information request reveals that Aboriginal communities were not consulted about BP sponsorship of their … More Actor-vists are occupying the British Museum

Last night, the Royal Opera House was hit by two simultaneous protests against its BP sponsorship during its first “BP Big Screen” of the year, where an opera in Covent Garden is transmitted live to big screens and cinemas across the UK. As the interval of the BP-sponsored opera drew to a close, two young … More Royal Opera House hit by double protest during BP-sponsored opera

Performers “rebrand” the famous painting and impersonate oil executives, in protest against the Gallery’s Shell sponsorship, privatisation plans, and the sacking of PCS Union rep Candy Udwin At 1pm today, around 30 campaigners occupied the room containing Van Gogh’s “Sunflowers” in the National Gallery. The protesters – who had travelled from the Reclaim the Power … More Campaigners storm Van Gogh’s “Sunflowers” room in National Gallery protest

Something significant happened this week. In a hotel in Brighton, with a show of hands and a round of applause, a new alliance was formally sealed – an alliance that might bring the end of the fossil fuel age one step closer. This week, the Public and Commercial Sector Union (PCS) have been holding their … More Gallery and museum workers vote to oppose oil sponsorship

50 performers recreate Deepwater Horizon oil spill inside British Museum in protest at BP sponsorship New York activists Reverend Billy and the Stop Shopping Choir join forces with BP or not BP? Guerrilla performance marks five years since disastrous oil spill Performers cause disruption in the Great Court, with umbrellas, giant pelicans, songs and an … More We create an oil spill inside the British Museum, with Reverend Billy and the Stop Shopping Choir!