“Protests might intensify” over BP sponsorship

Photo of an art intervention at Tate - children play under large black cloth
19 Sep 2014

Tate has faced an Information Tribunal to defend its right to keep details of its financial relationship with the oil company a secret.

Renewed calls for an end to oil sponsorship

Photo of a woman with oil on her face in the NPG
27 Jun 2014

The National Portrait Gallery has previously rejected tobacco money and campaigners are calling on it to be a trailblazer again for the cultural sector by ending its relationship with BP.

Tate members to resign over oil sponsorship deal

People dressed in black stand in large gallery
06 Dec 2013

Members Council refuses to engage with concerns about BP’s brand association.

Book review: Take the money and run?

06 Jun 2013

Bethany Rex finds Platform’s guide to the ethics of business sponsorship in the arts provides a good starting point for debate.

Slick image

Lady in oil at Tate
24 May 2013

Kevin Smith asks whether we’re comfortable with companies like BP being associated with some of the most prestigious arts institutions in the country.

State of play

Pages from State of Play report
24 Oct 2012

Tina Mermiri examines recent research to discover what the arts – and its sponsors – can learn from their audiences

Take the money and run?

11 Jun 2012

Jane Trowell shines a light on the issues that arts organisations will be faced with if they prepare to gear up their drive for sponsorship

Taking the plunge

19 Sep 2011

James Mackenzie-Blackman explains how international corporate sponsorship can be a useful way for arts organisations to get out into the world

Corporate arts support slumps again

28 Feb 2011

A&B pledges continued focus on corporate sponsorship as business support for the arts falls to a 7-year low

The sector speaks

01 Nov 2010

WEB EXCLUSIVE: Louise de Winter, Mark Pemberton, Roy Clare, Marcia Hutchinson, Stephen Cottrell, Hannah Nicklin, Michael Boyd, Francis Reid, Paul Kelly, John Smith, Rachel Tackley, Gerry Morrissey, Caroline Miller, Nica Burns and Mark Skipper comment on the Spending Review and ACE’s funding decisions

The sector speaks

01 Nov 2010

Comment on the Spending Review and ACE funding decisions

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