British artists oppose BP sponsorship of National Portrait Gallery

Seventy-eight British artists have written to the National Portrait Gallery's Director Nicholas Cullinan asking the insitution to sever ties with BP, who sponsor its Portrait Award. Growing opposition to BP's sponsorship of the arts has also targeted the Royal Opera House, which was the site of a protest last week, and the Royal Shakespeare Company, whose Associate Artist Mark Rylance recently resigned over its links to the oil and gas company.