With Trump denying climate change and threatening to reject the Paris Agreement, it's more important than ever for society to hold a firm ethical line, writes Chris Garrard. The last thing we need is our most revered museums and galleries muddying the water by courting the sponsorship of leading climate criminals.
… In the age of Trump, Big Art must cut off Big Oil! Chris Garrard | 29th November 2016 Activism Climate Change Arts Corporations Fossil Fuels Oil Finance … climate criminals. ' Should Big Oil back Big Art? ' was the question splashed across the …
A growing movement is opposing fossil fuel industry sponsorship of the arts. Pop-up protests and performances denouncing Shell, BP and others are winning the popular vote, writes Chris Garrard.
… Fighting Big Oil's cynical arts sponsorship Chris Garrard | 27th January 2014 Activism Arts Fossil Fuels Oil Climate Change … fossil fuel industry sponsorship of the arts. Pop-up protests and performances …
As COP23 draws to a close, the environmental community turns to world leaders to provide solutions to the great challenge of our time. Arguing that civic engagement is key, ALISON TICKELL from Julie’s Bicycle reflects on the vital role that the arts sector can play in shaping the culture around climate change
… COPtimism: Why arts and culture hold the key to positive … Alison Tickell | 17th November 2017 Comment Arts Culture Climate Change COP23 405739.jpg … Bicycle reflects on the vital role that the arts sector can play in shaping the culture …
Last week BP's Peter Mather - who claims to have 'green and yellow oil' flowing in his veins - took to the airwaves on Radio 4's The Bottom Line'. Evan Davies asked some tough questions, writes Chris Garrard - but failed to mention the shocking case of Colombian trades unionist Gilberto Torres, kidnapped and tortured for 42 days by paramilitaries employed by BP's joint venture partner.
… BBC fails to challenge BP arts sponsorship chief on kidnap and torture allegations Chris Garrard Art Not Oil | 26th October 2015 Activism Oil Arts Human Rights Colombia UK Corporations …
An international summit exploring real and imagined narratives of art, energy and consumption for a troubled planet, taking place at Schumacher College, Dartington, on 11th November 2016
… Feeding the Insatiable 7th October 2016 News Art Energy Community schumacher college.jpg An … exploring real and imagined narratives of art, energy and consumption for a troubled … planet, taking place at Schumacher College, Dartington, on 11th November 2016 Feeding the …
Kurt Jackson's artworks of reflected, captured light show his obvious love for the wild ecology of the UK's favourite coastline and have made him one of the country's most respected art activists. Arts Editor GARY COOK learns more.
… The Arts Interview: Give bees a chance says environmental artist and trained zoologist Kurt Jackson Gary Cook Ecologist Arts Editor | 1st August 2016 Comment Arts …
German artist Ruppe Koselleck is buying up shares in the oil giant BP by selling artwork made from oil spills around the world, including the Gulf of Mexico spill
… Artist attempts takeover of BP with sales of 'oil spill art' Tom Levitt | 1st December 2011 News Oil Bp Energy Art News 480b.jpg German artist Ruppe …
BP and other fossil fuel companies love to sponsor high art to preserve their 'public licence to operate', writes Kevin Smith. But why is Tate so keen to take the relatively trivial sums on offer. And why the unbending information blackout?
… Smith | 9th April 2014 Comment Fossil Fuels Arts UK bp-leaping-hare.png BP and other … fossil fuel companies love to sponsor high art to preserve their 'public licence to … re-hang of some of the UK's more important artists throughout history, as the BP …
After decades of travelling the globe documenting environmental issues, UK photographer Edward Parker has turned his lens closer to home with a new book on the Ancient Trees of the National Trust. He talks to Arts Editor, GARY COOK
… The Arts Interview - Edward Parker, Environmental Photographer Gary Cook Arts Editor | 4th November 2016 Comment Arts Trees National Trust Photography …
Wildlife artist Rachel Lockwood is in creative lockdown preparing for her new exhibition called Wilding. Ecologist Arts Editor, GARY COOK went to her North Norfolk studio to talk paint, animals and other environmental matters
… The Ecologist Arts Interview: UK Wildlife Artist Rachel Lockwood Gary Cook | 28th September 2016 Comment Rachel Lockwood Arts Artist Wildlife Flora Fauna Conservation …
Tate and now the Edinburgh International Festival have dropped BP sponsorship, writes Chris Garrard, with BP citing unspecified 'challenging conditions'. As indigenous campaigners accuse BP of 'sponsoring death in our communities', it's high time for the British Museum to follow their lead.
… Is it the end? BP's arts sponsorship runs aground Chris Garrard | 7th April 2016 Comment Arts Media Oil Campaigning Economics … stopped in their tracks. After a 34-year partnership with BP, Edinburgh International …
Ecologist Arts Editor, GARY COOK meets an artist determined to put plants centre stage with her new Leafscape project which includes a new exhibition this month and a crowd-funded book
… The ARTS Interview: Botanical Artist, Jess Shepherd Gary Cook | 1st February 2017 Comment Arts Botany Environment Plants jess shepherd.jpg Ecologist Arts Editor, GARY COOK meets an artist …
Ecologist Arts Editor, GARY COOK, meets a UK-based artist/musician whose unique 'soundscapes' capture the other worldly genus loci of the natural world - its sacred sites and hidden gems
… The ARTS Interview: Soundscape Artist, Matthew Shaw Gary Cook | 23rd March 2017 Comment Arts Nature SSSI Sacred Sites matthew shaw …
The Centre for Alternative Technology's Emergence Summit must develop positive versions of the future, as if we can't imagine it - there won't be one, says Paul Allen
… Britain' is inspiring positivity in today's artists Paul Allen | 16th August 2012 Comment … Alternative Technology Volcano Theatre And Arts Council For Wales Artists Utopia Dystopia Society Science And …
The Information Tribunal has ordered Tate, the charity which runs two of London's biggest art galleries, to release details of financial support from the oil company BP, writes Richard Heasman - and they have until 27th January to comply.
… Corporations Oil Fossil Fuels Climate Change Arts bp-tate-cut.jpg The Information Tribunal … charity which runs two of London's biggest art galleries, to release details of financial … UK , Brendan Montague, were supported by art activist group Platform . Together, they …
Scottish Ballet latest in the art and culture sector to distance themselves from the global oil and gas company BP.
… Scottish Ballet latest in the art and culture sector to distance themselves … Gallery, which announced the end of its partnership with the oil giant in a joint statement on Tuesday. The two, major, art institutions are the latest in the art and …
… Covid Marianne Brooker | 20th July 2020 News Arts Poetry Climate Thought Leaders Reading … poets have been appointed by climate activist arts organisation Cape Farewell to engage with … Covid-19 and climate change. Supported by Arts Council Emergency Funding, the Siren …
The cultural sector has been decimated by the Covid pandemic. Yet it should be at the heart of a just and green recovery.
… | 6th July 2020 News Culture Museums Theatres Arts Covid … the Covid pandemic. Yet it should be at the heart of a just and green recovery. How … In fixing those flaws, culture matters. The arts matter. Yet culture is on the brink of …
Oil giant BP is the UK's single biggest EU lobbyist, spending over £2 million reaching out to European policy makers in 2014, new figures show. But citing hard times, the company has dropped its controversial sponsorship of the London's Tate Galleries - and more such branding deals may bite the dust.
… Ecologist | 14th March 2016 News Corporations Arts Finance Fossil Fuels Oil Pollution … and effective" carbon pricing to be part of the Paris deal. Then, last … a statement saying they would "play their part" in battling climate change, including …
Got something to say about the environment and the way we do (or don't) care for it? Here's your chance to get what you think noticed and published....
… Writing Competition Environment Literature Arts gawp writing-competition.jpg Got … Flipside , the East Anglian literary and arts festival, is launching a writing … piece of prose, and could include some visual art. Whatever it is, it should refer to the …
Oil-branded concerts at London's Southbank Centre come to an end after campaigners expose Shell's record of environmental damage.
… Shell - you're fired! Arts not Oil | 29th January 2014 News Fossil Fuels Oil Arts oil-niger-delta.png Oil-branded concerts … Shell would be coming to an end in 2014. The artistic director, Jude Kelly, announced the …
Pete the Temp's remarkable 'spoken word' show is challenging, inspiring, terrifying and amusing audiences across Britain, writes Sophie Morlin-Yron. But it's performance with a purpose - to engage people in a positive fight to protect the Earth from catastrophic climate change. And so far, it seems to be working ...
… Morlin-Yron | 1st November 2014 Comment Arts Climate Change UK pete the … people in a positive fight to protect the Earth from catastrophic climate change. And so … describes his performance - backed by the Arts Council, Occupy London , UK Tar Sands …
Visit the British Museum's hugely successful Vikings exhibition, and you can't miss the BP branding - a fair price for their sponsorship? No way, writes Chris Garrard, who will join a 'flash-horde' at the Museum next Sunday and give BP its last rites in a Viking longship.
… | 11th June 2014 Activism Corporations Oil Arts Climate Change Society UK London … the British Museum? It may sound like the start of a joke or a riddle - but this is a very … group have been opposing BP's sponsorship of arts and culture since 2012. And on Sunday 15 …
Britain's 20th century architecture is in danger of obliteration, writes Sebastian Messer, with a 'new brutalism' that holds that socially deprived council estates are fit only for demolition. But these buildings are an important part of our cultural heritage, and more than that, they provide affordable housing to millions of people.
… | 12th February 2016 Comment Cities Arts Building Society Culture Politics UK … But these buildings are an important part of our cultural heritage, and more than … be inflected with local characteristics. Like Art Nouveau half a century earlier, Brutalism …