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  Crude (2010) – Oil Painting Protest over BP sponsorship in Tate Modern

  October 29, 2012 at 3:09 pm / Art & Performance, Current Affairs, Environmental, Liberate Tate, Productions, Productions by You and I Films

  The flash mob-style event was staged a day before a Tate Board of Trustees meeting. Liberate Tate are part of a growing public movement calling on Tate’s governing body to end its sponsorship agreement with the oil company. Tate’s Board of Trustees has decided to review the BP corporate sponsorship. At 5pm, around 50 figures dressed in black entered the gallery each carrying a BP-branded oil paint tube. In a circle they placed the paint tubes on the floor and [...]

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  Occupy Global Day of Action #Occupymay

  June 24, 2012 at 12:30 pm / Current Affairs, Occupy LSX

  Saturday 12 May, police from virtually every borough in London – in addition to members of the Territorial Support Group – violently removed supporters of Occupy London who were simply sitting on the steps of the Royal Exchange. The arrests came after a day of “Meet the 1%” activities around the city timed to coincide with an international day of action marked in over 380 cities worldwide. A Section 14 should only be put in place when there is a [...]

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