Leading artists call on National Portrait Gallery to cut ties to BP
by Matthew Taylor from Environment | The Guardian on (#4GTGS)
Judge also among those calling on gallery to sever links to oil firm on eve of its annual awards
A judge and several leading artists have written to the director of the National Portrait Gallery on the eve of its annual awards calling on it to end its links to BP.
They accuse the central London gallery of helping to launder the oil industry's image through its BP sponsorship deal and say the oil company is aggravating the climate crisis by extracting fossil fuels.
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