Polluting Public Culture
As more arts institutions cut their ties with BP, the British Museum has yet to follow suit – but we need culture that isn’t stained with big oil’s profits.
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Alice Procter
Alice Procter is a writer and art historian. Her book The Whole Picture: The Colonial Story of the Art in Our Museums & Why We Need to Talk About It is published by Octopus.
Keep Big Oil Out of Public Science
The gagging clause in the Science Museum’s sponsorship contract with polluting giant Shell makes one thing clear – we can’t rely on corporate profiteers to fund the pursuit of knowledge.
Fight at the Museum
The culture war over history isn’t the only battle in Britain’s museums, there’s a fight over job security too – and at the V&A, the latest institution to plan layoffs, the two issues are joined at the hip.