Sponsorship
Frieze to sponsor next British pavilion at Venice Biennale
This is first time an art fair has funded a national exhibition at the Biennale
Science Museum in London criticised for promoting oil giant backer
The institution held a “Meet the Funder” event shortly after Equinor got approval to develop the Rosebank field
Law firm sponsor for National Portrait Gallery prize sparks controversy
Herbert Smith Freehills, which runs an "oil and gas" division, replaces BP
Fashion brand Stone Island to offer bursaries for emerging galleries at Frieze
Exhibitors in the Focus section of the art fairs can receive up to 30% off stand costs through the new partnership
UBS completes takeover of Credit Suisse—but what will happen to the bank's art world sponsorships?
Credit Suisse’s current benefactors include Kunsthaus Zurich, Kunstmuseum Basel and the National Gallery in London
The British Museum and BP's sponsorship deal will end after 27 years
The museum has been under pressure for more than a decade to break off its affiliation with the oil and gas corporation
Art market wobble: what happens if banks go bust?
Plus, hip hop in Baltimore and Juan de Pareja, the artist enslaved by Velázquez
Credit Suisse’s art partnerships up in the air after emergency UBS takeover
With a major art collection and multiple museum sponsorship deals, the collapse of the defunct Swiss bank is likely to have ramifications for the art world
Protestors at British Museum demand release of writer imprisoned in Egypt
Plight of British-Egyptian Alaa Abd El-Fattah, currently on hunger strike, is focal point of protest as hieroglyphs exhibition opens
London's Victoria and Albert museum announces it will 'no longer carry the Sackler name'
Institution cuts ties with the family behind the highly addictive drug Oxycontin
Pressure on British Museum to ditch BP mounts following UK's record summer heatwave
Temperatures might now be cooling, but tensions around the London institution’s ties to the oil giant are reaching boiling point
Abramovich down, Zabludowicz no change: Sunday Times Rich List reveals art world fortunes
Tate sponsor Leonard Blavatnik takes top art spot
London's National Gallery drops disgraced Sackler family name from its walls—will the V&A follow suit?
Victoria and Albert Museum is last major UK institution to retain the donors' name on its building, despite settlement agreement allowing its removal
National Portrait Gallery in London ends BP sponsorship after 30 years
Spokeswoman for the oil company says it is looking at new ways to best use its resources in order to become net-zero by 2050
London's Serpentine Galleries finally removes Sackler name from building, replacing it with North
Institution rebranded to Serpentine North last spring, but the controversial family name remained above the gallery entrance
Climate scientist stands down as adviser to London's Science Museum over fossil fuel sponsorship
Chris Rapley, a professor of climate science at University College London, disagrees with the museum's "ongoing willingness to accept oil and gas company sponsorship"
What happens when Instagram sponsors a mega museum?
Instagram is sponsoring the Metropolitan Museum of Art's Met Gala for the first time this year. Could this be a marriage made in heaven?
Should the Science Museum stop taking money from oil companies?
Plus, Michael Landy's exhibition at Firstsite and artist Shahzia Sikander on a manuscript miniature
Anti-Shell sleepover protest at London's Science Museum ends with police threatening to arrest demonstrators
Youth climate activists claim that the "museum would rather have kids arrested than drop their polluting sponsors"
After staunch criticism, Science Museum defends oil company Shell’s sponsorship of its climate exhibition
Director Ian Blatchford says that the Science Museum Group "retains editorial control" over London show
‘Things have to change’: third speaker pulls out of Science Museum Group climate talk in protest against oil sponsorship
Broadcaster Robin Ince joins George Monbiot and Mark Lynas in withdrawing from the Climate Talks event over the UK institution's funding from oil companies BP and Equinor
Louvre launches flurry of brand partnerships and ‘e-boutique’ in bid to make up Covid deficit
Deprived of visitors, the world’s most popular museum is striking deals with brands such as Uniqlo to reach international audiences online
Fill your boots: Dr. Martens gives £60,000 for new video commissions at the Institute of Contemporary Arts in London
Grants will be given to artists to create moving image works to premiere at the ICA's Image Behaviour 2021 forum
Museums will need ethical funders all the more after the coronavirus crisis
As institutions reopen their doors to a world that has changed significantly, public scrutiny of private money is not going away
Artist Gary Hume says National Portrait Gallery should 'bite the bullet' and cut ties with oil giant BP
Fuel company's decision to withdraw from the BP Portrait Award judging panel was a missed opportunity to end sponsorship relationship, artist believes
Museum top brass are losing the oil money plot
Decision by London's British Museum and Science Museum to continue accepting sponsorship from fossil fuel companies risks alienating the public they serve
Fossil-fuel giant Shell ends its support of London's Southbank Centre
Decision comes amidst pressure from activist groups for UK museums to end their oil sponsorship deals
Climate activists take over British Museum in all-night protest against BP sponsorship
Organisers of the three-day action, the group BP or not BP?, called it the "largest protest in the history of the museum"
How serious are the dangers of market sponsorship of museum exhibitions?
Involvement from galleries and auction houses is on the rise as public institutions face dwindling government funds and increased scrutiny over toxic philanthropy