> Last week, the National Portrait Gallery announced it was cutting ties with the oil giant BP after three decades following years of protests by climate activists. Other organisations, including the Tate and the Royal Shakespeare Company, had already ended their relationships with the firm, while the British Museum continues to receive funding and has announced no plans to change that.
> Several institutions have also removed the Sackler family’s name in recent months over members of the family’s role in the opioid crisis that claimed thousands of lives.
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> Last week, the National Portrait Gallery announced it was cutting ties with the oil giant BP after three decades following years of protests by climate activists. Other organisations, including the Tate and the Royal Shakespeare Company, had already ended their relationships with the firm, while the British Museum continues to receive funding and has announced no plans to change that.
> Several institutions have also removed the Sackler family’s name in recent months over members of the family’s role in the opioid crisis that claimed thousands of lives.