BP ends 26-year sponsorship deal with Tate

At a time when climate change is high on the art world agenda, BP is to end its 26-year sponsorship of Tate next spring. But the oil company blamed an “extremely challenging business environment” for its decision, rather than years of protest against its financial backing of the museum.
Some of the most recent protests against BP’s sponsorship include a sit-in at Tate Britain in November, in which activists tattooed each other with numbers representing CO2 concentrations, and