Art Not Oil heads to Newcastle, October 5th-28th

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ART NOT OIL

at The Forth, Pink Lane, Newcastle Upon Tyne, NE1 5DW; Tel: 0191 232 6478

EXHIBITION RUNS OCTOBER 5th-28th
FREE PUBLIC OPENING, WED OCT 5th, 7pm: art – music – food – talk

As the BP Portrait Award settles in at the Sunderland Museum and Winter
Gardens, its alter ego Art Not Oil comes to the Forth Hotel to offer up
what could be a truer portrait of an oil company, as well as celebrating
our creative dissent.

Catch both if you can, then make up your own mind.
If you come away concerned about the way arts sponsorship diverts public
attention from the systematic abuses of the oil industry, one thing you
can do is let Alec Coles, Sunderland Museum boss, know how you feel:
discovery@twmuseums.org.uk
0191 553 2323;
Burdon Rd, Sunderland SR1 1PP.

If emailing, please copy your message to National Portrait Gallery boss
Sandy Nairne - snairne@npg.org.uk - as well as to info@artnotoil.org.uk

Climate chaos is set to have a catastrophic effect on all of us, while
hitting the poorest hardest. Oil is a curse that also fuels war, poverty
and environmental destruction. Yet the companies most responsible are
profiting handsomely, and they are still welcome it seems in many of our
most prestigious public galleries and museums. Why?

This is a rolling exhibition, so send us your art (whether or not you're
an artist). After Newcastle, it's off to Edinburgh in December via a visit
to a radical film festival in Leeds (November 3-13.)

Leaflet, poster, images & info available from:
Tel: 07708 794665
info@artnotoil.org.uk
62 Fieldgate Street, London E1 1ES.
artnotoil.org.uk
nationalpetroleumgallery.org.uk
londonrisingtide.org.uk

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