Thursday 10 December 2015

The Louvre museum challenged for its sponsorship by oil companies


Activists arrested in the Louvre secretly sent this message fr...
Ten performers were arrested today at the Louvre for challenging its sponsorship by oil companies Total and Eni. But they managed to smuggle a phone into their cell to get this message out. Performance by End oil-sponsorship of the arts, BP or not BP?, G.U.L.F. Liberate Tate, Not An Alternative Occupy Museums, Platform London, Science Unstained, Shell Out Sounds, No Tar Sands, Stopp oljesponsing av norsk kulturliv, The Natural History Museum alongside other artists and activists from around the world. Film supported by 350.org and Real Media.
Posted by New Internationalist Magazine on Wednesday, 9 December 2015

Ten performers were arrested today at the Louvre for challenging its sponsorship by oil companies Total and Eni. 

In honor of the victims of the Paris terror attacks

Graffiti in honor of the victims of the Paris attacks made by a Kazakh artist called "ChemiS" in Prague.