Demonstrators were protesting against industry giant BP
A flashmob invaded the British Museum to protest against BP’s sponsorship of the country’s cultural institutions.
Campaigners Liberate Tate started with a performance at the Tate Britain where around 20 people were joined by Hollywood actor Ezra Miller – who plays the Flash in the upcoming adaptation of DC’s comic book – before heading to the museum in central London.
There they were met by 16 other organisations who then combined to take part in a mass performance.
Protester Yasmin de Silva said: “Last week Tate installed solar panels on the roof of Tate Modern. If the art museum recognises the need to promote clean, renewable energy, it must also realise how incongruous it is to be so embedded with one of the dirtiest and most controversial oil companies in the world through its sponsorship relationship with BP.”
She continued: “Unfortunately, oil companies like BP are doing all they can to prevent meaningful action on climate change from taking place. And Tate, the British Museum and other London cultural institutions are explicitly endorsing them in doing it.”
Demonstrators invade museum to protest against offshore giant
