BP Ends 30-Year Partnership of London’s National Portrait Gallery

Sponsorship of National Portrait Gallery to end in December
Big Oil’s backing of arts and museums is being criticized

Pedestrians walk past the entrance to the National Portrait Gallery in London on March 21, 2021. — Pedestrians walk past the entrance to the National Portrait Gallery in London on March 21, 2021.
Photographer: Nilas Halle’n/AFP/Getty Images

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By Laura Hurst

February 22, 2022 at 11:29 AM UTC

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BP Plc is ending a three-decade partnership with the National Portrait Gallery as relationships between the arts and fossil-fuel companies come under increased scrutiny in the U.K.