9/26/2023 0 Comments Tanks tate modern![]() On 2 nd December 2011 eight thousand signatories made up of Tate visitors and members petitioned Director Nicholas Serota to drop the shadowy deal, calling on Tate to “Take the necessary steps to disengage from BP as a sponsor, and stop allowing Tate to be used to deflect attention away from the devastating impacts that BP has around the world.” Platform believes that this is due to the concerted pressure and criticism that has been aimed at Tate for its decision to continue to take money from BP despite the oil giant’s dodgy environmental record. It appears that the forthcoming launch of its new space has prompted Tate to remove the word ‘oil’ from the name of its new galleries that are now referred to as merely ‘The Tanks’ when only last Autumn they were called ‘the Oil Tanks’. ![]() What were “The Oil Tanks” at Tate Modern have now been rebranded as “The Tanks” within recent Tate press communications it has been noted by campaign group Platform.
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