Institutions Trust Institutions Critiques by Artists of the BP/Tate Partnership
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 23185478 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Derrick Chong (0000-0002-2721-5306, Royal Holloway University of London, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2013 |
| Volume | 33 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 104-116 |
| Publication date | 2013-06-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal of Macromarketing (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0276-1467 • E-ISSN: 1552-6534 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publications (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1177/0276146712470458 |
| OpenAlex | W2167558446 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 11 |
| References cited | 22 |
This article reevaluates the ethics of arts sponsorship by multinational capitalism as one consequence of the 2010 Gulf of Mexico catastrophe. Tate’s partnership with BP is the focus of scrutiny. BP is cast as not being socially responsible, with Tate drawn into a carbon-based economy of cultural institutions that lend weight to Big Oil. Attention is devoted to why and how artists traveling under the flag of institutional critique—Hans Haacke and three collectives of artists know as Platform, Art Not Oil, and Liberate Tate—seized the opportunity of Tate’s 2010 Summer Party to mark two decades of BP support and to challenge this partnership. Hans Magnus Enzensberger’s “consciousness industry” helps to locate current discussions on the privatization and social control of the public domain. An alternative perspective to relationships between business and the arts is offered.
Big business · Business ethics · Capitalism · General partnership · Multinational corporation · Political science · Scrutiny · Sociology · The arts · Artistic and Creative Research · Cultural Industries and Urban Development · Law · Management and Organizational Studies
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| Unique citing works | 11 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0.92 |
| Citation span | 2014 - 2025 (12) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 10 |