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  • Collection: 012 - Arts Sponsorship (Museum Malignancy - Taking a Stand)

Smelli Minnelli in Cancer

Doc Parody - Virgina Slimes - Smelli Minnelli in Cancer.jpg
Advertisement by Doctors Ought to Care (DOC) in Houston Public News parodying the Philip Morris-sponsored Virginia Slims Legends concert featuring Liza Minelli and Angela Lansbury.

Tobacco Sponsorship: A Pain in the Arts

n.d. - DOC - Tobacco Sponsorship A Pain in the Arts.jpg
Bumper sticker by the Australian organization Billboard Utilizing Graffitists Against Unhealthy Promotions (BUGA-Up).

Artist Doug Minkler and Artists As Ashtrays

1988 - Doc Newsletter - Doctors, Artists Join to Undo Tobacco-Art Ties.jpg
A collection of newsletters, advertisement parodies, and a letter to the director of the Australian National Gallery pertaining to the campaign by artist Doug Minkler and Doctors Ought to Care (DOC), "Artists As Ashtrays," aimed at ending tobacco…

The Art of Drug-Pushing

1983-1984 - Metropolitan Museum of Art - Philip Morris - Exhibition Catalogue The Vatican Collections The Papacy and Art_Page_10.jpg
A statement by Doctors Ought to Care (DOC) and New Jersey GASP (Group Against Smoking Pollution) criticizing the sponsorship by Philip Morris of the exhibition The Vatican Collections: The Papacy and Art at the Metropolitan Museum of Art.

Smoking Out the Issue of Sponsorship

1991-12-14 - Letter - Los Angeles Times - Smoking out the Issue of Sponsorship.pdf
Letters in The Los Angeles Times expressing opinions about Philip Morris sponsorship of the arts.

Artist Hans Haacke and Helmsboro Country

1976-1981 - Artworks by Hans Haacke.pdf
Items associated with artist Hans Haacke's works criticizing art sponsorship by corporations, including the parody "Helmsboro Country," mocking Philip Morris' support of the homophobic and pro-tobacco industry US Senator Jesse Helms. Item consists of…

The Vatican Collections: The Papacy and Art

1983-1984 - Metropolitan Museum of Art - Philip Morris - Exhibition Catalogue The Vatican Collections The Papacy and Art.pdf
Catalogue and other images of the exhibition The Vatican Collections: The Papacy and Art at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, sponsored by Philip Morris. The item contains eleven images of selected pages.(Poster, Acknowedgements, Advertisement,…

The Art of John Biggers

1995 - Images from DOC House Call on Houston Museum of Fine Arts John Biggers Exhibition .pdf
Items associated with The Art of John Biggers: View from the Upper Room. Photographs are of a house call at the Houston Musuem of Fine Arts by members of Doctors Ought to Care (DOC) protesting the sponsorship of the exhibition by Philip Morris. Item…

The Vatican Collections: The Papacy and Art

1983-1984 - Metropolitan Museum of Art - Philip Morris - Exhibition Catalogue The Vatican Collections The Papacy and Art_Page_06.jpg
An advertisement promoting the art exhibition The Vatican Collections: The Papacy and Art, sponsored by Philip Morris.(Advertisement)

A Dance Against the New Anti-Smoking Bill

n.d. - Matson - Cartoon - Warning Banning Smoking Now Greatly Reduces Corporate Funding for the Arts.jpg
A cartoon by RJ Matson in The New York Observer about Philip Morris enlisting arts organizations it funded to lobby against a clean indoor air bill before the New York City Council.