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

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.

A tracheostomy for the Marlboro man

1982-07-24 - MJA - Tracheostomy for the Marlboro Man BUGA Up cover story.pdf
Cover of The Medical Journal of Australia featuring a poster by the Australian health advocacy group Billboard Utilizing Graffitists Against Unhealthy Promotion (BUGA UP). parodying the Philip Morris competition for the Marlboro Man of Australia.…

Abstract of Symposium on Tobacco Sponsorship of the Arts

2005 - National Conference on Tobacco and Health - Alan Blum - Abstract for Symposiummn on Tobacco Sponsorship of the Arts.pdf
An abstract by Alan Blum, MD of a symposium on tobacco sponsorship of the arts, presented at the National Conference on Tobacco or Health in Chicago, Illinois.

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…

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…

Artists Join to Un-do Tobacco Art Ties

1988 - Doc Newsletter - Doctors, Artists Join to Undo Tobacco-Art Ties.pdf
An article in the Doctors Ought to Care (DOC) newsletter about the launch of "Artists as Ashtrays," a campaign calling for an end to tobacco sponsorship of the arts.

(Article)

BUGA UP Autumn Catalogue 1980

1981 - BUGA-Up Brochure Cover and four photographs of refaced billboards, Sidney, New South Wales, Australia, .pdf
Satirical brochure by the Australian health advocacy group Billboard Utilizing Graffitists Against Unhealthy Promotions (BUGA UP), plus four postcards of refaced billboards by the group.

(Brochure, Photographs)

BUGA-Up Protest of Philip Morris Sponsorship of the Art Gallery of New South Wales.

1982 - Marlboro Racer in Chains.jpg
A collection of photographs of the Australian health advocacy group BUGA UP protesting Philip Morris' sponsorship of the Art Gallery of New South Wales and the display of a Marlboro race car in the museum lobby.(Photographs)

Field Notes on Six Tobacco-Sponsored Cultural Attractions in New York City on December 12, 1994

1994-12-02 - Notes on six tobacco-sponsored cultural attractions in NYC.pdf
Field notes by Alan Blum, MD of a single day of viewing six tobacco-sponsored event in New York City. The notes include a quotation by William Murray, Chairman of the Board of Philip Morris Companies, Inc. from the Sponsor's Statement in the…

Museum Malignancy

1995-06-14 - Public News - Editorial Museum Malignancy - Alan Blum.pdf
Guest commentary by Alan Blum, MD in The Houston Public News about Philip Morris' sponsorship of the John Biggers exhibition at the Houston Museum of Fine Arts. Item includes three images of selected pages.(Poster, Editorial, Cover)