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The Art of John Biggers
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…
Tags: 1995, Art, DOC, Exhibitions, John Biggers, Museum of Fine Arts Houston, Protests
BUGA-Up Protest of Philip Morris Sponsorship of the Art Gallery of New South Wales.
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)
Artist Hans Haacke and Helmsboro Country
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…
Tags: 1976, 1989, Art, Exhibitions, Hans Haacke, Protests, The New York Times
Artist Doug Minkler and Artists As Ashtrays
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…
Tags: 1988, 1998, Advertisements, Art, Artists As Ashtrays, DOC, Doug Minkler, Exhibitions, Parodies, Protests
Presentation at Texas Association of Museums Annual Conference
Materials related to the plenary session "Controversy and Museums" at the 1996 Annual Meeting of the Texas Association of Museums. The list of slides for the presentation by Alan Blum, MD on the ethics of the acceptance of tobacco industry funding by…
Tags: 1996, Art, Exhibitions, Protests, Texas Association of Museums
BUGA UP Autumn Catalogue 1980
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)
(Brochure, Photographs)
Tags: 1981, Art, BUGA-Up, catalogues, Exhibitions, Protests
The Art of Drug-Pushing
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.
Tags: 1983, 1984, Art, DOC, Exhibitions, GASP, Metropolitan Museum of Art, Philip Morris, Protests
Warning: Funding of arts through tobacco profits can be hazardous to public health
A commentary critical of tobacco industry sponsorship of the arts written by Steven G. Kellman in The San Antonio Light.(Article)
Artists Join to Un-do Tobacco Art Ties
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)
(Article)
Museum Malignancy
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)
Tags: 1995, Alan Blum, Art, Editorials, Exhibitions, Protests, Public News