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End of an Era in Arts Funding
An editorial in The New York Times about the mixed legacy of Altria's long support of the city's art museums and cultural organizations on the one hand, and the source of the company's profits--the marketing of a lethal, addictive product--on the…
Field Notes on Six Tobacco-Sponsored Cultural Attractions in New York City on December 12, 1994
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…
Giving Back: Firms Funding Arts Seek a Return
An article from The Wall Street Journal reporting on companies looking to benefit from funding the arts.
Giving Back: When Corporate Donors Split
A column in The Wall Street Journal about the impact on museums in New york City of the phasing out of funding of the arts by Altria.
Janet Sackman Leads Virginia Slims Protest
An article in The Associated Press. The article includes Janet Sackman leading the protest of Virginia Slims sponsorship of women's tennis.
Lawrence Small
A cartoon drawn by Richard Thompson for The Washington Post satirizing the Smithsonian Institution for his extreme courting of corporate donors.
Met Museum Spurns Family Tied to Opiods
An article in The New York Times reporting on the Metropolitan Museum of Art's deciison to reject future monetary donations from members of the Sackler family, who own the company Purdue Pharma that has been implicated in fomenting the prescription…
MoMA at El Museo
Statement in Museo del Bario press packet from Altria Group, Inc, referring to the company's partnership with the Museo del Bario and the Museum of Modern Art referring to its partnership with the Museum of Modern Art and El Museo del Barrio to…
Seattle Art Patch Postcard
A promotional postcard by the King County Department of Health's Art Patch project to raise concern about arts sponsorship by tobacco companies.
Smoking Out the Issue of Sponsorship
Letters in The Los Angeles Times expressing opinions about Philip Morris sponsorship of the arts.
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Tobacco Company Sponsorship of the Arts -- Think Again
Cover of four-page flyer distributed by DOC at a house call at the Metropolitan Museum of Art protesting Philip Morris' sponsorship of the exhibition…