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Art, Money, and Power: Museums Test the Public's Trust With Their Ties to Influential Sponsors
An article in The New York Times reporting on the detrimental impact that sponsorship of the arts by some corporations can have on museums.
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…
As Corporate Support Shifts Its Focus, Art Organizations Are Adjusting
An article in The New York Times reporting on the changing landscape of corporate financing of the arts as tobacco sponsor Altria prepares to leave New York City.
Company's Fortunes Change, and The Whitney Benefits
An article in The New York Times reporting on Altria Group's donations of artworks to the Whitney Museum of American Art. Item consists of three pages.(Article)
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…
Go! Go! Go!
An advertisement by Philip Morris in The New York Times promoting its sponsorship of the exhibition Champions of American Sport.
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…
Picasso and Braque: Pioneering Cubism
An advertisement in The New York Times promoting the exhibition Picasso and Braque: Pioneering Cubism at the Museum of Modern Art, sponsored by Philip Morris.
Pity the Scientist Who Discovers the Discovered
An article in The New York Times about scientists who claim to make discoveries that have been previously reported by others.
