The Louvre, one of France’s most respected cultural institutions, is helping the fossil fuel industry to clean up its image.
Join our new campaign to end Le Louvre’s partnership with Total – sign the petition.
The Louvre Museum is a vital institution — it’s world-famous for its role in helping us to better understand the vast span of human history and civilisation.
And yet, by accepting corporate donations from fossil fuel companies like Total, the Louvre Museum not only stains its own reputation, but it helps foster the idea that we can continue to rely on fossil fuels without damaging our climate.
Today we’ve launched a high-profile report revealing the recklessness of Total, in particular. If enough of us speak up, we can change the Louvre’s policy and kick fossil fuels out of the arts!
Please add your signature alongside the many celebrities, cultural leaders, artists and campaigners that have lent us their voice:
Geneviève Azam – economist, Mieke Bal – professor at the Dutch Academy of Arts and Sciences, video artist, cultural theorist and critic, Christophe Bonneuil – historian, Leah Borromeo – director at Disobedient films, Cressida Brown – art director and producer at Offstage theater, Valérie Cabannes – Endecocide on Earth, Amélie Canonne – co-president of CRID, Maxime Combes – economist, Caryl Churchill – dramaturgist, T.J. Demos – art historian, University of California, Dr. Benjamin Franta – historian of science, Rebecca Foon – musician, Fabian Freyenhagen – philosopher, Dr. Chris Garrard – Art Not Oil, Jennifer A. González – historian, Yvan Gradis – founder of Résistance à l’Agression Publicitaire, Dr. Gavin Grindon – art historian, Guerrilla Girls – artist collective, Jean-François Julliard, – general director at Greenpeace France, Naomi Klein – journalist and essayist, Jeremy Leggett – president Carbon Tracker, Brooke Lehman – The Watershed, Laetitia Liebert, general delegate of Sherpa, Trevor MacFarlane – Cultural Affairs Commissioner at the European Parliament, Yates Mckee – art historian, Bridget McKenzie – director at Flow Associates, Bill McKibben – journalist, co-founder at 350.org, Nicholas Mirzoeff – professor at New York University, Jonathan Oppenheim – professor at University College London, Clara Paillard – Cultural Sector president at PCS (Grande-Bretagne) union, Oliver Ressler – artist, Jesse Paris Smith – musician, Jonathon Porritt – Forum for the future, Dominique Plihon – spokesperson Attac France, Sir Mark Rylance – actor, theatre director and playwright, Dr. Geoffrey Supran – professor at Harvard and MIT, Glen Tarman – Liberate Tate, Emma Thompson – actress, Aurélie Trouvé – spokesperson Attac France, Dr. Michael Tymkiw – art historian at the University of Essex, Julie Ward – European deputy, spokesperson of the worker’s party on culture and education, Stephen Webster – director of the Department of Sciences and Communication, Imperial College London, Vivienne Westwood, – fashion designer, Jess Worth – BP or not BP?
As well as the following organisations and collectives:
350.org – Art not Oil – Attac France – BP or not BP? – Liberate Tate – Fondation France Libertés – Platform – Sherpa – Solidaires
It’s time to end that relationship between fossil fuels and our museums – let’s start by making Le Louvre Fossil Free together.