protest outside the V&A Dundee. Members of the group were protesting against Barclay Bank's involvement with the museum.
Barclay are sponsoring the Mary Quant exhibition being held at the V&A. Extinction Rebellion (XR) members protested by pouring oil over themselves while dressed in 60s-style outfits, reminiscent of the designer's style, to highlight the connection between the finance sector, the Government and the fossil fuel industry.Anne Campbell, a retired midwife and a member of XR in Dundee, said: "Barclays is the biggest funder of fossil fuels in Europe."The V&A should not be accepting money from an organisation which is complicit in fuelling climate change."Barclays is using sponsorship of art and culture as a way of diverting.
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