The protest group has set out plans to stage a ‘die-in’ at the gallery to draw attention to the global decline in the bee population, saying it chose Tate Modern because the Tate fortune was built on colonial exploitation of land in West Indies and South America. The gallery says it both supports Extinction Rebellion’s attempts to highlight the collapse in the bee population and peaceful protests in Tate Modern, which it describes as a public space.
Published: 26-04-2019