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“It’s a Fake Settlement”: Protesters Descend on Purdue Pharma HQ

“We want the Sacklers to have their day in court,” said an activist from PAIN Sackler at the protest in Connecticut. “We want to see all the documents of when they decided to poison the population in this country.”

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Purdue Pharma Reaches Tentative Settlement in Thousands of Opioid Cases

The family will provide a $3 billion payout over seven years. However, the settlement does not include a statement of wrongdoing.

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Artist Nan Goldin Arrested in Protest Outside Governor Cuomo's Office in NYC

The activists are calling on the governor to establish overdose prevention centers to combat the growing opioid epidemic.

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Pharma Protests Reach Paris, as Sackler PAIN Demands Louvre "Take Down the Sackler Name"

The activists unfurled large banners and staged a die-in in front of the museum's iconic pyramid demanding it removes the Sackler's name from one of its wings.

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Pharma Protests Reach Paris, as Sackler PAIN Demands Louvre "Take Down the Sackler Name"

The activists unfurled large banners and staged a die-in in front of the museum's iconic pyramid demanding it removes the Sackler's name from one of its wings.

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Artists and Drug Policy Activists Protest FDA’s Role in Opioid Crisis

Nan Goldin was among the artist-activists who gathered in Washington, DC to demand the FDA address the "public health impact of the opioid crisis."

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Tate Will No Longer Accept Donations from the Sackler Family, Setting New Precedent

The major decision comes just days after London's National Portrait Gallery decided to not accept a $1.3 million donation from the Sackler Trust.

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Nan Goldin Says She'll Boycott National Portrait Gallery If It Accepts £1M Sackler Donation

Goldin says she was invited to host a retrospective of her work at the National Portrait Gallery but will refuse to participate if they accept the hefty donation from the Sackler family.

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PAIN Sackler Storms Guggenheim and Metropolitan Museums for Financial Ties to Opioid Manufacturers

The drug policy advocates, led by photographer Nan Goldin, held a covert die-in at the Guggenheim, then marching to the Met to publicly protest on its steps.

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Nan Goldin and Drug Policy Activists Protest NY Governor Cuomo’s Inaction

Protesters marched outside the governor's office near Grand Central Station, carrying a mock overdose prevention center to urge approval of the five pilot prevention centers promised during Cuomo's election campaign.

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Nan Goldin Selling Signed Prints for $100 to Fight the Opioid Crisis

The artist is donating proceeds from the sale, a collaboration between Magnum Photos and the Aperture Foundation, to her activist group PAIN (Prescription Addiction Intervention Now).

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Nan Goldin Is Her Own Worst Critic in Surprise TV Cameo with James Franco

Last week's episode of HBO's The Deuce included the artist as an unnamed and unimpressed critic of an exhibition, which actually featured her own photos.