Test 2018 posts
Artist Drops 800-Pound Heroin Spoon Outside OxyContin Manufacturer's Headquarters
Artist Domenic Esposito and gallerist Fernando Luis Alvarez delivered the giant sculpture to the doorstep of drugmaker Purdue Pharma.
Opioid Crisis
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Test 2018 posts
Protesters at Metropolitan Museum Chant “Shame on Sackler,” Targeting Donors Who Profited from Opioid Crisis [UPDATED]
On Saturday, members of the group PAIN Sackler and other organizations gathered at the Temple of Dendur to decry the Metropolitan Museum's association with the Sackler family's painkiller fortune.
News
Our Incomplete List of Cultural Institutions and Initiatives Funded by the Sackler Family
The secretive family whose pharmaceutical company hid the addictive effects of OxyContin also funds dozens of museums and universities.
Art
How Some of the World's Biggest Art Patrons Contributed to the Opioid Crisis
The Sackler family funds spaces in several major museums, including the Guggenheim, the American Museum of Natural History, and the Metropolitan Museum of Art. The pharmaceutical titans also contributed to the US's crushing opioid epidemic.