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Museums Will be Able to Remove Sackler Name Without Penalty

by Valentina Di Liscia March 4, 2022March 4, 2022

If the deal is approved, the Sacklers would pay up to $6 billion and lose their cherished naming rights at institutions.

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A Protest Against Purdue Settlement Transforms Courthouse Landscape Into a Graveyard

by Valentina Di Liscia August 9, 2021March 4, 2022

Activists from advocacy groups PAIN Sackler and Truth Pharm denounced Judge Robert D. Drain’s “bankruptcy scam.”

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Laura Raicovich on How to Make Museums “Better for More People”

by Dessane Lopez Cassell June 15, 2021June 16, 2021

Hyperallergic talks to the curator, writer, and former museum director about her new book Culture Strike: Art and Museums in an Age of Protest.

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PAIN Activists Say They Were Followed by Sackler-hired Investigators

by Valentina Di Liscia April 21, 2021April 21, 2021

The alleged surveillance of members of PAIN, the advocacy group founded by Nan Goldin, is detailed in Patrick Radden Keefe’s new book.

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23 States Call for Protections for Nonprofits That Choose to Drop Sackler Name

by Valentina Di Liscia March 17, 2021March 17, 2021

Connecticut Attorney General William Tong called for protections that would allow museums to get out of perpetuity contracts without facing lawsuits.

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Nan Goldin Testifies at Landmark Hearing On Purdue Pharma’s Role In Opioid Crisis

by Valentina Di Liscia December 21, 2020December 18, 2020

Last week’s House Oversight Committee hearing was the first time members of the Sackler family publicly addressed their alleged role in the epidemic.

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NYU to Remove Sackler Name Following Pressure From Students and Artist-led Group, P.A.I.N.

by Valentina Di Liscia October 22, 2020November 5, 2020

The decision comes the day after a settlement between Purdue Pharma and the Justice Department, in which members of the Sackler family will pay $225 million in civil penalties, less than 2% of their estimated net worth.

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P.A.I.N Sackler Calls Proposed Purdue Pharma Settlement “Justice for Sale”

by Valentina Di Liscia October 7, 2020November 5, 2020

Founded by artist Nan Goldin, the activist group P.A.I.N. criticized the potential settlement, which would protect the family’s personal wealth.

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Tufts University Removes Sackler Name From Med School; Smithsonian Rebrands Its Sackler Gallery

by Hakim Bishara December 5, 2019December 6, 2019

The billionaire Sackler family, owners of Purdue Pharma who are well known for their philanthropy, has come under intense scrutiny in the art world.

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In Its First UK Action, PAIN Sackler Holds “Die-in” at the V&A

by Naomi Polonsky November 18, 2019November 18, 2019

Warning of “toxic philanthropy,” activists gathered in the museum’s Sackler Courtyard, honoring the five people who die every day in the UK from opioid overdoses.

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PAIN Sackler Activists Throw “Blood Money” and Stage Die-in Outside Purdue Pharma’s Bankruptcy Hearing

by Jasmine Weber October 10, 2019October 10, 2019

“We’re not going to stop until they personally face charges,” Nan Goldin, founder of PAIN Sackler, declared.

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

by Jasmine Weber September 12, 2019September 12, 2019

“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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