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The Guggenheim Museum Finally Drops the Sackler Name

Avatar photo by Valentina Di Liscia May 9, 2022May 9, 2022

London’s National Gallery has announced it will also remove the disgraced family’s name from its halls.

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British Museum Drops Sackler Name — But Not Everywhere

Avatar photo by Jasmine Liu March 25, 2022March 25, 2022

The disgraced family’s name will remain on the museum’s benefactors’ board and its Great Court donor list.

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Museums Will be Able to Remove Sackler Name Without Penalty

Avatar photo 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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Sacklers Temporarily Banned From Slapping Name on Art Institutions

Avatar photo by Jasmine Weber July 12, 2021July 13, 2021

Photographer Nan Goldin, founder of advocacy group PAIN, called the temporary ban “appalling.”

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PAIN Activists Say They Were Followed by Sackler-hired Investigators

Avatar photo 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

Avatar photo 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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Museums Were Key to Sackler PR Strategy, Family Group Chats Reveal

Avatar photo by Valentina Di Liscia December 21, 2020December 23, 2020

Private text messages published this weekend by The.Ink show how members of the Sackler family tried to use the museums that received their money as a way to clear their names.

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

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

Avatar photo 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

Avatar photo 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

Avatar photo 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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Purdue Pharma Reaches Tentative Settlement in Thousands of Opioid Cases

Avatar photo by Zachary Small September 11, 2019January 31, 2022

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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