More than seventy artists quietly pressured the Met in New York to end its association with the Sacker family that made a fortune on the opioid crisis. The museum has announced that seven of its exhibition spaces, including the wing that houses the Temple of Dendur, will no longer carry the Sackler name. Patrick Radden Keefe, who wrote a book about the Sackler dynasty, recently spoke at the John Adams.
Artists help to remove the Sackler name
More than 70 artists quietly pressured the Met to end its ties with the Sacker family that made a fortune on the opioid crisis. The museum has announced that seven of its exhibition spaces, will no longer carry the Sackler name. Patrick Radden Keefe, who wrote a book about the Sackler dynasty, recently spoke at the John Adams.
