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Art World Roundup: New news from the Met on Sackler connections, a $22,000 publication on the Sistine Chapel, and more
In this week’s Art World Roundup, we look at a Picasso exhibition extended in London, the Met announces it will reconsider Sackler, and a new book on the Sistine Chapel […]
Louvre strikes Sackler name from gallery and website
The Louvre has become the first major institute to officially remove the Sackler family name from its galleries. The Sacklers had been associated with the museum’s wing of oriental antiquities […]
Sackler name to remain at the Smithsonian
In response to one senator’s call to remove the Sackler name from a major gallery at the Smithsonian, the institution has announced that it will not be removing the family’s […]
Oregon Senator calls for removal of Sackler name at the Smithsonian
Just days after Lonnie G. Bunch III took over as secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, he’d already received a major request concerning the ongoing issues surrounding the Sackler family, their […]
Tate and Guggenheim vow to refuse Sackler money
When the National Portrait Gallery in London and Sackler Trust stopped the progress of a gift of £1 million from the Sackler Trust on March 19th as part of an […]
National Portrait Gallery turns down gift of £1 million from the Sackler Trust
In a short press release from earlier today, London’s National Portrait Gallery (NPG), in conjunction with the Sackler Trust, announced that it would not be proceeding with a gift of £1 […]
P.A.I.N. organizes against the Sackler family with demonstrations at the Guggenheim and Met
Protesters took to New York’s Fifth Avenue on the evening of February 9th on route from the Guggenheim Museum to the Metropolitan Museum of Art to speak out against the […]
The Met re-visits gifting policies in light of lawsuits involving the Sackler family
Recently, the City of New York formally accused the Sackler family, who own Purdue Pharma, of misleading the public for decades about the dangers of OxyContin, an opioid created and […]
Art World Roundup: talks pick up to repatriate Benin Bronzes in Germany and Scotland, the Ghent Altarpiece gets £26m home, and more
In this week’s Art World Roundup… The Humboldt Forum announces it “expects” to repatriate Benin Bronzes to Nigeria and days later, the University of Aberdeen made a similar announcement. The […]
Art World Roundup: reaching the community during COVID-19, Hong Kong petition signed by hundreds of artists, and P.A.I.N. continues to help opioid victims
In this week’s Art World Roundup, we take a look at more ways that artists, organizations, and even JK Rowling are reaching out to the community during COVID-19, the petition […]
