UK -based art network Tate has rejected a £1m ( $1.3m ) grant from the Sackler Trust following a campaign against the Sackler family, which faces legal challenges over the US opioid crisis. The Sackler family is facing legal action over its production of a painkiller implicated in thousands of deaths and pressure has been growing on institutions to reject money from their trusts. The family, which runs The National Portrait Gallery , is accused of misleading regulators over the dangers of its multi -billion dollar painkiller OxyContin , which has played a large role in the deaths of 91,000 people from opioid addiction in two years . Westminster Abbey has donated roughly £80m to US cultural institutions over two years , including the V&A and V&A . The National Portrait Gallery has also refused the family's £1m donation.
UK -based art network Tate has rejected a £1m ( $1.3m ) grant from the Sackler Trust following a campaign against the Sackler family, which faces legal challenges over the US opioid crisis. The family, which runs The National Portrait Gallery , is accused of misleading regulators over the dangers of its multi -billion dollar painkiller OxyContin , which has played a large role in the deaths of 91,000 people from opioid addiction in two years . Westminster Abbey has donated roughly £80m to US cultural institutions over two years , including the V&A and V&A . The National Portrait Gallery has also refused the family's £1m donation.