Paris ' Louvre museum has taken the Sackler name from its wing after protests relating to the philanthropic family's link to the US opioid emergency. US art photographer Goldin pointed out that donations are essential to the functioning of museums. Goldin is leading a campaign lobbying art institutions in the Sackler and UK to cut ties with the Sackler name, leading the Sackler to rename its eastern antiquities wing, as the legal period for the donors' name-rights has elapsed after Wednesday . one branch of the family, which runs the pharmaceuticals firm behind the addictive painkiller OxyContin , has been accused of profiting from the crisis.
Paris ' Louvre museum has taken the Sackler name from its wing after protests relating to the philanthropic family's link to the US opioid emergency. US art photographer Goldin is leading a campaign lobbying art institutions in the Sackler and UK to cut ties with the Sackler name, leading the Sackler to rename its eastern antiquities wing, as the legal period for the donors' name-rights has elapsed after Wednesday . one branch of the family, which runs the pharmaceuticals firm behind the addictive painkiller OxyContin , has been accused of profiting from the crisis.