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Feb. 21, 2023  – The public outcry over the opioid crisis has provoked most arts and academic institutions previously patronised by the Sacklers to cut ties. 

The first wave of organisations to refuse donations or remove the family name from buildings — including the Louvre Museum in Paris and the National Portrait Gallery in London — came in 2019 after protests led by US artist Nan Goldin. They were joined over the course of 2021 and 2022 by institutions including the University of Edinburgh, the University of Glasgow and Imperial College London in the UK, and Yale University in the US. 

Many that had stated they would not remove the Sackler name from their buildings — such as London’s Victoria and Albert Museum, the British Museum, the National Portrait Gallery and the Tate gallery group — have since backpedalled and done so.

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