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Nan Goldin threatens London gallery boycott over £1m gift from Sackler family

Into Action –

Feb. 17, 2019 – The artist last weekend staged a major protest at the Guggenheim Museum and the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York over their links to the large family of arts philanthropists, one group of which profits from the ongoing opioid crisis in the US. “My message is for all institutions everywhere, which are taking Sackler money,” said Goldin, 65. “They are not going [to be able to] continue to operate ‘business as usual’. People are pushing back and, if they want to maintain their standing as cultural institutions and educational institutions, they have to listen to the people and they have to do the right thing. They have to make a decision.”

Full Story @ TheGuardian.com

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