Following revelations that the Sackler family – a major donor to arts institutions including the V&A – has strong links to a highly addictive painkiller commonly involved in overdose deaths, Colin Moynihan asks if museums and galleries should begin vetting donors.
Visitors to the Victoria and Albert Museum’s white porcelain plaza in London commonly walk past a wall that says “The Sackler Courtyard.” About a mile away, the words “Serpentine Sackler Gallery” appear above a colonnade running along the front of a former gunpowder repository turned art space.
And across the Atlantic, the family’s name is attached to centers and programs at institutions like the Dia Arts Foundation... Keep reading on The New York Times