The National Gallery in London also removed the name from one of its galleries this weekend.
The Guggenheim Museum, Which Long Resisted Calls to Drop the Sackler Name, Has Finally Quietly Removed ItMay 9, 2022
A view of the exterior facade of the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum in New York City. Photo by Ben Hider/Getty Images.has become the latest institution to quietly drop the name of the Sackler family, who made their fortune selling the addictive painkiller Oxycontin.Center for Arts Education , but the museum’s website no longer includes any mention of the family, whose generous philanthropy over the decades extended to institutions on both sides of the Atlantic.
“The Guggenheim and the Mortimer D. Sackler family have agreed to rename the arts education center,” a museum spokesperson confirmed to Artnet News. “We believe this decision is in the best interest of the museum and the vital work it does.” The Sackler name has become increasingly toxic in recent years after their role in the devastating opioid epidemic was publicized through
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