The Victoria & Albert Museum finally banishes the Sackler family name from its buildings:
The V&A had been a hold out as museums around the world removed the name of the disgraced pharmaceutical family.Nan Goldin protesting with Sackler P.A.I.N. at the Victoria and Albert Museum in London in 2019. Photo by Lottie Maher, courtesy of Sackler P.A.I.N.
The Victoria and Albert Museum has scrubbed the name of the Sackler family from its walls. The removal was long awaited, coming nearly three years after a major protest staged at the London institution. “The V&A’s Centre for Arts Education and Exhibition Road courtyard will no longer carry the Sackler name,” said a V&A spokesperson in a statement to Artnet News, adding that the decision was the product of a mutual agreement between the V&A and the family of the late Mortimer D. Sackler.
“Dame Theresa Sackler was a trustee of the V&A between 2011 and 2019, and we are immensely grateful for her service to the V&A over the years,” the spokesperson continued. “We have no current plans to rename the spaces.”
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