How Sackler cash made museums a target for protests
Woke art-lovers prefer galleries untainted by donors they dislike
VISITORS TO THE Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum in New York witnessed an unexpected performance on February 9th. Dozens of activists who had been summoned by social media unfolded four red banners from the Guggenheim’s corkscrew balconies. In big black letters they read: “400,000 dead”, “200 dead each day”, “Shame on Sackler” and “Take down their name”. A cloud of white confetti was hurled from the top of the rotunda, each piece of paper a medical prescription.
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