The National Portrait Gallery in London recently became the first major art institution to give up a grant from the Sackler family. Other U.K. cultural institutions such as the Serpentine’s Sackler Gallery and the Victoria and Albert Museum in London have benefited from donations from this trust. This is not the first time she has shown discontent towards the Sackler family and its connection to OxyContin. We live in a time of increasingly rapid change with the ability to question the role of public institutions. What is the relationship that arises between private collections and institutions with public missions?

Source: Daily Sun March 21, 2019 23:48 UTC