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"Education facilities at the Guggenheim, including a theater and an exhibition gallery, are housed inside the 8,200-square-foot Sackler Center for Arts Education, identified by the museum as 'a gift of the Mortimer D. Sackler Family,'" the New York Times reported. (Photo: Ryan Hampton/Twitter)
'Shame on Sackler': Massive Protest Breaks Out Over Guggenheim Museum's Ties to Big Pharma
Demonstrators dropped thousands of white slips designed to look like OxyContin prescriptions to highlight the Sackler family's role in fueling the opioid epidemic
Feb 09, 2019
Demonstrators inside New York's Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum staged a "die in" and dropped thousands of paper slips designed to look like of OxyContin prescriptions Saturday night to protest the facility's ties to the billionaire Sackler family, which owns Purdue Pharma and has been accused of deliberately fueling the opioid epidemic for profit.
"Education facilities at the Guggenheim, including a theater and an exhibition gallery, are housed inside the 8,200-square-foot Sackler Center for Arts Education, identified by the museum as 'a gift of the Mortimer D. Sackler Family,'" the New York Times reported.
"The cloud of white slips, created by a group founded by the photographer Nan Goldin, was a response to a recently disclosed statement by Richard Sackler, the son of a Purdue founder, who said years ago that OxyContin's launch would be 'followed by a blizzard of prescriptions that will bury the competition,'" the Times continued.
Videos of the striking demonstration quickly spread on social media:
\u201cMy first trip to the Guggenheim. Sackler family made Billions pushing Oxycotin and lying about the dangers. Fuck them and their money they shouldnt be honored in museums, they should be prosecuted! #SacklersLiePeopleDie\u201d— Charles Khan \ud83c\uddef\ud83c\uddf2 #BlackLivesMatter (@Charles Khan \ud83c\uddef\ud83c\uddf2 #BlackLivesMatter) 1549757231
\u201cProtestors staged a die-in & dropped flyers @ the #Guggenheim tonight demanding that the museum remove the name of the Sackler family, owners of \u2066@purduepharma\u2069 that produces OxyContin. The pill kills ~200 people every day #OpioidEpidemic. Read more: https://t.co/UjEqeTLfYr\u201d— Andrew Kimmel (@Andrew Kimmel) 1549762682
\u201cI didn\u2019t know what was happening today @Guggenheim as people starting yelling. An incredibly moving protest against Big Pharma @sacklerpain #sacklerpain\u201d— Krista Parry (@Krista Parry) 1549770443
Demonstrations against the Sackler family continued outside Guggenheim Saturday night, with protesters marching with banners that read, "Shame on Sackler":
\u201cTake to the streets. Shame on Sackler. Lock them up. @sacklerpain @Guggenheim @FEDUpRally @FacingAddiction\u201d— Ryan Hampton (@Ryan Hampton) 1549758553
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Demonstrators inside New York's Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum staged a "die in" and dropped thousands of paper slips designed to look like of OxyContin prescriptions Saturday night to protest the facility's ties to the billionaire Sackler family, which owns Purdue Pharma and has been accused of deliberately fueling the opioid epidemic for profit.
"Education facilities at the Guggenheim, including a theater and an exhibition gallery, are housed inside the 8,200-square-foot Sackler Center for Arts Education, identified by the museum as 'a gift of the Mortimer D. Sackler Family,'" the New York Times reported.
"The cloud of white slips, created by a group founded by the photographer Nan Goldin, was a response to a recently disclosed statement by Richard Sackler, the son of a Purdue founder, who said years ago that OxyContin's launch would be 'followed by a blizzard of prescriptions that will bury the competition,'" the Times continued.
Videos of the striking demonstration quickly spread on social media:
\u201cMy first trip to the Guggenheim. Sackler family made Billions pushing Oxycotin and lying about the dangers. Fuck them and their money they shouldnt be honored in museums, they should be prosecuted! #SacklersLiePeopleDie\u201d— Charles Khan \ud83c\uddef\ud83c\uddf2 #BlackLivesMatter (@Charles Khan \ud83c\uddef\ud83c\uddf2 #BlackLivesMatter) 1549757231
\u201cProtestors staged a die-in & dropped flyers @ the #Guggenheim tonight demanding that the museum remove the name of the Sackler family, owners of \u2066@purduepharma\u2069 that produces OxyContin. The pill kills ~200 people every day #OpioidEpidemic. Read more: https://t.co/UjEqeTLfYr\u201d— Andrew Kimmel (@Andrew Kimmel) 1549762682
\u201cI didn\u2019t know what was happening today @Guggenheim as people starting yelling. An incredibly moving protest against Big Pharma @sacklerpain #sacklerpain\u201d— Krista Parry (@Krista Parry) 1549770443
Demonstrations against the Sackler family continued outside Guggenheim Saturday night, with protesters marching with banners that read, "Shame on Sackler":
\u201cTake to the streets. Shame on Sackler. Lock them up. @sacklerpain @Guggenheim @FEDUpRally @FacingAddiction\u201d— Ryan Hampton (@Ryan Hampton) 1549758553
Demonstrators inside New York's Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum staged a "die in" and dropped thousands of paper slips designed to look like of OxyContin prescriptions Saturday night to protest the facility's ties to the billionaire Sackler family, which owns Purdue Pharma and has been accused of deliberately fueling the opioid epidemic for profit.
"Education facilities at the Guggenheim, including a theater and an exhibition gallery, are housed inside the 8,200-square-foot Sackler Center for Arts Education, identified by the museum as 'a gift of the Mortimer D. Sackler Family,'" the New York Times reported.
"The cloud of white slips, created by a group founded by the photographer Nan Goldin, was a response to a recently disclosed statement by Richard Sackler, the son of a Purdue founder, who said years ago that OxyContin's launch would be 'followed by a blizzard of prescriptions that will bury the competition,'" the Times continued.
Videos of the striking demonstration quickly spread on social media:
\u201cMy first trip to the Guggenheim. Sackler family made Billions pushing Oxycotin and lying about the dangers. Fuck them and their money they shouldnt be honored in museums, they should be prosecuted! #SacklersLiePeopleDie\u201d— Charles Khan \ud83c\uddef\ud83c\uddf2 #BlackLivesMatter (@Charles Khan \ud83c\uddef\ud83c\uddf2 #BlackLivesMatter) 1549757231
\u201cProtestors staged a die-in & dropped flyers @ the #Guggenheim tonight demanding that the museum remove the name of the Sackler family, owners of \u2066@purduepharma\u2069 that produces OxyContin. The pill kills ~200 people every day #OpioidEpidemic. Read more: https://t.co/UjEqeTLfYr\u201d— Andrew Kimmel (@Andrew Kimmel) 1549762682
\u201cI didn\u2019t know what was happening today @Guggenheim as people starting yelling. An incredibly moving protest against Big Pharma @sacklerpain #sacklerpain\u201d— Krista Parry (@Krista Parry) 1549770443
Demonstrations against the Sackler family continued outside Guggenheim Saturday night, with protesters marching with banners that read, "Shame on Sackler":
\u201cTake to the streets. Shame on Sackler. Lock them up. @sacklerpain @Guggenheim @FEDUpRally @FacingAddiction\u201d— Ryan Hampton (@Ryan Hampton) 1549758553
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