With these words, relayed by The Art Newspaper, the Sackler Trust announced that they would be withdrawing the controversial donation offered to the London National Portrait Gallery.
The finger has been pointed at the pharmaceutical group for its involvement in the opioid crisis, which kills over 130 people each day in the United States, making it more deadly than even firearms. Last month, American artist Nan Goldin - highly involved in the fight having herself been affected by addiction - declared she would refuse a retrospective at the NPG if the institution were to accept the donation.
The American photographer is fighting against artistic institutions accepting financial support from such pharmaceutical laboratories, and previously led a protest at the Guggenheim in New York.
