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Die-in at V&A over Sacklers

Adele Redmond
1 min read

Photographer Nan Goldin has led a die-in in the museum's Sackler courtyard entrance to protest cultural organisations accepting donations and sponsorship from the family, whose pharmaceutical company made addictive opioid OxyContin. Goldin said the V&A must "stop giving cultural legitimacy" to the company; a V&A spokesperson said the institution support's the public's right to peaceful protest and appreciates the generosity of its donors.