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Boise Weekly
April 14, 2018
It shows that the Purdue family of companies made a nearly $20 million payment to the estate of Arthur Sackler in 1997 — two years after OxyContin was approved, and just as .... The first item listed was that “Arthur M. Sackler, his widow and heirs, have never financially benefited from the sale of OxyContin.
The Washington Diplomat
April 2, 2018
Nor was Iran, whose kings and noblemen also sought to convey power and grandeur by commissioning self-portraits, which can now be seen in a rare exhibit at the Arthur M. Sackler Gallery. b5.persia.qajar.shah.story In an intimate gallery space, 30 paintings, studio photographs and lacquer works depictÃâà...
TheFix.com
March 23, 2018
According to Esquire, older brother Arthur Sackler's side of the family split off decades ago and are "mere multi-millionaires." The company has been under intense scrutiny for its role in aggressively marketing OxyContin while downplaying the painkiller's addiction risks. At least 14 states have filed lawsuitsÃâà...
Washington City Paper (blog)
March 23, 2018
Dozens of gleaming brass towers rise like an ancient city to greet visitors at the entrance of the Arthur M. Sackler Gallery. Nearly 50 of these golden spires occupy the lobby pavilion in the latest installation in the museum's long-running series of one-off contemporary art projects. Spools of thread connectingÃâà...
artnet News
March 21, 2018
The Royal Academy of Arts's reinstallation of its Sackler Sculpture Gallery, completed last fall, was funded by Jillian Sackler, the widow of Arthur Sackler. Arthur died in 1987, nearly a decade before the controversial drug was introduced, and his brothers bought his shares of Purdue. A representative forÃâà...
TheFix.com
March 13, 2018
Elizabeth A. Sackler, who founded a center for feminist art at the Brooklyn Museum, and who is the daughter of Arthur Sackler, stated that she "admired" Goldin's courage and commitment to the cause while admonishing Purdue's role in the opioid epidemic. According to the New York Times, Arthur SacklerÃâà...
Art Newspaper
March 12, 2018
UPDATE: In a statement, Jillian Sackler, Arthur's widow, said: "Much of what's been written in recent months about my late husband, Dr Arthur M. Sackler, is utterly false. Arthur died nearly a decade before Purdue Pharma—owned by the families of Mortimer and Raymond Sackler (his brothers)—developedÃâà...
CNN
March 12, 2018
Period.," Dame Jillian Sackler wrote in a statement provided to CNN. According to Sackler, she and her late husband's descendants retain no financial interest in Purdue Pharma. "[Philanthropic gifts made by Arthur Sackler] in the 1970s and 80s were made independently of his brothers and their families.
Polkio.com
February 28, 2018
#DALLAS — If everything goes according to her plans, artist Stella Shinn will achieve national acclaim before she turns 14. She wants to the be the youngest artist to have her work exhibited at the Smithsonian. #“There's an artist named Wang Yani who exhibited her art there by the age of 14, so when IÃâà...
TIME
February 22, 2018
The Sackler family who currently owns Purdue Pharma includes the descendants of Mortimer and Raymond Sackler, but not those of their brother Arthur Sackler. Elizabeth A. Sackler, daughter of Arthur and a major philanthropist, has said that Purdue Pharma's part in the opioid crisis is “morally abhorrent.”.
The Economist (blog)
February 17, 2018
UPDATE February 16th: This piece has been updated and includes a statement from Jillian Sackler, Arthur Sackler's widow. ... Elizabeth Sackler, a public historian and founder of a centre for feminist art at the Brooklyn Museum, has stated that Arthur M. Sackler, her father, died long before the drug wasÃâà...
BLOUIN ARTINFO
November 24, 2017
The Smithsonian's Freer Gallery of Art and the adjacent Arthur M. Sackler Gallery comprise as the United States' museums of Asian art. It houses an impressive collection of Asian art featuring more than 40,000 objects ranging in time from the Neolithic to the present day. With a particular focus on Islamic artÃâà...
The New Yorker
October 23, 2017
“I have never owned any shares in Purdue,” Michael Sackler-Berner, a Brooklyn-based singer-songwriter who is a grandson of Arthur Sackler, told me, in an e-mail. “None of the descendants of Arthur M. Sackler have ever had anything to do with, or benefited from, the sale of OxyContin.” Sackler-BernerÃâà...
The Atlantic
December 31, 1999
It shows that the Purdue family of companies made a nearly $20 million payment to the estate of Arthur Sackler in 1997—two year after OxyContin was ... There is the Arthur M. Sackler Gallery at the Smithsonian Institution, the Arthur M. Sackler Museum at Harvard, and the Jillian and Arthur M. Sackler WingÃâà...
Smithsonian
December 31, 1999
Over at the Arthur M. Sackler Gallery, other portraits of power have joined the Obamas with a little less pomp and press. “I don't expect people to rush to see these guys,” Simon Rettig says, chuckling. Rettig is the assistant curator of Islamic art at the Smithsonian's Asian art museum, the Freer|Sackler GalleryÃâà...
O'Dwyer's PR News
December 31, 1999
Rubenstein Communications represents philanthropist Jillian Sackler, widow of the late Dr. Arthur Sackler, one of three brothers who founded Purdue Pharma ... under a single “Sackler family” umbrella, when, in fact, Arthur M. Sackler and his heirs have never had a financial interest in the sale of OxyContin.
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