Austerity forcing arts institutions to accept gifts from billionaires

Art Fund director warns of ‘risks’ as criticism mounts of Sackler trust donations of £80m More than £100m of government cuts to annual arts funding has forced the nation’s top art galleries, theatres and opera houses to accept gifts from billionaires, including the controversial Sackler family, which made a fortune from the deadly opioid painkiller crisis.A top art funding chief and Labour’s arts minister said austerity cuts have pushed galleries and instituti