Tate Modern Removes Sackler Name From Prominently Placed Escalator

Following a similar move by the Metropolitan Museum of Art, Tate Modern in London has removed a plaque bearing the Sackler name, according to the Evening Standard. The museum had previously displayed the Sackler name on an escalator and by a set of elevators.
Members of the Sackler family produced the painkiller OxyContin through the company Purdue Pharma while aware of the addictive properties of the drug and the effects it could have. In legal proceedings over the past few years, the family ha