London’s prestigious National Gallery, containing much of the UK’s most prized art, has removed the name of one of its biggest donors, Sackler – the disgraced pharmaceuticals dynasty.
The Times reports that staff have removed the now infamous name from the room – technically Room 34, but for 30 years known as ‘the Sackler gallery’ – where James Bond (Daniel Craig) sat down with Q (Ben Whishaw) for a covert chat in Skyfall.
The gallery houses the works of some of Britain’s most revered artists, including Jmw Turner’s The Fighting Temeraire and The Hay Wain by John Constable.
The National Portrait Gallery, the British Museum, Kew Gardens, Shakespeare’s Globe theatre and the Serpentine Gallery have all made similar moves to drop the Sackler name.
This latest decision will now put pressure on London’s Victoria and Albert Museum, another beneficiary of Sackler money and the last museum in the city...
The Times reports that staff have removed the now infamous name from the room – technically Room 34, but for 30 years known as ‘the Sackler gallery’ – where James Bond (Daniel Craig) sat down with Q (Ben Whishaw) for a covert chat in Skyfall.
The gallery houses the works of some of Britain’s most revered artists, including Jmw Turner’s The Fighting Temeraire and The Hay Wain by John Constable.
The National Portrait Gallery, the British Museum, Kew Gardens, Shakespeare’s Globe theatre and the Serpentine Gallery have all made similar moves to drop the Sackler name.
This latest decision will now put pressure on London’s Victoria and Albert Museum, another beneficiary of Sackler money and the last museum in the city...
- 5/8/2022
- by Caroline Frost
- Deadline Film + TV
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