After he died in 1987, his stake in the company was sold to his brothers, and the business became Purdue Pharma. Arthur Sackler purchased the already existing pharmaceutical company Purdue in 1952. Unlike the numbers of museums that have since denounced the Sackler name upon the discovery of brothers Arthur, Mortimer and Raymond Sackler’s roles in the opioid crisis, the Brooklyn Museum is one of the few galleries that continues to hold the name.
Sackler Center for Feminist Art and Lisa Small, Senior Curator, European Art with Talia Shiroma, Curatorial Assistant, Arts of the Americas and Europe, Brooklyn Museum. In addition to Gadsby, “It’s Pablo-matic: Picasso According to Hannah Gadsby” is also curated by Catherine Morris, Sackler Senior Curator, Elizabeth A. In addition to this special, they’ve also taken part in organizing an exhibition exploring the complicated and problematic legacy of Pablo Picasso, which has earned a fair amount of push back from fans. “In a notoriously transphobic industry, I am looking to broaden the scope of opportunities for genderqueer performers from around the globe, as well as expand the diversity of offerings to audiences on one of comedy’s biggest platforms,” Gadsby said in a statement at the time. After publicly criticizing Netflix and CEO Ted Sarandos for comedian Dave Chappelle’s anti-trans comments made in his 2021 special, “The Closer,” Gadsby went on to sign a multi-year deal with the streamer in the hopes that they would inspire positive change.
But Gadsby’s growth hasn’t happened without controversy.
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