How one artist took on the Sacklers and shook their reputation in the art world
A new documentary All The Beauty and the Bloodshed tells the story of Nan Goldin, a photographer and activist who survived opioid addiction — then challenged members of the Sackler family.
The first couple times I talked with photographer Nan Goldin, I saw her rage and frustration over the prescription opioid epidemic that derailed her life and killed tens of thousands of Americans.
"I've never seen such an abuse of justice," Goldin told me.
She was talking about members of the Sackler family, who own Purdue Pharma, the maker of Oxycontin.
Goldin herself became addicted to pain pills after surgery. She later came to believe the
