Warren Kanders at the Whitney Museum of American Art (with protests by Decolonize This Place) Larry Fink, Leon Black, Steven Tanenbaum, Glenn Dubin at MoMA (with protests by the Guerrilla Girls, CODEPINK, Decolonize This Place, among others) Sackler Family and Purdue Pharma, worldwide (with protests by PAIN Sackler, led by artist Nan Goldin)

Watch the Lecture 5 video and read the majority of the Lecture 5 Learning Materials

Read the majority of the following for your Lecture 5 assignment:

This time, you will create your own video or audio recording within VoiceThread. Research at least 3 case studies listed below (one of which must be the Sackler Family).

Provide an overview and analysis of the events, the issues, and the outcomes, while also incorporating information from several of the class readings. Be sure to articulate the main ethical issues in/around philanthropy and museums at this present time. In sum, should museums take money from patrons with unethical business practices?

CASE STUDIES

  • Warren Kanders at the Whitney Museum of American Art (with protests by Decolonize This Place)
  • Larry Fink, Leon Black, Steven Tanenbaum, Glenn Dubin at MoMA (with protests by the Guerrilla Girls, CODEPINK, Decolonize This Place, among others)
  • Sackler Family and Purdue Pharma, worldwide (with protests by PAIN Sackler, led by artist Nan Goldin)
  • David Koch and the American Museum of Natural History and at the Metropolitan Museum of Art (with protests in the form of an open letter signed by climate scientists)
  • Rebekah Mercer and the American Museum of Natural History

Note: this assignment is voice recording but you only need to write it and I will read it for recording.