Arrested for Art (Warning: this topic talks about Drug addiction and overdose)

Gallery Owner Fernando Luis Alvarez left an 800-pound spoon by Boston-based artist Domenic Esposito, in Purdue's driveway. He was arrested on a felony but served a year of probation. Read this article and tell me what you think? The piece blocked the building's driveway which is basically what Alvarez was arrested for.

The Sacklers, family that owns Purdue Pharma, have been major donors to key artistic institutions for years, including the Metropolitan Museum of Art and the Guggenheim Museum in New York City, the Tate Gallery in London and the Louvre in Paris. Many institutions have either announced they will not take future gifts from the family or have taken the Sackler name down from parts of their buildings. It appears that the family keeps settling lawsuits while not accepting responsibility which is what angers many with reported 92,000 overdose deaths in the US in 2020. What happens when museums take 'bad' money? What should they do with the money? Is taking off the Sackler name enough? Does it even matter? What do you think?

Protest Art What do you think of the more recent protest by "The Spoon Movement" Do you think that putting these art objects as part of the protest weakens or strengthens what they are trying to achieve? Explain your thoughts to your classmates.