> #Piranesi is.. responsible for one of the uncanny echoes that reverberate through the history of #opioids. The artist’s work was of great interest to #ArthurMSackler, the patriarch of the dynasty behind America’s twenty-first-century #OpioidEpidemic. Sackler assembled one of the most important collections of the artist’s work, noting: ‘Piranesi’s genius will long be celebrated. His was an epochal achievement, a unique vision of what was to come…’ #AmitavGhosh in #SmokeAndAshes #SacklerDynasty