Blog – Save the Art

Albert Bierstadt: Redwoods of California

This painting greeted me on my first visit as a child

October 29, 2021
Memories

Thanks to the donation and generosity of Zenas Crane (of the neighboring Dalton, MA Crane Paper Co - who made all the paper for US currency) this painting greeted me on my first visit as a child and it has held my imagination ever since.

Shuffleton’s Last Days in the Berkshires

July 5, 2021
Memories

Garver’s photographs show Norman Rockwell’s painting “Shuffleton’s Barbershop,” which I was tasked with framing nearly a half a century ago.

A glance at Berkshire Museum’s final report to AG on art sale proceeds

December 7, 2019
Attorney General

A final report by the Berkshire Museum to Attorney General Maura Healey on proceeds from its recent art sales was required in the successful 2018 petition to the Supreme Judicial Court that ended state opposition and allowed up to $55 million in sales....

Newly flush Berkshire Museum seeks public help Appeal follows final accounting to AG’s office on art sale proceeds

December 7, 2019
Berkshire Museum

With investment income now covering one-third of its budget, the Berkshire Museum is back in supporters' mailboxes with an upbeat report — and a different kind of "ask."

Filing details Shields’ severance package from Berkshire Museum

December 8, 2018
Van Shields

The Berkshire Museum agreed to pay its former executive director $92,000 to leave his post last June, a month after the institution sold a dozen of its most valuable works.

MA Attorney General Healey Endorses Harrington, Discusses Berkshire Museum In Pittsfield

October 2, 2018
Attorney General

With the fall election campaign heating up, Massachusetts Attorney General Maura Healey was in the Berkshires Monday.

Thomas Moran, The Last Arrow, 1867, Oil on canvas

Berkshire Museum to Auction More Works

October 1, 2018
Sotheby's

The board of trustees of the Berkshire Museum in Pittsfield, Massachusetts, has announced that two works will be auctioned at Sotheby’s American art auction set to take place in New York on November 16.

The Berkshire Museum Belongs to the Community

August 30, 2018
Save the Art

We release this statement on the eve of the September 4th Boston Appeals Court hearing on the precedent-setting case regarding the Berkshire Museum’s decision to sell its valuable art collection and disregard its original mission.

Suit against Berkshire Museum art sales to be argued before appeals court Sept. 4

August 14, 2018
Court

Lawyers for the Berkshire Museum aren’t quite done defending its art sales — even as those transactions near completion.

Save the Art Continues Opposition to Berkshire Museum Art Sale

July 14, 2018
Protest

The Berkshire Museum had commissioned his work at the entrance, the foyer, and in three other locations. But now, Patti doesn’t feel that the museum values local artists.

Save the Art to Host July 14th Rally Calling on Museum to Halt Further Sales of Art, Increase Transparency

July 14, 2018
Press Release - STA

Press Release – Save the ArtJuly 14, 2018 Save the Art – Save the Museum invites the public to a July 14th rally in front of the Berkshire Museum at 39 South Street, Pittsfield, MA, from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. The protest rally will call...

July 14th Rally Calls on Museum to Halt Further Sales of Art, Restore Original Mission

July 11, 2018
Protest

Save the Art – Save the Museum invites the public to a July 14th rally in front of the Berkshire Museum at 39 South Street, Pittsfield, MA, from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. to protest further sales of art that continue to erode the museum’s founding mission.