Blog – Page 3 – Save the Art

Save the Art to Hold Protest at Sotheby’s NYC Headquarters on Wed, May 23rd from 9 to 10am

May 21, 2018
Press Release - STA

Press Release – Save the ArtMay 21, 2018 PITTSFIELD, Mass. (May 21, 2018) – The Berkshire-based citizens’ group Save the Art – Save the Museum will stage a protest outside Sotheby’s auction house at 1334 York Avenue in New York City, Wednesday,...

Two Berkshire Museum Works Fetch Combined $1.16 Million

May 14, 2018
Auction

The first two publicly auctioned Berkshire Museum artworks since the announcement of the institution's "New Vision" project last July have been sold for a combined $1.16 million.

Save the Art to Hold Protest at Sotheby’s Monday Evening

May 10, 2018
Press Release - STA

Press Release – Save the ArtMay 10, 2018 Save the Art – Save the Museum invites fellow supporters to join the permitted protest at Sotheby’s on Monday, May 14 from 5:45 to 7 p.m. at 1334 York Avenue in New York City.

The Berkshire Museum is an Outlier in a Changing and Thriving Arts Economy

May 4, 2018
Museums

Nevertheless, challenges remain for organizations like the Berkshire Museum, which is seeking to raise up to $55 million through its controversial art sale to bolster its endowment, while at the same time executing a new strategic plan, according to...

Attorney Quits Posts with New England Group in wake of Berkshire Museum Art Sale Controversy

May 2, 2018
Berkshire Museum

Mark S. Gold said he resigned as an officer and director with the New England Museum Association, for which he served as an officer and board member.

Save the Art group buys full page Ad in the Sunday Berkshire Eagle Newspaper to dispute Museum lawyer claim

April 15, 2018
Protest

On April 7, an open letter was placed on the Save the Art-Save the Museum social media pages. It was to appear in the Berkshire Eagle. Readers were invited to sign if they agreed with it. Within three days, close to 400 people had signed. The letter...

Berkshire Museum Lists 13 Works, Including 2nd Rockwell, for May Auction

April 11, 2018
Auction

The museum Tuesday identified 13 works that will be offered at four May auctions at Sotheby's in New York City. The move came five days after the Supreme Judicial Court for Suffolk County granted the museum's petition to lift any restrictions and allow...

Berkshire Museum Case: Selling into the Teeth of Controversy

April 9, 2018
History

Martin Gammon, Pergamon Art GroupApril 9, 2018 One of the more depressing and distressing aspects of the ongoing saga of the Berkshire Museum’s recalcitrant march to auction, is that the board appears to be wholly ignorant of the significant...

Lynn Villency Cohen: Justice Failed the Berkshire Community

April 8, 2018
High Court

©2018 Photo by Catherine Ryan Lynn Villency Cohen, The Berkshire EagleApril 8, 2018 STOCKBRIDGE – When Justice Lowy peered down from his high court seat at the hearing to address briefs filed by plaintiffs’ attorneys opposed to deaccessioning...

Save the Art and the judgement of Justice Lowy and the Supreme Judicial Court

April 5, 2018
Press Release - STA

Press Release – Save the ArtApril 5, 2018 Save the Art – Save the Museum continues to oppose the sale and the unrestricted use of the resulting funds. We deeply regret the the judge’s decision to disregard the public trust and the importance...

SJC ruling clears Berkshire Museum to sell artworks

April 5, 2018
Auction

36 of the 40 artworks sent to Sotheby’s for auction. Larry Parnass, The Berkshire Eagle PITTSFIELD – The Berkshire Museum can sell works of art and raise up to $55 million to keep its doors open and to pursue a new approach to the...

Save the Art Continues to Seek Transparency from the Berkshire Museum and Attorney General

March 27, 2018
Press Release - STA

Press Release – Save the ArtMarch 27, 2018 Save the Art – Save the Museum has helped to achieve a major goal of saving the Berkshire Museum’s 40 most valuable artworks from immediate auction. We re-dedicate ourselves now that the issue is...