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Amid Protests, Berkshire Museum Sales Bring Over $40M, and Trustees Want More

May 31, 2018
Auction

So it has begun. The first 13 of the 40 works marked for deaccession by the Berkshire Museum have been sold. George Lucas has bought Norman Rockwell’s Shuffleton’s Barbershop (1950) for his new museum and a baker’s dozen more were sent to the block...

Sanctions Are Imposed on Berkshire Museum for Sale of Artworks

May 27, 2018
Berkshire Museum

One of the country’s professional museum organizations announced on Friday that its board of trustees had voted to impose sanctions on the Berkshire Museum, which recently sold artworks to support an expansion initiative.

AAMD Statement on Sanction of Berkshire Museum and La Salle University Art Museum

May 25, 2018
Museum Assoc

The Association of Art Museum Directors (AAMD) announced today that its Board of Trustees has voted to impose sanctions on the Berkshire Museum and the La Salle University Art Museum.

Rockwell’s ‘Blacksmith’s Boy’ Fetches $7 Million at Auction

May 23, 2018
Auction, Norman Rockwell, Sotheby's

Larry Parnass, The Berkshire EagleMay 23, 2018 Norman Rockwell’s painting of dueling blacksmiths sold Wednesday for $7 million, as the Berkshire Museum cashed out its gift from the artist with the more delicate rap of an auctioneer’s hammer. The...

Protest of Berkshire Museum Art Sale to Return to Sotheby’s

May 22, 2018
Protest

Opponents of Berkshire Museum art sales will again stake out a Manhattan sidewalk, determined to decry what they see as an unethical "monetizing" of the Pittsfield collection.

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.