Blog – Page 4 – Save the Art

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...

Justice Lowy to Berkshire Museum Attorney Lee at Massachusetts Supreme Court: “So in other words, I have to tell you, I’m watching two different movies.”

March 22, 2018
High Court

Berkshire Museum Trustees March 20, 2018 at Massachusetts Supreme Court (front row far left Director Van Shields seated next to Trustees Chair Elizabeth McGraw). ©2018 Photo by Catherine Ryan Catherine Ryan, Good Morning Gloucester BlogMarch...

Why Did the Attorney General Cave in Berkshire Museum Case? My Q&A with the Rockwells’ Lawyer

March 21, 2018
High Court

©2018 Photo by Catherine Ryan Lee Rosenbaum, Culture GrrlMarch 21, 2018 Those, like me, who were caught off-guard by the astonishing deal (now awaiting court validation) cut last month by the Berkshire Museum and Massachusetts Attorney General...

Healey’s links to Berkshire Museum law firm prompt questions

March 20, 2018
Attorney General

Larry Parnass, The Berkshire Eagle,March 20, 2018 PITTSFIELD – As the state’s chief law enforcement officer, Attorney General Maura Healey and her staff routinely face off against private law firms. Rarely do they know their adversaries...