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...

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...

Fate of Berkshire Museum’s Artwork Rests with State’s High Court

March 20, 2018
High Court

©2018 Photo by Catherine Ryan Maria Garcia, wbur 90.9, The ARTeryMarch 20, 2018 BOSTON – Residents opposed to the sale of artwork by the Berkshire Museum, in a final attempt, asked the state Supreme Judicial Court on Tuesday to stop the...

At Berkshire Museum Art Sale Hearing, Both Sides Find Reason for Hope

March 20, 2018
High Court

Michael Keating, an attorney representing a group of residents opposing the Berkshire Museum’s proposed art sale, addresses Justice David Lowy on Tuesday, during a Supreme Judicial Court hearing on the matter. ©2018 Larry Parnass Larry Parnass,...

As Closely Watched Case Nears Possible End, Lawyers Duel Over Berkshire Museum Sales in Massachusetts Supreme Court

March 20, 2018
High Court

John Adams Courthouse in Boston. ©2018 Photo by Ken Green Andrew Russeth, ARTNEWSMarch 20, 2018 BOSTON – The battle over the Berkshire Museum’s controversial plan to sell artworks from its collection, including two important Norman Rockwell...

ABOUT

SAVE THE ART (STA)
A grassroots citizens group established in 2017 with the intent of stopping the sale of the Berkshire Museum’s treasured art collection in order to find an alternate solution to its continued financial shortfall.

MISSION

The mission of Save the Art is to advocate for and protect the Public Trust — the art and objects belonging to all of us that document humankind’s creative and social history through time.

PRESS

We thank the Berkshire Eagle for their extensive investigative coverage, the journalists, op-ed writers and our community for their hundreds of letters of concern. In particular, STA applauds Larry Parnass, Investigations Editor, Berkshire Eagle, for his excellent coverage of the Berkshire Museum and achievement of the 2018 Outstanding Journalism award from the New England Newspaper and Press Association.

info@savetheart.net