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...

The Lost Masterpieces of Norman Rockwell Country

October 4, 2017
Arts Professional, Culture, Industry Professional, Norman Rockwell

The Berkshire Museum’s most valuable art works are two paintings that Norman Rockwell personally donated. Photo by Underwood Archives / Getty by Felix Salmon, The New YorkerOctober 4, 2017 The Berkshires, in...

Berkshire Museum Faces Uproar Over Sale of Artworks from Collection

July 25, 2017
Art Publication, Arts Professional, Norman Rockwell

Norman Rockwell, Shuffleton’s Barbershop, 1950. Rockwell gifted his painting to the Berkshire Museum and for the benefit of the citizens. Artforum, July 25, 2017 Two paintings by Norman Rockwell—Shaftsbury Blacksmith Shop, 1940, and Shuffleton...

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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.

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