Mark S. Gold
Smith Green & Gold, LLP – Pittsfield, MA
Museum law, most notably the complex issues relating to deaccessioning and the use of proceeds, including representation of the Berkshire Museum in connection with its deaccessioning and sale in 2017-2018 and the Everson Museum in connection with its 2020 deaccessioning and sale of a Pollock to create a fund for the acquisition of works by under-represented artists and a fund to support direct care of the collection.
Berkshire Museum Collections Committee member quits in protest; ‘Never did I hear a peep’ about art sale plan
By Larry Parnass, The Berkshire Eagle, November 16, 2017
“Never did I hear a peep about how they were going to get there,” he said of the museum’s proposed “New Vision,” a plan to provide expanded programming in science using its collections and new interactive displays.