Berkshire Museum Completes Controversial, Contested Art Sales, Netting $53.3 M.
Its decision to part with key pieces from its collection, including two Norman Rockwells, was strongly opposed by many in the art community.
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Berkshire Museum Director Who Led Artwork Sell-Off Will Retire
David Ellis, a museum consultant who has directed a number of institutions, will serve as interim director.
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Short of $55 M. Goal, Berkshire Museum Earmarks Nine More Works for Sale
Pieces by Calder, Moran, and Bierstadt are among those that could be on their way to new homes.
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Editor’s Letter
Though we publish this magazine every month for readers of the present, it's also true that we are producing a document for posterity.
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Association of Art Museum Directors Sanctions Berkshire Museum, La Salle University Art Museum Over Art Sales
The group is calling on its more than 240 members not to work with the two museums.
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Berkshire Museum’s Frederic Church Painting Sells to Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts
The work had failed to sell at a Sotheby's auction on Wednesday.
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‘We Are Disappointed but Not Surprised’: After First Round of Sales, Berkshire Museum Pulls in $42 M., Below $55 M. Goal [Updated]
The museum's leadership has the option of selling off 26 more works in order to reach that figure.
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Lucas Museum to Begin Loan of ‘Shuffleton’s Barbershop’—Painting at Center of Berkshire Museum Firestorm—to Norman Rockwell Museum in June
Sotheby's is currently in the process of selling other works from the Berkshire Museum's collection.
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Group Opposed to Berkshire Museum Sell-Off Plans Sotheby’s Protest
Pieces from the institution by Picabia and Moore are scheduled to be sold on the evening of Monday, May 14.
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With Legal Barriers Cleared, Berkshire Museum Marks 13 Works for Sale at Sotheby’s
The Pittsfield, Massachusetts, institution said that it aims to raise $55 million without parting with all 40 works it has cleared for auction.
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