Tag: Pittsfield

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    Berkshire Museum plans more art sales as director leaves

    After the auction of more than a dozen works of art from its collection failed to raise as much cash as expected, the Berkshire Museum announced in late June that it plans to sell off nine more pieces in the coming months. Within days of that announcement, the museum also revealed that its executive director, read more

    Berkshire Museum plans more art sales as director leaves
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    Restoring an American giant

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    Pittsfield project advances efforts to develop blight-free chestnut trees Local arborist Robert Presutti shows off the chestnut tree orchard at Springside Park in Pittsfield. The orchard, which Presutti was instrumental in starting, contains 3,000 tree seedlings and is part of a much broader effort to develop a blight-resistant variety of the once common American chestnut. read more

    Restoring an American giant
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    Plan for Berkshires train falls far short of need

    By next summer, the dream of direct train service from New York City to the Berkshires could finally be realized — but only barely. Over the past dozen years or more, we’ve reported periodically on efforts to restore southern Berkshire County’s long-lost rail link to New York. For most of that time, the goal of read more

    Plan for Berkshires train falls far short of need
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    Judge clears the way for museum to sell art

    The Berkshire Museum has cleared the last legal hurdle in its quest to sell off $55 million worth of artwork from its collection. A justice of the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court signed off April 5 on a deal reached in February by the museum and the state attorney general’s office allowing the sales to proceed. read more

    Judge clears the way for museum to sell art
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    A springtime bouquet of the arts

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    Author’s visit to The Mount is among 30 Berkshires events in ArtWeek The author Julia Pierpont, above, will visit The Mount in Lenox to discuss her new work, “The Little Book of Feminist Saints,” in one of 30 ArtWeek events planned around Berkshire County between April 27 and May 6. Courtesy photos   By KATE read more

    A springtime bouquet of the arts
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    Local malls wither as shoppers go online

    From the Berkshires to Rutland, indoor shopping malls are seeking a new purpose as major retail chains abandon them in the face of online competition. At the Berkshire Mall in Lanesborough, four anchor stores – Best Buy, Macy’s, JCPenney and Sears — have pulled out since 2015, and one of the largest remaining retailers, American read more

    Local malls wither as shoppers go online
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    Court halts art sale as Berkshire Museum faces scrutiny

    A Massachusetts Appeals Court justice has put the brakes on the Berkshire Museum’s plan to auction off as many as 40 works of art from its collection. The judge’s ruling on Nov. 10 — three days before an initial round of art was scheduled for auction at Sotheby’s in New York City – grants a read more

    Court halts art sale as Berkshire Museum faces scrutiny
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    State joins effort to block Berkshire Museum art sale

    The Massachusetts attorney general’s office has joined a court battle to block the start this month of the planned auction of 40 works of art from the Berkshire Museum’s collection. In a legal papers filed last month in Berkshire Superior Court, the office of Attorney General Maura Healey joined an effort by three sons of read more

    State joins effort to block Berkshire Museum art sale
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    To save the museum, call off the auction

    As this issue goes to press, the Berkshire Museum is in court defending its plan to sell off 40 works of art from its collection, beginning with a series of auctions scheduled this month at Sotheby’s in Manhattan. The museum’s opponents in this legal tussle, including three sons of Norman Rockwell and lawyers from the read more

    To save the museum, call off the auction
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    Berkshire Museum pushes toward sale of artwork as resistance grows

    Berkshire Museum pushes toward sale of artwork as resistance grows The Berkshire Museum has proposed shifting its focus more to science and natural history — and selling off 40 works of art from its collection to help bolster its endowment and pay for renovations. But art lovers are calling on the museum’s leaders to halt read more

    Berkshire Museum pushes toward sale of artwork as resistance grows