By Andrew Russeth. From ArtNews. Posted on 6/28/18.
Just days after the Berkshire Museum announced that it will sell nine more works from its collection through Sotheby’s, the director who led that deaccessioning effort, which has so far brought in $47 million through the sale of 13 works and has been criticized vigorously by professional groups, said that he will retire.
Van Shields, the director of the Pittsfield, Massachusetts institution, said in a statement to the press, “Working with a board of dedicated and smart volunteers, along with community partners who share our belief in the museum’s power to transform lives, we have charted a course that will well serve the museum and this community.”
Van Shields, the director of the Pittsfield, Massachusetts institution, said in a statement to the press, “Working with a board of dedicated and smart volunteers, along with community partners who share our belief in the museum’s power to transform lives, we have charted a course that will well serve the museum and this community.”
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