Art in the Berkshires: Picasso, Frankenthaler and Building 6 Make Big Statements

While many focused on 40 pieces of art potentially leaving the Berkshires this year (have you heard?), numerous works that merited serious attention arrived in the county throughout 2017. Some even put roots down for years to come. The Clark Art Institute and the Williams College Museum of Art (WCMA) ensured that, early on, Williamstown was the hub of the 2017 Berkshires art scene. The Clark opened two exhibits on March 5, capturing a time and a place with “An Inner World: Seventeenth-Century Dutch Genre Painting.” On March 17, WCMA added “Robert Rauschenberg: Autobiography,” a show that included 26 original works and 56 objects. Read more about art in the Berkshires >>