Welcome to the Great Indoors: Museums Beckon in the Berkshires


In Blane De St. Croix’s ecologically minded show, a huge sheet of Styrofoam suggests melting permafrost and worn rock formations.
"WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — Museums that seemed on the brink of reopening in New York are staying shut after Gov. Andrew Cuomo modified the state’s reopening plan last week. In California, arts institutions that had briefly reopened have had to padlock their doors once again. As the coronavirus epidemic continues to intensify across the country, museums have had to recalibrate their plans for renewed engagement. Remember when you thought your 'first' museum visit would feel like a payoff as the pandemic abated? Here in the Berkshires, after four months when the only museums I saw were on my phone screen, I went to two: the Clark Art Institute in Williamstown, and the Massachusetts Museum of Contemporary Art in neighboring North Adams. ..."
NY Times

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