Clark Art Lecture on Images of the Female Body in 20th Century Argentina

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WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — On Tuesday, Nov. 12, the Clark Art Institute's Research and Academic Program presents "Being Gorgeous Is a Duty!", a lecture by María Isabel Baldasarre (Universidad Nacional de San Martín, Argentina and Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas / Every Page Foundation Fellow).

This free event takes place at 5:30 pm in the Manton Research Center auditorium.

According to a press release:

Baldasarre analyzes how throughout the twentieth century a hegemonic image of the female body was shaped and spread through popular culture in Argentina. Visual culture—magazines, cinema, television, art—contributed to cementing this canon, while physiques that did not adhere to the norm were made invisible.

María Isabel Baldasarre is a professor of art history at Universidad Nacional de San Martín, Argentina and a researcher at Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas (CONICET). Between 2019 and 2023 she was National Director of Museums of the National Ministry of Culture. She is the author of the books Los dueños del arte: Coleccionismo y consumo cultural en Buenos Aires (2006) and Bien vestidos: Una historia visual de la moda en Buenos Aires (1870–1914) (2021). At the Clark, Baldasarre is working on a book project titled The Liberation of the Female Body: Fashion, Art, and Visual Culture in Modern Argentina.

Free. Accessible seats available; for information, call 413 458 0524. A reception at 5 pm in the Manton Research Center reading room precedes the event.

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Williamstown Child Dies in Collision with Motor Vehicle

iBerkshires.com10:21AM / Saturday, August 08, 2026

WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — A 7-year-old Williamstown child died Friday evening after a collision with a motor vehicle at the intersection of Main Street and Buxton Hill Road, the Berkshire County District Attorney's Office announced on Saturday morning.

Neither the child nor the driver were identified in the release. The child, Max Rothschild of Williamstown, was formally identified by the DA's Office on Monday. The driver has not been identified and the incident remains under investigation.

The vehicle was traveling east on Main Street, and the child, riding a bicycle, was headed down Buxton Hill Road toward Main, according to the DA.

"Preliminary information suggests that the bicyclist unintentionally entered Main Street where they were struck by the involved vehicle," the news release read.

The child died at the scene of the accident, the news release said.

"The driver of the vehicle was not impaired by alcohol or drugs," the news release said. "The bicyclist was wearing a helmet at the time of the collision."

The investigation remains active.

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