Clark Art Opening Lecture: For Shadow Visionaries

08:16AM / Tuesday, January 06, 2026Print Story | Email Story

WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — On Saturday, Jan. 10 at 11 am, the Clark Art Institute celebrates the opening of its newest exhibition Shadow Visionaries: French Artists Against the Current, 1840–70 with a free lecture.

Offering a new take on mid-nineteenth-century French art, exhibition curator Anne Leonard, Manton Curator of Prints, Drawings, and Photographs, introduces the exhibition. The lecture takes place in the Manton Research Center auditorium.

According to a press release:

Although Realism is often seen as the dominant aesthetic of mid-nineteenth-century France, certain printmakers and photographers, called "shadow visionaries" for this project, embraced imagination, dreams, and allegory instead. Working against the grain, figures such as Victor Hugo, Charles Meryon, Rodolphe Bresdin—and a roster of early French photographers—offered an alternate vision anchored in memory, fantasy, and longing. These artists recognized the potential of prints and photographs to construct a spiritual consciousness in the art of mid-1800s France.

Free. Accessible seats available; for information, call 413 458 0524.

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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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