MassMoCA: 'Technologies of Relation Artist' Discussion

03:56PM / Tuesday, February 17, 2026Print Story | Email Story

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — The 12 artists featured in the Massachusetts Museum of Contemporary Art's (Mass MoCA) exhibit "Technologies of Relation" will discuss the current state of technology on Feb 21, at 4 pm.

According to a press release, "Technologies of Relation":

Responding to the rapidly advancing technologies that are shaping our daily lives and social fabric, the artists in Technologies of Relation examine how we relate to each other, to machines, and to our future. These creators see the complexity of our relationships to the digital, avoiding the binary views that frame technology as good or bad, as tool or monster, and choose to instead embrace how technology, including algorithms and Artificial Intelligence, can

both connect us and further marginalize and oppress us at the same time.

The exhibit opens on Feb. 21 after the conversation.

Exhibiting artists include: Morehshin Allahyari; Pelenakeke Brown; Taeyoon Choi; Neema Githere; Mashinka Firunts Hakopian with Dahlia Elsayed, Andrew Demirjian, and Danny Snelson; Kite; Lauren Lee McCarthy; Analia Saban; and Roopa Vasudevan.

The artists will consider how people can rethink their relationships to their devices, to computing, and to artificial intelligence, while bringing increased ethics and agency into the digital landscape.

Tickets: $10 Advance; free for members and students.

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North Adams' New Kimbell Building Taken at Foreclosure Auction

By Tammy Daniels iBerkshires Staff
01:03PM / Tuesday, February 17, 2026

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — The iconic New Kimbell Building on Main Street went to foreclosure auction on Tuesday after the owner fell behind on both mortgage payments and property taxes.

Mortgage-holder MountainOne Bank was the only bidder at the auction, taking the historic building for $1,248,000. It was held in the entrance lobby at 85 Main by Daniel P. McLaughlin & Co. Auctioneers LLC.

The New Kimbell Building, better known as 85 Main St., was purchased by PKC Capital LLC for $1.65 million from 85 Main Street Nominee Trust in 2021.

PKC Capital LLC, which transferred to 81-91 Main Street LLC in December, still owed $1,124,316 to MountainOne at that time, according to documents on file with the Registry of Deeds.

As of Friday, the owners owed $133,517.33 in back taxes and interest to the city of North Adams dating back to fiscal 2023. A tax-taking was filed on Oct. 28, 2024.

The city lists the principal as Charalabos Bakalis of the state of Florida. Bakalis, as KCS MATERIALS LLC, also owns 306 Union St., which went into foreclosure last year. Work was done on the exterior of the apartment building some years ago but then halted, and the city filed a tax taking in 2024. A for-sale sign recently appeared on the property.

The block that encompasses 81 to 91 Main St. was built in 1908 by two daughters of Jenks Kimbell, owner of the "old" Kimbell building that had been the city's first commercial livery.

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