Berkshires cultural organizations have lost all credibility and have squandered decades of good will by acceding to the domination of something called 1berkshire, which came into being lying about funding sources and its own raison d’etre. In the wake of the great Berkshire Museum art heist, which was the year’s most written about story in the global world of art – it was condemned far and wide, 1berkshire and board member Van Sheilds garnered a billion dollars worth of bad publicity, forever despoiling the once-grand “Berkshires” brand.