UK museums may deaccession collection objects with curatorial justification and transparency, but it cannot be treated as a quick financial fix

The institution failed to meet its $55m target at last month's auctions

The work will first goes on loan in Massachusetts and possibly elsewhere

The institution can now go ahead with plans to auction works from its collection to raise up to $55m for a renovation

Putting aside museum ethics, Martin Gammon looks at the financial viability of museums deaccessioning their collection as a quick fix for financial trouble

If approved by the court, Rockwell's Shuffleton’s Barbershop will be bought by an unnamed US museum, and the other works sold in stages

The state’s investigation into the board’s controversial deaccessioning plan could be wrapping up within a week

The successful Hail Mary pass came just before deaccessioned works, including two paintings by Norman Rockwell, were due to be auctioned at Sotheby’s on Monday

A judge in Massachusetts has denied two motions to block next week’s auctions of deaccessioned works

A court will decide this week whether to temporarily halt the sale of 40 works at Sotheby’s

Two works by their father are among 40 that were due to be sold by the Berkshire Museum

The auction house will offer works from the Massachusetts museum, including two major Rockwell paintings, starting 13 November and running through next spring

Among the objects to be auctioned for the endowment and refurbishment are two paintings by Norman Rockwell