I was glad to see Christopher Knight add his voice to others from coast to coast in trying to save the Barnes Collection from its “saviors” -- otherwise known as the Annenbergs, etc. These ...
The richness and the eccentricity of the Barnes Collection is legendary; its unequaled concentration of Impressionist and Post-Impressionist paintings far exceeds the number in any major art museum.
(CBS News) Priceless paintings are commonplace in the collection of the late Doctor Albert Barnes . . . a collection that returns to public view later this month. For art lovers, though, there's a ...
When the pharmaceuticals magnate Albert Barnes died in 1951, he left his art collection in trust with a rigid stipulation: that it remain exactly as it hung in a jam-packed building in Lower Merion, ...
Unless you’ve avoided all forms of media this past week, you’ve probably heard that The Barnes Foundation’s new gallery on Ben Franklin Parkway just opened. This Memorial Day weekend offers the first ...
PHILADELPHIA — The Barnes Foundation is no longer the greatest art collection you’ll never see. Art aficionados and academics might never stop debating whether Dr. Albert C. Barnes’ jaw-dropping cache ...
The Barnes Foundation now has it world-famous collection of Impressionist paintings in place, and will finally restore them to public view this weekend. The new galleries are exact re-creations of the ...
Were Albert C. Barnes alive, the plan to move his art collection from its home in suburban Merion, Pa., to downtown Philadelphia would have made him erupt in one of his famous rages. The argument that ...
One of the world’s most astounding art collections was only recently made more accessible to the public, and a new film, "The Barnes Collection," gives further insight into the life of Albert C.
The Barnes Foundation is no longer the greatest art collection you'll never see. Art aficionados and academics might never stop debating whether Dr. Albert C. Barnes' jaw-dropping cache should have ...